The Clerk's Assistant, in Two Parts: Part I. Containing the Most Useful and Necessary Forms of Writings, which Occur in the Ordinary Transactions of Business, Under the Names of Acquittances, Agreements, Assignments...wills, &c. and Other Instruments. Calculated for the Use of Citizens of the United States. Part II. Containing, Selections of Various Useful Practical Forms, Proceedings in Partition of Lands, &c. &c. To which is Added, an Appendix, Containing a Variety of Precedents for the Use of Coroners, Justices of the Peace, Overseers of the Poor, and Other Town Officers, Proceedings in Distress for Rent, &c. &c |
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