The Country Juſtice:
CONTAINING
The Practice, Duty and Power
OF
The Juſtices of the Peace,
As well in as out of
THEIR SESSIONS.
By MICHAEL DALTON of Lincolns-Inn, Eſq;
And one of the Maſters in Chancery.
WHEREIN
All the Statutes in Force and Use from Magna Charta 9 Hen. III. to 15 & 16 Geo. II. and alſo All the CASES in LAW, relating to the Juriſdiction and Authority of Juſtices of the Peace, are carefully collected and digeſted under proper Titles.
AND
For the better Help of ſuch JUSTICES of PEACE as have not been much converſant in the Study of the LAWS of this REALM, there is added,
An APPENDIX;
BEING
A Compleat Summary of all the Acts of Parliament, ſhewing the various Penalties of Offences by STATUTE, and the particular Power of one, two, three, or more Juſtices, in their Proceedings and Determinations, under ſeveral diſtinct Heads, in Alphabetical Order.
with four tables,
- The first, of the Heads of the Chapters.
- The second, of All the Statutes relating to Juſtices of the Peace.
- The third, of the Diviſions and Sub-diviſions contained in the Appendix: And,
- The fourth, of The Principal Matters.
And The precedents Tranſlated into Engliſh.
ALSO
ADDENDA, containing
The Statutes of 16, 17, 18 & 19 Geo. II. with all the Modern Caſes of Authority publiſhed ſince the Year 1742, down to the Preſent Time.
Juſtice is the Staff' of Peace, and the Maintenance of Honour.Cic.
In the SAVOY:
Printed by Henry Lintot (Aſſignee of Edw. Sayer, Eſq,) and Sold by S. Birt, at the Bible and Ball in Ave- Mary- Lane; D. Browne, at the Black Swan without Temple-Bar; and J. Shuckburgh at the Sun next the Inner Temple-Gate in Fleet-ſtreet. M.DCC.XLVI.
