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Adding bibliography to Courts pt 3 plus legal age note.
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:12: take an oath of Allegiance to the King.  
:12: take an oath of Allegiance to the King.  
:14: “age of discretion” so that he can consent to marriage and chose a guardian.  
:14: “age of discretion” so that he can consent to marriage and chose a guardian.  
:16: able to bear arms.<ref>This is not from the dictionary, but from [http://archive.org/stream/compactwithchart00newp#page/284/mode/2up The Compact with the Charter and Laws of the Colony of New Plymouth], 285-286.</ref>
:21: may alien his lands, goods, and chattels.  
:21: may alien his lands, goods, and chattels.  
:24: can be ordained a priest.  
:24: can be ordained a priest.  
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References:  
References:  


*Viola F. Barnes, ''The Dominion of New England, a study in British Colonial Policy'' (New Haven, Conn., 1923).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/245633 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; not at FHL.  
*David Grayson Allen, ''In English Ways: The Movement of societies and the transferal of English local law and custom to Massachusetts Bay in the Seventeenth Century'' (Chapel Hill, N.C., 1981), xxi, 312 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/6195034 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|319929|item|disp=FHL book 974.4 H6a}}.<br>
*Zechariah Chafee Jr., “Colonial Courts and the Common Law” in David F. Flaherty, ed., ''Essays in the History of Early American Law'' (Chapel Hill, N.C., 1969).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19322 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; not at FHL.  
*Thomas E. Atkinson, "The Development of the Massachusetts Probate System" in ''Michigan Law Review'', 42 [1943-1944]: 425-452.<br>Digital versions at [www.jstor.org/stable/1283518 Jstor] ($) or [http://heinonline.org HeinOnline] ($).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1757366 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>
*Daniel R. Coquillette, ed., ''Law in Colonial Massachusetts 1630-1800'' (Boston, 1984), being v. 62 of the ''Publications of The Colonial Society of Massachusetts''.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/11689604 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|268532|item|disp=FHL book 974.4 P3L}}.
*Viola F. Barnes, ''The Dominion of New England, a study in British Colonial Policy'' (New Haven, Conn., 1923), viii, 303 pp..<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/245633 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; not at FHL.<br>
*James Deetz and Patricia Scott Deetz, ''The Times of Their Lives: Life, Love, and Death in Plymouth Colony'' (New York, 2000).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/44267850 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; not at FHL.
*Melville Madison Bigelow, "Primogeniture in Massachusetts" in ''Massachusetts Historical Society Publications'', 45 [1911-1912]: 34-35.<br>Digital version at [http://www.jstor.org.ezproxy.bpl.org/stable/25080001?seq=8 Jstor] (free).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/9526253 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|1264024|item|disp=FHL book 974.4 C4p v. 45}}.<br>
*Alan J. Dimond, ''The Superior Court of Massachusetts: Its Origin and Development'' (Boston, 1960).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2106314 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; not at FHL.  
*Barbara Aronstein Black, "The Judicial Power and the General Court in Early Massachusetts (1634-1686)," Ph.D. Dissertation, Yale Univ., 1975, vii, 373 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/7984953 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>
*Julius Goebel Jr., “King’s Law and Local Custom in Seventeenth Century New England” in David F. Flaherty, ed., ''Essays in the History of Early American Law'' (Chapel Hill, N.C., 1969).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19322 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; not at FHL.  
*Frank E. Bradbury, "Laws and Courts of the Massachusetts Bay Colony" in ''Bostonian Society Publications'', 10 [1913]: 129-159.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/33372679 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|1260773|item|disp=FHL book 974.461 H25b v. 10}}.<br>
*George L. Haskins, ''Law and Authority in Early Massachusetts: A Study in Tradition and Design'' (New York, 1960).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/420744 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; not at FHL.  
*Ellen Elizabeth Brennan, "The Massachusetts Council of the Magistrates" in ''New England Quarterly'', 4 [1931]: 54-93.<br>Digital version at [http://www.jstor.org/stable/359217 Jstor] ($).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1759778 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>
*George L. Haskins, “Reception of the Common Law in Seventeenth Century Massachusetts: A Case Study” in George Althan Billias, ed., ''Law and Authority in Colonial America'' (Barre, Mass., 1965).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/225438 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; not at FHL.  
*Virginia G. Cartoof, "Massachusetts' Parental Consent Law: Origins, Implementation and Impact," Ph.D. Dissertation, Brandeis Univ., 1985, 228 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/13351676 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>
*George L. Haskins, “The Legal Heritage of Plymouth Colony” in David F. Flaherty, ed., ''Essays in the History of Early American Law'' (Chapel Hill, N.C., 1969).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19322 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; not at FHL.  
*Zechariah Chafee Jr., “Colonial Courts and the Common Law” in David F. Flaherty, ed., ''Essays in the History of Early American Law'' (Chapel Hill, N.C., 1969), x, 534 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19322 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; not at FHL.<br>
*George L. Haskins, “The Beginnings of Partible Inheritance in the American Colonies” in David F. Flaherty, ed., ''Essays in the History of Early American Law'' (Chapel Hill, N.C., 1969).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19322 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; not at FHL.  
