A Practical View of the Statute Law of Scotland: From the Year MCCCCXXIV, to the Close of the Session of Parliament MDCCCXXVII, in a Series of Titles, Alphabetically Arranged, Volume 2 |
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| Title | A Practical View of the Statute Law of Scotland: From the Year MCCCCXXIV, to the Close of the Session of Parliament MDCCCXXVII, in a Series of Titles, Alphabetically Arranged, Volume 2 A Practical View of the Statute Law of Scotland: From the Year MCCCCXXIV, to the Close of the Session of Parliament MDCCCXXVII, in a Series of Titles, Alphabetically Arranged, Esq. James Watson |
| Author | Esq. James Watson |
| Publisher | Bell & Bradfute and Thomas M. Shiells, 1828 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 2 Oct 2006 |
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