Non-Criminal Prisons: English Debtor's Prisons and Prisons of War, French War Prisons, American War Prisons; With References to Those of Other Lands (Classic Reprint)
Non-Criminal Prisons: English Debtor's Prisons and Prisons of War, French War Prisons, American War Prisons; With References to Those of Other Lands (Classic Reprint)
Excerpt from Non-Criminal Prisons: English Debtor's Prisons and Prisons of War, French War Prisons, American War Prisons; With References to Those of Other Lands They obtained jurisdiction by a mere fiction over actions of debt, detinue and causes of a like nature. The judgment pronounced in English courts against a debtor was merely to the effect that he should pay the debt and costs, and it was incidental thereto that if he does not pay an execution will issue against his property. But no mention of im prisonment was ...
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Excerpt from Non-Criminal Prisons: English Debtor's Prisons and Prisons of War, French War Prisons, American War Prisons; With References to Those of Other Lands They obtained jurisdiction by a mere fiction over actions of debt, detinue and causes of a like nature. The judgment pronounced in English courts against a debtor was merely to the effect that he should pay the debt and costs, and it was incidental thereto that if he does not pay an execution will issue against his property. But no mention of im prisonment was included in the judgment, for which there was, in fact, no authority. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Very good(-) Color Frontis., 3 b/w Illus. 8vo, blue cloth, corners bumped, spine ends rubbed. (London): Grolier Society, n.d., circa 1925 Number 59 of 1000 copies.
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