A guide to the knowledge of the rights and privileges of Englishmen. Containing commentaries on I. King John's Magna Charta; II. Henry III's Magna Charta; III. The bishops curses against the breakers of this charter; IV. A statute declaring what crimes shall be adjudged treason; V. The Petition of Right; VI. The Habeas Corpus Act; VII. The Bill of Rights; and VIII. The Act of Settlement: in which the whole of the text is preserved. Also, the security of Englishmens lives; or, the trust, power, and duty of the Grand Juries of England.

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Publication details:
London : printed for J. Williams; and W. Bingley, 1771
Record id:
36590
Added title:
Rights and privileges of Englishmen.
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Subject:
Constitutional law -- Great Britain.
Grand jury -- Great Britain.
Justice, Administration of -- Great Britain.
Great Britain -- Politics and government.
Note:
Reproduction of original from the Harvard University Law Library.
English Short Title Catalog, ESTCN6634.
s2003 miunns Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003 Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements
Variant title:
Eighteenth century collections online. Law collection.
Phys. description:
viii, 12, *1-*32, 247, [1 p. ; 12⁰.