Every man his own lawyer, or, A summary of the laws of England
Subtitle: in a new and instructive method, under the following heads, viz. ... : all of them so plainly treated of that all manner of persons may be particularly acquainted with our laws and statutes, concerning civil and criminal affairs, and know how to defend themselves and their estates and fortunes, in all cases whatsoever.
Edition: The seventh edition, corrected and improved, with many additions, from Lord Raymond, Comyn, Strange, Foster, and with the statute law down to 4 Geo. 3. inclusive.
Publisher: Printed by Hugh Gaine ...
Published: 1768
Place of publication: New-York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 289
Subjects: Law -- Great Britain -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. -- Early works to 1800.
Genres: Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Early works to 1800.
Other titles: Summary of the laws of England
Notes: Evans 10935
Cohen, M.L.  Bib. of early Amer. law, 8202
Dedication signed: G.J.
Signatures: pi1 A-T⁸.
Includes index.
Table of contents: title: (from t.p.) I. Of actions and remedies, writs, process, arrests, and bail; title: II. Of courts, attornies and solicitors therein, juries, witnesses, trials, executions, &c; title: III. Of estates and property in lands and goods, and how acquired, ancestors, heirs, executors, and administrators; title: IV. Of the laws relating to marriage, bastardy, infants, ideots, lunaticks; title: V. Of the liberty of the subject, Magna Charta, the Habeas Corpus Act, and other statutes; title: VI. Of the King and his Prerogative, the Queen and Prince, Peers, judges,   sheriffs, coroners, justices of peace, constables,  &c; title: VII. Of publick offences, treason, murder,    felony, burglary, robbery, rape, sodomy, forgery, perjury, &c. and their punishment.