Style's Practical Register

Style's Practical Register: Begun in the Reign of King Charles I Consisting of Rules, Orders, and the Principal Observations Concerning the Practice of The Common Law in the Courts at Westminster: Particularly the King's Bench, as Well in Matters Criminal as Civil: Carefully Continued Down to this Time from Modern Reports: Alphabetically Digested Under Several Titles: with a Table for the Ready Finding Out of Those Titles

by William Style

Style's Practical Register
Title page from Style's Practical Register, George Wythe Collection, Wolf Law Library, College of William & Mary.
Author	William Style
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Published	London: Printed for C. Harper, D. Brown, J. Walthoe and D. Midwinter
Date	1707
Edition	Fourth, with large additions
Language	English
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Pages	682
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William Style (c.1599–1679) was admitted to the Inner Temple in 1619, and was called to the bar in 1628. He does not appear to have been overly successful practitioner of law and is predominantly remembered for his legal publications. His Practical Register, first published in 1657, "groups the rules of practice, together with a little information as to the substantive law, under alphabetical heads." It "was a useful guide to modern practice decisions" which was reprinted multiple times. A new edition in 1607 edited by John Lilly preceded Lilly's continuation volume in 1610.

Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy

Bound with later calf retaining original boards, raised bands, gilt title and date on spine. Includes signature, "Wm. Cumming" and annotations to preliminaries. Purchased from The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.

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