Research

Scope and Content Note

Each entry in the common rulebooks contains the title of the cause, the name of the attorney moving the court, and the rule granted. (The first party in the title may be either the plaintiff or the defendant, depending on which was granted the rule. If it was the defendant, the form is 'X ads. Y, the "ads" standing for ad sectam, "at the suite of.") The entries are chronological under the initial letters of the attorneys' name. Each volume contains two books, with initial letters on the two covers.