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Author Chester, S. Beach (Samuel Beach), 1880- author.

Title Anomalies of the English law / by Samuel Beach Chester of the Middle Temple, esquire, barrister-at-law; Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society; Companion of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, Commandery of Pennsylvania; member of the (U.S.) Military Service Institution, Governor's Island, New York Harbour
Published London : Stanley Paul & Co., [1911]

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Description 1 online resource (287 pages)
Contents A satire on barristers / by Charles Lever -- Divorce -- Death and burial -- Wills -- Libel and slander -- Imprisonment for debt -- The need for the right of property in surnames -- Literary censorship -- Capital punishment, murder and suicide -- Legitimation -- Criminal appeal and the Ball case -- Client, solicitor, and counsel -- The morality bill, accession, and coronation oaths and declarations -- Appendix A. Divorce -- Appendix B. Coroners -- Appendix C. The Royal Marriages Act, 1772 -- Appendix D. Executions -- Appendix E. An English legitimation bill -- Appendix F. The Criminal Appeal Act, 1907 -- Appendix G. The coronation oath of King George V -- Appendix H. The Poor Prisoners' Defence Act, the Perjury bill, and the Criminal Evidence Act
Notes Online resource (HeinOnline, viewed August 17, 2016)
Subject Law -- Great Britain -- History.
Law -- Great Britain -- Miscellanea
Law
Great Britain
Genre/Form Trivia and miscellanea
History
Form Electronic book