Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Superior Court of Judicature of the Province of Massachusetts Bay
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Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Superior Court of Judicature of the Province of Massachusetts Bay is an early American legal case reporter compiled by Josiah Quincy Jr., documenting colonial Massachusetts court decisions.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
historical document
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law book → legal case reporter → |
| associatedWith |
American legal history
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Massachusetts judiciary → |
| compiler | Josiah Quincy Jr. → |
| compilerCitizenship | Province of Massachusetts Bay → |
| compilerOccupation | lawyer → |
| contains |
court decisions
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judicial opinions → summaries of arguments → |
| country |
Colonial America
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British America →
surface form:
United States (pre-independence colonies)
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| courtReported |
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
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surface form:
Superior Court of Judicature of the Province of Massachusetts Bay
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| documents |
colonial Massachusetts court decisions
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precedents used in colonial Massachusetts courts → |
| genre | law reports → |
| hasAuthorRole | reporter of decisions → |
| historicalContext | pre-Revolutionary American colonies → |
| importance | one of the earliest American case reporters → |
| jurisdictionCovered | Province of Massachusetts Bay → |
| language | English → |
| legalField |
criminal law
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general civil law → procedural law → |
| legalSystem | common law → |
| medium | print → |
| region | New England → |
| subject |
Massachusetts legal history
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case law → colonial legal history → law → |
| timePeriodDocumented | colonial era → |
| usedFor |
historical legal research
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study of colonial jurisprudence → study of early American legal practice → |
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Josiah Quincy Jr.
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Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Superior Court of Judicature of the Province of Massachusetts Bay
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