The power & practice of court-leets with the manner of keeping a court of survey for mannors, lands and tenements. Also, certain dubious cases in law opened and interpreted. Published for the common good of all, both landlords, tenants and others. By Ph. Ag. of Grays Inne, Esq.

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Title:	The power & practice of court-leets with the manner of keeping a court of survey for mannors, lands and tenements. Also, certain dubious cases in law opened and interpreted. Published for the common good of all, both landlords, tenants and others. By Ph. Ag. of Grays Inne, Esq.
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These following Law-books, with Variety of others, are to be sold by Samuel Speed, at the Rain∣bow in Fleet-street.

The Antiquity, Extent, and Power OF Court-Leets; And the form of keeping them.

The manner, form, and method of keeping a Court of urvey for the surveying, setting forth, Butting, describing and bounding of any Mannor or Town; with the seve∣ral Tenures belonging to the same. Wih the form of making a Terrar or Field-book, and the Articles to be given in charge to the Jury, in a Court of Survey.

Articles to be enquired of and given in charge in a Court of Survey holden for the Mannor of A. in the Parish of H. in the County of N: the 8 day of May, 1656.

Certain Questions and Cases in LAW, Resolved.

The Resolution of the fore∣going Questions.

Cases resolved touch∣ing Wills.

What persons are by the Law to make a Will or Testament, and who not.

What is a good Will, and what not; and what shall be a Revocation, and what not.

What things are deviseable or may be devised.

What words shall make Fee-simple lands; and what not.

Who have a sole estate in fee-simple, that they may devise it, and who not.

What persons are Coparceners or Tenants in common in Fee-simple: and who may devise their parts, and who not.

What devises of reversions or remainders of Rent be good, and what not.

What gift, or estate, or conveyance shall be said to be made by covin or fraud, and what not.

What shall be said a purchase of Lands by the husband for the Joynture of the wife, and what not.

What is a ioynture assured before marri∣age, and what a joynture af∣ter marriage.

Some Cases resolved touch∣ing forceable Entries, by the Statute of 8 H. 6. c. 9.

What is a forceable entry, and what is a forceable detaining, and what not.

Who are bound to go with the Justices at their command to remove a force; that is their penalty in case they re∣fuse to go; and of what force is the Iustices record.

An Abstract of several penal Sta∣tutes made and enacted for the good of the Subjects, but are e∣very day shamefully broken: therefore I have, according to promise inserted the several pe∣nalties by them enjoyned accor∣ding to the nature of the offence, to terrifie Offendors for fear of the punishment, (though they have so many partakers, that it will not restrain them) and to excite others effectually to prosecute them for the love of Virtue.

Of Gaming-houses, and Players at Games.

Perjury.

Forestallers, Regradors and In∣grossers.

Wine without License.

Of importing Silk or Ribbands, &c.

Wood.

Ʋpholsters.

Brokers, Ʋsurers and Extortioners: