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• Jacob, Giles, 1686-1744: The accomplish'd conveyancer. Containing the nature and kinds of deeds and instruments used in conveyancing; and an abridgment of the law relating to all sorts of conveyances of estates ... (Printed by H. Lintot for D. Browne, 1750) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Jacob, Giles, 1686-1744: City liberties: or, The rights and privileges of freemen. Being a concise abridgment of all the laws, charters, by-laws, and customs of London, down to this time ... very useful to all citizens and other inhabitants of the city of London. (In the Savoy, Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling, for W. Mears, 1732) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Jacob, Giles, 1686-1744: The common law common-placed: containing, the substance and effect of all the common law cases dispersed in the body of the law, collected as well from abridgments as reports, in a perfect new method. Wherein likewise the terms of the law, and the most considerable writs and processes, are concisely treated of, under their proper titles. With an abstract of statutes, relating to the general heads thereof, and exact references throughout. (Printed by E. and R. Nutt and R. Gosling for W. Mears and T. Corbett [etc.], 1726) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Jacob, Giles, 1686-1744: Compleat court-keeper (Printed by E. and R. Nutt and R. Gosling for B. Lintot and T. Ward, 1724) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Jacob, Giles, 1686-1744: Every man his own lawyer: or, A summary of the laws of England in a new and instructive method, under the following heads ... All of them so plainly treated of, that all manner of persons may be particularly aquainted [sic] with our laws and statutes, concerning civil and criminal affairs, and know how to defend themselves and their estates and fortunes, in all cases whatsoever. (Printed by Hugh Gaine, printer, bookseller and stationer at the Bible and Crown, in Hanover-Square, 1768), also by Thomas Gage Gage (page images at HathiTrust)
• Jacob, Giles, 1686-1744: Every man his own lawyer: or, A summary of the laws of England, in a new and instructive method, under the following heads ... All of them so plainly treated of, that all manner of persons may be particularly aquainted [sic] with our laws and statutes, concerning civil and criminal affairs, and know how to defend themselves and their estates and fortunes, in all cases whatsoever. (New-York: : Printed by Hugh Gaine, printer, bookseller and stationer at the Bible and Crown, in Hanover-Square,, M,DCC,LXVIII. [1768]), also by Thomas Gage (HTML at Evans TCP)
• Jacob, Giles, 1686-1744: Everyman his own lawyer (Printed by Henry Lintot for R. Ware, 1750) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Jacob, Giles, 1686-1744: Game-law. (Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling for W.M. :, 1740), also by Great Britain (page images at HathiTrust)
• Jacob, Giles, 1686-1744: An historical account of the lives and writings of our most considerable English poets, whether epick, lyrick, elegiack, epigramatists, & ... (Curll, 1720) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Jacob, Giles, 1686-1744: Jacob's court keeper. (In the Savoy, Printed by H. Lintot for D. Browne, J. Shuckburgh [etc.], 1752) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Jacob, Giles, 1686-1744: The law-dictionary: explaining the rise, progress, and present state, of the English law; defining and interpreting the terms or words of art; and comprising copious information on the subjects of law, trade, and government. (Printed by A. Strahan, law printer to the King's Most excellent Majesty, for J. Johnson [etc.], 1809), also by T. E. Tomlins (page images at HathiTrust)
• Jacob, Giles, 1686-1744: The law-dictionary: explaining the rise, progress, and present state, of the English law; defining and interpreting the terms or words of art; and comprising copious information on the subjects of law, trade, and government. (Printed for and published by P. Byrne, Philadelphia; and I. Riley, New-York. I. Riley, printer, 1811), also by Thomas Edlyne Tomlins (page images at HathiTrust)
• Jacob, Giles, 1686-1744: The law-dictionary: explaining the rise, progress, and present state, of the English law; defining and interpreting the terms or words of art; and comprising copious information on the subjects of law, trade, and government. (Printed for, and Published by I. Riley, New-York; and P. Byrne, Philadelphia. I. Riley, Printer., 1811), also by T. E. Tomlins (page images at HathiTrust)
• Jacob, Giles, 1686-1744: The law-dictionary : explaining the rise, progress, and present state, of the English law, in theory and practice; defining and interpreting the terms or words of art; and comprising copious information, historical, political, and commercial, on the subjects of our law, trade, and government. (Printed by A. Strahan, for T. Longman, 1797), also by T. E. Tomlins (page images at HathiTrust)
• Jacob, Giles, 1686-1744: Lex constitutionis, or, The gentleman's law : being a compleat treatise of all the laws and statutes relating to the king and the prerogative of the Crown, the nobility, and the House of Lords, House of Commons, officers of the customs, of the exise, of the Post-Office, Stamp-Office, forfeited estates, publick accounts, the Navy-Office, War-Office, lieutenancy of counties, Justices of the Peace, &c. ... : and also an introduction to the common law of England, with respect to tenures of lands, descents, marriage-contracts, coverture, &c., of property, creation and forfeiture of estates, trials of offenders, courts at Westminster, &c. : to which are added, under their proper heads, the manner of passing bills in both houses of Parliament, the judicature of the Lords, variety of adjudg'd cases, and some curious history of antiquity (Printed by Eliz. Nutt and R. Gosling (assigns of Edward Sayer) for B. Lintot, 1719) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Jacob, Giles, 1686-1744: Lex Mercatoria, or, the Merchants' Companion, containing all the laws and statutes relating to merchandize. (London, 1718) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Jacob, Giles, 1686-1744: A new law-dictionary: containing the interpretation and definition of words and terms used in the law; and also the whole law, and the practice thereof, under all the heads and titles of the same. Together with such informations relating thereto, as explain the history and antiquity of the law, and our manners, customs, and original government. Collected and abstracted from all dictionaries, abridgments, institutes, reports, year-books, charters, registers, chronicles, and histories, published to this time; and fitted for the use of barristers, students, and practisers of the law, members of Parliament, and other gentlemen, justices of peace, clergymen, &c. (In the Savoy, Printed by H. Lintot for R. Ware, 1744), also by John Holt (page images at HathiTrust)
