Considerations on imprisonment for debt, fully proving, that the confining of the bodies of debtors is contrary to common law, magna charta, statute law, justice, humanity, and policy. And that the practice is more cruel and oppressive than is used in the most arbitrary kingdoms in Europe. [electronic resource] : With an account of the various applications to the king and judges by the prisoners of the King's Bench, for obtaining redress; and some remarkable cases of prisoners now confined there. By James Stephen.
1770
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Considerations on imprisonment for debt, fully proving, that the confining of the bodies of debtors is contrary to common law, magna charta, statute law, justice, humanity, and policy. And that the practice is more cruel and oppressive than is used in the most arbitrary kingdoms in Europe. [electronic resource] : With an account of the various applications to the king and judges by the prisoners of the King's Bench, for obtaining redress; and some remarkable cases of prisoners now confined there. By James Stephen.
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London : Sold by T. Evans, No. 54. Paternoster-Row, MDCCLXX. [1770]
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Great Britain -- England -- London.
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English
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[4],84p. ; 8⁰.
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With a half-title.
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Reproduction of original from British Library.
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English Short Title Catalog, T31250.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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