TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Introduction by Joseph H. Smith and Philip A. Growl .............

vii

I. The Maryland Background ............................

viii

xv

III. Liber A .............................................

xvii

IV. The Maryland Judicial Establishment...................

xviii

V. Court Sessions and Personnel ...........................

xxiii

IV. Criminal Jurisdiction .................................

xliii

VII. Civil Jurisdiction .....................................

lvii

VIII. Administrative Jurisdiction ............................

lxiii

IX. Jurisdiction Over Complaints Between Masters and Servants

lxx

X. Criminal Procedure...................................

Ixxii

XI. Civil Procedure ......................................

Ixxxiii

Abbreviations (used in Introduction) ............................

cxvii

Prince Georges County Court Record, 1696-1699.................

1

Proper Name Index .........................................

619

Subject Matter Index.........................................

663