Purdon's digest
Subtitle: A digest of the laws of Pennsylvania, from the year one thousand seven hundred to the twenty-eighth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three. Together with the annual digests for 1854, 1855, 1856 and 1857.
Contributors: Purdon, John, 1784-1835.; Brightly, Frederick C. 1812-1888.
Edition: 8th ed., rev. / by Frederick C. Brightly.
Publisher: Kay & brother
Published: 1857
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1304
Subjects: Law -- Pennsylvania -- Digests.
Genres: Digests.
Notes: "The first four editions by the late John Purdon, esq., the fifth, sixth and seventh by the Hon. George M. Stroud."
"A list of some words and phrases frequent in acts of Assembly and legal proceedings, and references to authorities where their meaning has been explained or discussed ...": p. [xxvii]-xxx.
First edition, 1811, has title: An abridgment of the laws of Pennsylvania ...