A description of the common laws of England, according to the rules of art, compared with the prerogatives of the King : with the substance and effect of the statutes (disposed in their proper places) by which the common law is abridged, enlarged, or any ways altered, from the commencement of Magna Charta, anno 9 H. 3. until this day / by Henry Finch ; originally written in French, and now first translated into English, with a variety of references to both the ancient and modern reports, and occasional remarks where the law has been altered by later resolutions, or acts of Parliament, with many useful observations also on various points of law ; with a compleat table of the principal matters.