A report of all the cases determined by Sir John Holt knt. from 1688 to 1710

Excerpt from 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. To write a compleat Abridgment of the Common Law may Jujily at this 'time of Day be thought a Work too extenfive for any one Perfon to undertake. Such a Work or rather a Digefi of our Laws is worthy of a Junéto of the firji Men in the Profe?ion; of an Englifh Tribonian and h ws. When that fhall be ejfiéiually performed the firming Contra diéiions of the Reports fhall be reconciled and thofi.