The Office of Bailiff of a Liberty

Joseph Ritson

ADVERTISEMENT.

PREFACE.

CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTION.

BOOK I. Of a Franchise or Liberty [15] . CHAPTER I. OF

BOOK II. Of the Bailiff of a Franchise or Liberty . CHAPTER I. OF HIS QUALITY.

Transcriber's Note.

Apparent typographical errors have been corrected. The use of hyphens has been rationalised.

There are several words in the Introduction in Anglo-Saxon script. These are underlined. The individual characters have been replaced by their modern equivalents: "wynn" by "w" and so on.

THE
OFFICE
OF
BAILIFF
OF A
LIBERTY.

By JOSEPH RITSON, Esq.
BARRISTER AT LAW,
LATE HIGH BAILIFF OF THE SAVOY.

Ballivus cujuscunque manerii esse debet in verbo verax, et in opere diligens ac fidelis, ac pro discreto appruatore cognitus, plegiatus, & electus, qui de communioribus legibus pro tanto officio sufficienter se cognoscat, et quÒd sit ita justus, quÒd ob vindictam vel cupiditatem non quÆrat versus tenentes domini, vel aliquos sibi subditos, occasiones injustas, per quas destrui debent, seu graviter amerciari. Fleta. l. 2. c. 73.

LONDON:
PRINTED BY A. STRAHAN,
LAW-PRINTER TO THE KINGS MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY;
FOR J. BUTTERWORTH, LAW-BOOKSELLER,
FLEET-STREET.
1811.

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THE OFFICE OF BAILIFF OF A LIBERTY.

THE
OFFICE
OF
BAILIFF
OF A
LIBERTY.