Daily entries from the 17th century London diary
By John Herne. Full title: ‘The law of charitable uses, wherein the statute of 43. Eliz. chap. 4. is set forth and explained; with directions how to sue out and prosecute commissions grounded upon that statute…’
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A “use” is similar to a trust.
Herne, John, fl. 1660.
The lavv of charitable uses, wherein the statute of 43 Eliz: chap. 4. is set forth and explained; with directions how to sue out and prosecute commissions grounded upon that statute: also presidents, inquisitions, and decrees, with divers judgments, and resolutions, upon exceptions and appeals against decrees; and other proceedings upon the said statute. The second edition, much enlarged and amended. By John Herne.
London : printed by J. S[treater]. for Timothy Twyford, and are to be sold at his shop, within the Inner-Temple-Gate, 1663.
[6], 271, [9] p. ; 8⁰.
Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), H1569
The first edition, 1660, approx 120 pages shorter.
Herne was explicating [An Act To Redress The Misemployment Of Lands, Goods, And Stocks Of Money Heretofore Given To Certain Charitable Uses - 16 December 1601] 43 Elizabeth, c. 4, A.D. 1601
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