*Daniel R. Coquillette, ed., ''Law in Colonial Massachusetts 1630-1800'' (Boston, 1984), being v. 62 of the ''Publications of The Colonial Society of Massachusetts'', lxviii, 608 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/11689604 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|268532|item|disp=FHL book 974.4 P3L}}.<br>
*Hendrik Hartog, “The Public Law of a County Court; Judicial Government in Eighteenth Century Massachusetts” in ''American Journal of Legal History'', 20 [1976]: 282-329.<br>Digital version online at [http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/844858 Jstor] ($).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1480152 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|117210|item|disp=FHL book 973 B2ajL v. 20}}.
*Cornelius Dalton, John Clark Wirkkala, and Anne Thomas, ''Leading the Way: A History of the Massachusetts General Court, 1629-1980'' (Boston, 1985), 489 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/12436955 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>
*George D. Langdon Jr., ''Pilgrim Colony: A History of New Plymouth, 1620-1691'' (New Haven, Conn., 1966).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/475810 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; not at FHL.  
*William T. Davis, ''History of the Judiciary of Massachusetts, including the Plymouth and Massachusetts Colonies, the province of the Massachusetts Bay, and the Commonwealth'' (Boston, 1900), xxiv, 446 pp.<br>Digital versions at [http://archive.org/details/cu31924060052788 Internet Archive] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=fTU4AAAAIAAJ Google Books].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1809598 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|307570|item|disp=FHL book 974.4 P2d}}.<br>
*William E. Nelson, ''Americanization of the Common Law: The Impact of Legal Change in Massachusetts Society, 1760-1830'' (Cambridge, Mass., 1975).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1399551 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; not at FHL.  
*James Deetz and Patricia Scott Deetz, ''The Times of Their Lives: Life, Love, and Death in Plymouth Colony'' (New York, 2000), xvi, 366 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/44267850 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; not at FHL.<br>
*John Noble, “A Few Notes on Admiralty Jurisdiction in the Colony and in the Province of the Massachusetts Bay” in the ''Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts'', 8 [1905]: 3-38 and Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts: Transactions, 1902-1904, 8 [1906]: 150-186.<br>Digital versions at [http://archive.org/stream/publicationscol00unkngoog#page/n214/mode/2up Internet Archive] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=Q3ue5-co-zkC&pg=PA3 Google Books].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/489901478 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|481450|item|disp=FHL film 844521}}.  
*Alan J. Dimond, ''The Superior Court of Massachusetts: Its Origin and Development'' (Boston, 1960), xii, 187 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2106314 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; not at FHL.<br>  
*Russell K. Osgood, ed., ''The History of the Law in Massachusetts: The Supreme Judicial Court 1692-1992'' (Boston, 1992).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/27700531 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; not at FHL.  
*Julius Goebel Jr., “King’s Law and Local Custom in Seventeenth Century New England” in David F. Flaherty, ed., ''Essays in the History of Early American Law'' (Chapel Hill, N.C., 1969), x, 534 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19322 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; not at FHL.<br>Julius Goebel, "King's Law and Local Custom in Seventeenth-Century New England" [''for Plymouth Colony''] in the ''Columbia Law Review'', 31 [1931]: 416-448.<br>Digital version at [http://www.jstor.org/stable/1114893 Jstor] ($).<br>.[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1564231 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>
*D. C. Parnes, ''Plymouth and the Common Law, 1620-1775'' (Kingston, 1971).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/27700531 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; not at FHL.  
*George Lee Haskins, "The Beginning of the Recording System in Massachusetts" [''i.e. deeds, morgages, etc.''] in ''Boston University Law Review'', 21 [1941]: 281-304.<br>Digital version at [http://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?collection=journals&handle=hein.journals/bulr21&div=17&id=&page= HeinOnline] ($).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49374769 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>
*Plymouth Colony Archives Project at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, “Legal Structure” at [http://www.histarch.uiuc.edu/plymouth/ccflaw.html www.histarch.uiuc.edu/plymouth/ccflaw.html].
*George L. Haskins, ''Law and Authority in Early Massachusetts: A Study in Tradition and Design'' (New York, 1960), xvi, 298 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/420744 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; not at FHL.<br>
*Edwin Powers, ''Crime and Punishment in Early Massachusetts, 1620-1692: A Documentary History'' (Boston, 1966).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/413349 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; not at FHL.  
*George L. Haskins, “Reception of the Common Law in Seventeenth Century Massachusetts: A Case Study” in George Althan Billias, ed., ''Law and Authority in Colonial America'' (Barre, Mass., 1965), xxi, 208 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/225438 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; not at FHL.<br>
*Joseph H. Smith, ''Colonial Justice in Western Massachusetts (1639-1702)'' (Cambridge, Mass., 1961).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/345561 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|537167|item|disp=FHL book 974.4 P2c}}.  
