Difference between revisions of "Nature and Practice of Real Actions"
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''The Nature and Practice of Real Actions'', written by George Booth, was first published in 1701. The work is a “comprehensive straightforward statement of a difficult branch of the law” containing writs and pleadings on the subject of real actions.<ref>William Holdsworth, ''A History of English Law'' (London: Methuen & Co., Sweet and Maxwell, 1938), 12: 368.</ref> In addition, "the large mass of learning on the subject of these actions, to be found in the Year Book and later cases, is set out accurately and succinctly."<ref>Ibid.</ref> ''The Nature and Practice of Real Actions'' was one of the first books to give information regarding the procedures for these actions. The book laid out the various rules governing pleadings and helped make these rules public knowledge.<ref>Ibid.</ref> While some historians have found the book "invaluable"<ref>Ibid.</ref> others have described it as "an imperfect and unsatisfactory book" while admitting "for want of a better treatise upon the subject, [it] 'is even cited as an authoritative compiliation.'<ref>J. G. Marvin, ''Legal Bibliography or a Thesaurus of American, English, Irish, and Scotch Law Books'' (Philadelphia: T. & J. W. Johnson, Law Booksellers, 1847), 134.</ref> | ''The Nature and Practice of Real Actions'', written by George Booth, was first published in 1701. The work is a “comprehensive straightforward statement of a difficult branch of the law” containing writs and pleadings on the subject of real actions.<ref>William Holdsworth, ''A History of English Law'' (London: Methuen & Co., Sweet and Maxwell, 1938), 12: 368.</ref> In addition, "the large mass of learning on the subject of these actions, to be found in the Year Book and later cases, is set out accurately and succinctly."<ref>Ibid.</ref> ''The Nature and Practice of Real Actions'' was one of the first books to give information regarding the procedures for these actions. The book laid out the various rules governing pleadings and helped make these rules public knowledge.<ref>Ibid.</ref> While some historians have found the book "invaluable"<ref>Ibid.</ref> others have described it as "an imperfect and unsatisfactory book" while admitting "for want of a better treatise upon the subject, [it] 'is even cited as an authoritative compiliation.'<ref>J. G. Marvin, ''Legal Bibliography or a Thesaurus of American, English, Irish, and Scotch Law Books'' (Philadelphia: T. & J. W. Johnson, Law Booksellers, 1847), 134.</ref> | ||
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==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library== | ==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library== | ||
| − | The [https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433 Brown Bibliography]<ref> Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, May, 2012) Microsoft Word file. Earlier edition available at: https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433</ref> suggests Wythe owned this title based on quotations in the manuscript version of [[John Marshall|John Marshall's]] law notes. Brown lists the first edition | + | The [https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433 Brown Bibliography]<ref> Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, May, 2012) Microsoft Word file. Earlier edition available at: https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433</ref> suggests Wythe owned this title based on quotations in the manuscript version of [[John Marshall|John Marshall's]] law notes. Brown lists the first edition (1701) because [[Thomas Jefferson]] sold a copy of the first edition to the Library of Congress in 1815.<ref>E. Millicent Sowerby, ''Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson'', 2nd ed. (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1983), 2:279 [no.1908].</ref> The Wolf Law Library purchased a copy of the same edition. |
==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy== | ==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy== | ||
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View this book in [https://catalog.swem.wm.edu/law/Record/3263349 William & Mary's online catalog.] | View this book in [https://catalog.swem.wm.edu/law/Record/3263349 William & Mary's online catalog.] | ||
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Revision as of 19:31, 16 February 2014
The Nature and Practice of Real Actions: In Their Writs and Process, Both Original and Judicial, Together with Some Records in the Court Before the Justice of the County Palatine of Chester, proving the Antiquity of the Jurisdiction of That Court and of Some Families
by George Booth
| The Nature and Practice of Real Actions | |
 Title page from The Nature and Practice of Real Actions, George Wythe Collection, Wolf Law Library, College of William & Mary. | |
| Author | George Booth |
| Published | London: Printed by the assigns of Richard and Edward Atkins, Esquires, for Awnsham and John Churchil |
| Date | 1701 |
| Edition | First |
| Language | English |
| Pages | [4], 297, [25] |
| Desc. | Folio (32 cm.) |
The Nature and Practice of Real Actions, written by George Booth, was first published in 1701. The work is a “comprehensive straightforward statement of a difficult branch of the law” containing writs and pleadings on the subject of real actions.[1] In addition, "the large mass of learning on the subject of these actions, to be found in the Year Book and later cases, is set out accurately and succinctly."[2] The Nature and Practice of Real Actions was one of the first books to give information regarding the procedures for these actions. The book laid out the various rules governing pleadings and helped make these rules public knowledge.[3] While some historians have found the book "invaluable"[4] others have described it as "an imperfect and unsatisfactory book" while admitting "for want of a better treatise upon the subject, [it] 'is even cited as an authoritative compiliation.'[5]
Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library
The Brown Bibliography[6] suggests Wythe owned this title based on quotations in the manuscript version of John Marshall's law notes. Brown lists the first edition (1701) because Thomas Jefferson sold a copy of the first edition to the Library of Congress in 1815.[7] The Wolf Law Library purchased a copy of the same edition.
Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy
Bound in modern quarter calf with gilt. Said to be Beaumont Hotham's copy, with two substantive notations on his own rulings. Purchased from Meyer Boswell Books, Inc.
View this book in William & Mary's online catalog.
References
- ↑ William Holdsworth, A History of English Law (London: Methuen & Co., Sweet and Maxwell, 1938), 12: 368.
- ↑ Ibid.
- ↑ Ibid.
- ↑ Ibid.
- ↑ J. G. Marvin, Legal Bibliography or a Thesaurus of American, English, Irish, and Scotch Law Books (Philadelphia: T. & J. W. Johnson, Law Booksellers, 1847), 134.
- ↑ Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, May, 2012) Microsoft Word file. Earlier edition available at: https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433
- ↑ E. Millicent Sowerby, Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson, 2nd ed. (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1983), 2:279 [no.1908].