• Jacob, Giles, 1686-1744: A new law-dictionary : containing the interpretation and definition of words and terms used in the law, and also the whole law and the practice thereof, under all the heads and titles of the same : together with such informations relating thereto, as explain the history and antiquity of the law, and our manners, customs and original government : collected and abstracted from all dictionaries, abridgments, institutes, reports, year-books, charters, registers, chronicles, and histories, published to this time and fitted for the use of barristers, students, and practisers of the law, members of Parliament, and other gentlemen, justices of peace, clergymen, &c (Printed by Henry Lintot for R. Ware [and 20 others], 1756), also by John Holt (page images at HathiTrust)
• Jacob, Giles, 1686-1744: A new law-dictionary : containing, the interpretation and definition of words and terms used in the law; and also the whole law, and the practice thereof, under all the heads and titles of the same : together with such informations relating thereto, as explain the history and antiquity of the law, and our manners, customs, and original government : abstracted from all dictionaries, abridgments, institutes, reports, yearbooks, charters, registers, chronicles, and histories, published to this time... (Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling, (assigns of E. Sayer) for J. and J. Knapton, 1729) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Jacob, Giles, 1686-1744: A new law-dictionary : containing the interpretation and definition of words and terms used in the law, as also the whole law and practice thereof, under all the proper heads and titles, together with such informations relating thereto as explain the history and antiquity of the law, and our manners, customs, and original government, collected and abstracted from all dictionaries, abridgments, institutes, reports, year-books, charters, registers, chronicles, and histories, published to this time ... (Printed by H. Woodfall and W. Strahan for T. Osborne [etc.], 1762), also by John Holt (page images at HathiTrust)
• Jacob, Giles, 1686-1744: A New law-dictionary : containing the interpretation and definition of words and terms used in the law ; ... together with such learning as explains the history and antiquity of the law ; ... collected and abstracted from all dictionaries, abridgments, institutes, commentaries, reports, yearbooks, charters, registers, chronicles, and histories, published to this time ... ([s.n.], 1782), also by John Morgan (page images at HathiTrust)
• Jacob, Giles, 1686-1744: Pleas of the crown : in two parts : or, A methodical summary of the principal matters relating to that subject. : with several hundred references, never before printed, to the ancient and modern books of the law : and likewise three other treatises by Sir Matthew Hale, viz. Of Sheriffs accompts, Trial of witches, and Provisions for the poor (Printed by J.N. assignee of Edw. Sayer, for D. Brown, M. Wotton, W. Mears, J. Brown, and T. Woodward, 1716), also by Matthew Hale (page images at HathiTrust)
• Jacob, Giles, 1686-1744: Pleas of the crown : in two parts ; or, A methodical summary of the principle matters relating to that subject : with several hundred references, never before printed, to the ancient and modern books of the law : and likewise three other treatises by Sir Matthew Hale; viz. Of sherriffs accompts, Trial of witches, and Provisions for the poor (Printed by J.N. assignee of E. Sayer, esq. :, 1716), also by Matthew Hale (page images at HathiTrust)
• Jacob, Giles, 1686-1744: The poetical register: or, The lives and characters of all the English dramatick poets. With an account of their writings. (E. Curll, 1719) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Jacob, Giles, 1686-1744: The poetical register: or, The lives and characters of all the English poets. With an account of their writings. (Printed and sold by A. Bettesworth, W. Taylor and F. Batley [etc.], 1723) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Jacob, Giles, 1686-1744: A report of all the cases determined by Sir John Holt, knt., from 1688 to 1710, during which time he was lord chief justice of England : containing many cases never before printed, taken from an original manuscript of Thomas Farresley ... : also several cases in Chancery and the Exchequer-Chamber. The whole alphabetically digested under proper heads : with three tables: the first of the names of the cases; the second of the general titles; and the third of the principal matters. (printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling (assigns of E. Sayer) for J. Hazard, 1738), also by Great Britain. Court of King's Bench, John Duke Coleridge Coleridge, Thomas Farresley, John Holt, Great Britain. Court of Exchequer Chamber, and Great Britain. Court of Chancery (page images at HathiTrust)
• Jacob, Giles, 1686-1744: The statute-law common-plac'd; or, A general table to the statutes, containing the purport and effect of all the acts of Parliament in force from Magna charta down to the reign of King George II, in a method perfectly new and regular; with the numerous proviso's and additional clauses inserted under their proper titles. (Printed by H. Lintot, 1748) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Jacob, Giles, 1686-1744: Tractus de Hermaphrodites; Or, A Treatise of Hermaphrodites (Gutenberg ebook)
• Jacob, Giles, 1686-1744: A treatise of laws : or, A general introduction to the common, civil, and canon law, in three parts. I. The common law of England, illustrated in great variety of maxims, &c. : also the use of this law with references to statutes, in all cases. II. Of the civil law intermix'd with the law of nations and its use here in England and a parallell between the civil law and common law. III. The canon law and laws ecclesiastical, containing the authority and rights of the English clergy, of patrons of churches, courts ecclesiastical, trials &c. ... (T. Woodward and J. Peele, 1721) (page images at HathiTrust)

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