*George L. Haskins, “The Legal Heritage of Plymouth Colony” in David F. Flaherty, ed., ''Essays in the History of Early American Law'' (Chapel Hill, N.C., 1969), x, 534 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19322 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; not at FHL.<br>
*Eugene Aubrey Stratton, ''Plymouth Colony: Its History &amp; People 1620-1691'' (Salt Lake City, 1986).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/15349442 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|513087|item|disp=FHL book 974.4 H2s}}.<br><br>
*George L. Haskins, “The Beginnings of Partible Inheritance in the American Colonies” in David F. Flaherty, ed., ''Essays in the History of Early American Law'' (Chapel Hill, N.C., 1969), x, 534 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19322 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; not at FHL.<br>
*Hendrik Hartog, “The Public Law of a County Court; Judicial Government in Eighteenth Century Massachusetts” in ''American Journal of Legal History'', 20 [1976]: 282-329.<br>Digital version online at [http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/844858 Jstor] ($).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1480152 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|117210|item|disp=FHL book 973 B2ajL v. 20}}.<br>
*Mark de Wolfe Howe and Louis F. Eaton, "The Supreme Judicial Power in the Colony of Massachusetts" in ''New England Quarterly'', 20 [1947]: 291-316.<br>Digital version at [http://www.jstor.org/stable/361441 Jstor] ($).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1759778 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>
*George D. Langdon Jr., ''Pilgrim Colony: A History of New Plymouth, 1620-1691'' (New Haven, Conn., 1966), xi, 257 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/475810 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; not at FHL.<br>
*Albert Mason, "A Short History of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts" in ''Massachusetts Law Quarterly'', 2 [1916-1917]: 82-100.<br>Digital version at [http://books.google.com/books?id=b8ewAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA82 Google Books].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1756834 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>
*William E. Nelson, ''Americanization of the Common Law: The Impact of Legal Change in Massachusetts Society, 1760-1830'' (Cambridge, Mass., 1975), ix, 269 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1399551 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; not at FHL.<br>
*John Noble, “A Few Notes on Admiralty Jurisdiction in the Colony and in the Province of the Massachusetts Bay” in the ''Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts'', 8 [1905]: 3-38 and Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts: Transactions, 1902-1904, 8 [1906]: 150-186.<br>Digital versions at [http://archive.org/stream/publicationscol00unkngoog#page/n214/mode/2up Internet Archive] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=Q3ue5-co-zkC&pg=PA3 Google Books].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/489901478 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|481450|item|disp=FHL film 844521}}.<br>
*Russell K. Osgood, ed., ''The History of the Law in Massachusetts: The Supreme Judicial Court 1692-1992'' (Boston, 1992), 790 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/27700531 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; not at FHL.<br>
*D. C. Parnes, ''Plymouth and the Common Law, 1620-1775'' (Kingston, 1971), 59 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/567839 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; not at FHL.<br>
*George E. Pearson, "The Great and General Court of Massachusetts, 1628-1691: A Study of its Early History with Special Reference to its Organization," Ph.D. Dissertation, Tufts Univ., 1910, viii, 116 pp.<br>No digital version.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5805568 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>
*George E. Pearson, "Origin of the Massachusetts General Court" in ''New England Magazine'', 54 [1915-1916]: 33-38.<br>No digital version.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/7568653 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|xxx|item|disp=FHL book xxx}}.<br>
*Plymouth Colony Archives Project at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, “Legal Structure” at [http://www.histarch.uiuc.edu/plymouth/ccflaw.html www.histarch.uiuc.edu/plymouth/ccflaw.html].<br>
*Edwin Powers, ''Crime and Punishment in Early Massachusetts, 1620-1692: A Documentary History'' (Boston, 1966), xiii, 647 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/413349 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; not at FHL.<br>
*James P. Ronda, "Red and White at the bench: Indians and the Law in Plymouth Colony" in ''Essex Institute Historical Collections'', 110 [1974]: 200-215.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2255681 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|1643504|item|disp=FHL book 974 B2e v. 110}}.<br>
*Ronald Kingman Snell, "The County Magistracy in Eighteenth-Century Massachusetts: 1692-1750," Ph.D. Dissertation, Princeton Univ., 1971, ix, 384 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5865572 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>
*Joseph H. Smith, ''Colonial Justice in Western Massachusetts (1639-1702)'' (Cambridge, Mass., 1961), ix, 426 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/345561 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|537167|item|disp=FHL book 974.4 P2c}}.<br>
*Eugene Aubrey Stratton, ''Plymouth Colony: Its History &amp; People 1620-1691'' (Salt Lake City, 1986), xi, 481 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/15349442 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|513087|item|disp=FHL book 974.4 H2s}}.<br>
*Emory Washburn, ''Sketches of the Judicial History of Massachusetts from 1630 to the Revolution in 1775'' (Boston, 1840), 407 pp.<br>Digital versions at [http://archive.org/details/sketchesofjudici00washuoft Internet Archive] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=gpssAAAAIAAJ Google Books].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/681506733 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br><br>
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