The laws of the commonwealth of Massachusetts
Subtitle: from November 28, 1780--to February 28, 1807. : With the constitutions of the United States of America, and of the commonwealth, prefixed. : In three volumes. : To which is added, at the end of the second volume, an appendix, containing acts and clauses of acts, from the laws of the late colony, province and state of Massachusetts, which either are unrevised or respect the title of real estate. : Published by order of the General Court. : Volume I[-III]
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 13020
Publisher: Printed by J.T. Buckingham, for Thomas & Andrews and Manning & Loring.
Published: 1807
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Subjects: Law; Constitutions; Real property; Terms of court
Work titles: Laws, etc. (Compiled statutes : 1807)
Notes: Title punctuation varies: v. 3 lacks comma following "constitutions of the United States of America."

"The two first of these volumes are copied from the edition published by order of the General Court, in the year 1801. ... Such additional marginal references have been inserted, as subsequent acts have rendered pertinent. The few errors, which appeared in the marginal references of the former edition, have been corrected, and suitable variations and improvements have been made in the index. In every other respect, there is an entire conformity to the former edition. ..."--Advertisement, v. 1, p. [iii].

Imprint varies. Vol. 3 has imprint: Boston: Printed by Manning & Loring. June, 1807.

Vol. 1: viii, 520, [68] p.; v. 2: [521]-1073, [69] p.; v. 3: [4], 403, [69] p.

Error in paging: v. 3, p. 330 misnumbered 230.

"Index. This index extends to all the volumes."--[68] p. at end of each volume.

"The following amendment to the Constitution of the United States, should have been inserted in page 17 ..."--v. 1, p. [vii]-viii.

"President Washington's address. To the people of the United States."--v. 2, p. [947]-960.

"The following acts, omitted in course, are here inserted. ..."--v. 3, p. [401]-403.

"Tables of courts, as required to be holden by existing laws, June 1, 1807."--v. 3, p. 403-[404].

Shaw & Shoemaker 13020

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