Highway law - Great Britain - Early works to 1800
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Abstracts of two acts of Parliament, passed in the thirteenth year of the reign of King George the Third, for the amendment and preservation of the public highways, and for regulating the turnpike roads. By a member of parliament. Who has been very assiduous in those Affairs, And is desirous of having them perfectly understood by the Public
Great BritainDate: Printed in the Year 1773- E-books
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An act for repairing and widening the road from Sherbrook-Hill near Buxton and Chappel in the Frith, in the county of Derby, to Manchester in the county of Lancaster
Great BritainDate: 1725]- E-books
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The new universal parish officer . Containing all the laws now in force, relating to parish business, ranged in alphabetical order. Very proper for attornies, constables, churchwardens, Justices of the Peace, Overseers of the Poor, Surveyors of the Highways, Headboroughs, Tidingmen, Sidesmen, Vestrymen, and all Persons in Office, who would gain a competent Knowledge of this Branch of the Law, so as to enable them to discharge their respective Duties with Ease and Expedition. It is also very proper for every Housekeeper and Inhabitance who is desirous of being perfectly acquainted with the Laws relating to Parishes, that he may not entirely rely upon the Skill of Parish Officers, who are but too frequently un-acquainted with some material Part of their Duty. This Work is entirely freed from the Errors, Obscurities, and Repetitions of former Writers on this Subject. Collected from the common, statute, and other authentic law-books. Interspersed with many useful precedents. The fourth edition, corrected, and containing almost twice as much Matter as any other Book of the Kind; with the Addition of the Four Acts of Parliament made in the last Session, concerning the Highways and Turnfike-Roads. By a gentleman of the Middle Temple.
Gentleman of the Middle TempleDate: 1774- E-books
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A bill for continuing, and making more effectual, two acts of Parliament, one passed in the tenth year of the reign of Her Late Majesty Queen Anne, and the other in the eighth year of the reign of His Late Majesty King George the First, for repairing the highway between a certain place called Kilburn Bridge in the county of Middlesex, and Sparrows Herne in the county of Hertford
Parliament of the United KingdomDate: 1749]- E-books
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Highways a treatise, shewing the hardships and inconveniencies of presenting, or indicting parishes, towns, &c. for not repairing the highways. And offering several material additions, and amendments to the laws now in being, for the better, and more effectual Repairing of the same. By John Shapleigh, Esq; Barrister at Law.
Shapleigh, JohnDate: MDCCL. [1750]