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Law, debt and merchant power
Muir James
Law, debt and merchant power The civil courts of eighteenth-century Halifax - Toronto University Of Toronto Press 2016 - 282P xi HB
Civil Law - Courts - Social Conditions Corporate Debt - Economic History
Content:
Foreword ix
Acknowledgements xi
1. Introduction
2. Halifax, a Community of Litigants 3
3. Imitating Actions 14
4. Avoiding Trial 41
5. Going to Trial 687
6. Ending the Action 126
7. Appeals and Other Courts 152
8. Conclusion 152
Appendix 1: Sources and Methods 191
Appendix 2: Interpreting Occupational and Status Data 206
Notes 215
Bibliography 259
Index 275
9781487501037
346.716 MUI
Law, debt and merchant power The civil courts of eighteenth-century Halifax - Toronto University Of Toronto Press 2016 - 282P xi HB
Civil Law - Courts - Social Conditions Corporate Debt - Economic History
Content:
Foreword ix
Acknowledgements xi
1. Introduction
2. Halifax, a Community of Litigants 3
3. Imitating Actions 14
4. Avoiding Trial 41
5. Going to Trial 687
6. Ending the Action 126
7. Appeals and Other Courts 152
8. Conclusion 152
Appendix 1: Sources and Methods 191
Appendix 2: Interpreting Occupational and Status Data 206
Notes 215
Bibliography 259
Index 275
9781487501037
346.716 MUI