Seven letters to the Lords and Commons of Great Britain, upon the impolicy, inhumanity, and injustice, of our present mode of arresting the bodies of debtors; shewing the inconsistency of it, with Magna charta and a free constitution ... The whole illustrated by a variety of cases, taken from real life.
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| Main Author: | Dornford, Josiah, 1764-1797. |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London,
Printed by J. Andrews
[1786]
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