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Legal documents

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered works on documents having legal relevance in general. Works on documents written in order to give expression to a legal act or agreement for the purpose of creating, securing, modifying, or terminating a right, or for the purpose of furnishing evidence of a right, are entered under the heading Legal instruments.

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Copy of Wesleyan's petition for incorporation, 1831

 Collection — Box 5, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents

Copy of Wesleyan's petition of incorporation to the state of Connecticut. Original can be found at the Connecticut State Library.

Dates: 1831

Roy Lucas collection on abortion litigation

 Collection
Identifier: 1000-187
Abstract

This collection documents state and federal abortion laws and court cases in the United States, spanning 1967-1973. It contains state and federal abortion litigation case files, documents, and correspondence; materials of the James Madison Institute; research files on aspects of abortion law, including studies of the Constitution and state laws on rights of the fetus; and publications regarding abortion and abortion laws including newspaper clippings about court cases.

Dates: 1967-1973

Wesleyan charter and by-laws, 1869, 1911, 1922, 1931, 1935, 1937, 1943, 1969

 Collection — Box 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

Booklets of versions of the Wesleyan University charter and bylaws with any revisions to the document.

Dates: 1869, 1911, 1922, 1931, 1935, 1937, 1943, 1969