The laws concerning game
Subtitle: Of hunting, hawking, fishing and fowling, &c. and of forests, chases, parks, warrens, deer, doves, dove-cotes, conies : and also of setting-dogs, grey-hounds, lurchers, nets, tunnels, lowbels, guns, and all manner of engines and instruments mentioned in the several statutes to destroy the game; shewing who are qualified by law to keep and use them, and the punishments of those who keep them, not being qualified. Likewise the proper seasons allowed by act of Parliament for hunting, fishing and fowling. Together with the forest laws : shewing the method of chusing, and oaths of the respective officers, and the authority, power and duty of Chief Justice in Eyre, clerks of the peace, constables, foresters, game keepers, justices of peace, keepers, lords of manors, parkers, rangers, regarders, sheriffs, stewards of forest courts, stewards of leets, verderors, wardens and woodwards
By: By William Nelson of the Middle-Temple, Esq. to which are now added, English forms of convictions, declarations, indictments, justifications, licences, mittimus's, pleas, warrants, &c. Digested under proper titles, in an alphabetical order
Contributors: Lintot, Henry, 1703-1758, printer; Waller, T. (Thomas), bookseller; Pre-1801 Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)
Edition: The fifth edition : with all the acts of Parliament and cases in print, and also a large collection of manuscript cases, down to the present time.
Publisher: Printed by Henry Lintot, law-printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, for T. Waller, opposite Fetter-Lane, Fleet-Street
Published: 1753
Place of publication: [London]; In the Savoy
Language: eng
Number of pages: 259
Subjects: Game-laws; Early works to 1800; Fishery law and legislation
Notes: Signatures: A¹² chi1 B-N¹² O².

ESTC T82577

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