Title Law, debt, and merchant power : the civil courts of eighteenth-century Halifax / James Muir.

Publication Info.	Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : Published for the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History by University of Toronto Press, [2016]
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Description	1 online resource.
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Series	Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History
	Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History series.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Halifax, a community of litigants -- Chapter 3: Initiating Actions -- Chapter 4: Avoiding Trial -- Chapter 5: Going to Trial Chapter 6: Ending the Action -- Chapter 7: Appeals and Other Courts -- Chapter 8: Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Sources and Methods -- Appendix 2: Interpreting Occupational and Status Data.
Summary	In the early history of Halifax (1749-1766), debt litigation was extremely common. In Law, Debt, and Merchant Power, James Muir offers an extensive analysis of the civil cases of the time as well as the reasons behind their frequency.
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Subject	Civil law -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax -- History.
	Civil law.
	Nova Scotia -- Halifax.
	History.
	Courts -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax -- History.
	Courts.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
Added Author	Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History, issuing body.
Other Form:	Print version: Muir, James, 1971- Law, debt, and merchant power. Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : Published for the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History by University of Toronto Press, [2016] 9781487501037 148750103X
ISBN	9781487512309 (electronic book)
	1487512309 (electronic book)
	9781487501037
	148750103X