OFFICIUM VICECOMITUM: THE OFFICE AND AUTHORITIE OF SHERIFS, WRITTEN FOR THE BETTER INCOURAGEMENT OF THE GENTRIEDalton, Michael; Barnes, Thomas GardenItem #: 66952 Published: OE; Printed for Companie of Stationers; Reprinted in 2009. First edition of the first English treatise on sheriffs. Asits title suggests, it is a remarkably comprehensivetreatise. Holdsworth, who cites it several times, says "inspite of a growing number of rivals, it continued to be astandard authority until the beginning of the eighteenthcentury.": History of English Law IV:119. See Sweet &Maxwell, A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth1:222 (6).Reprinted by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.Distributed by William S. Hein & Co., Inc. Please contact us to request purchasing information. |