''A Digest of the Laws of England'', also known as ''Comyns' Digest'', is a book by
Sir John Comyns. The latest English edition was published in 1822. A 120-page, handwritten tabulation by
John Neal in 1826 of all cases in the digest is included with the
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References
*Comyns, Sir John. A Continuation of Comyns' Digest of the Laws of England, brought down to the present time by a gentleman of the Inner Temple.
fol. London. 1776. 2d ed. of ''Comyns' Digest'', with the continuation included under one alphabet. fol. London. 1781. 3d ed. with additions, by
Stewart Kyd
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Life
A native of Arbroath, Forfarshire, he went at the age of fourteen from Arbroath grammar school to King's College, Aberdeen. Abandoning a design of entering t ...
. 6 vols.
8vo
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. London. 1792. 4th ed. enlarged and continued down to the present time, by
Samuel Rose. 6 vols. 8vo. London. 1800. 5th ed. enlarged and continued to the present time, by
Anthony Hammond
Anthony Hammond (1668–1738), of Somersham Place, Huntingdonshire and Lidlington, Bedfordshire, was an English official and Tory politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons between 1695 and 1708. He was also known as a poet a ...
. 8 vols. 8vo. London. 1822. 1st American from the 5th London ed. with the additions of the principal American decisions, by Thomas Day. 8 vols. 8vo. New York and Philadelphia. 1824 - 26.
*"Comyns' Digest" in "A Solicitors Library" (1855) 2 Law Chronicl
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*"Comyns' Digest" (1862) 24 Monthly Law Reporte
729(October 1862)
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*Comyns, J and Kyd, S. ''A Digest of the Laws of England''. Fourth Edition. Luke White. Dublin. 1793. Vol
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*Comyns, J and Hammond, A and Day, T. A Digest of the Laws of England. First American Edition. J Laval and Samuel F. Bradford. Philadelphia. Collins & Hannay. New York. 1824. Vol
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