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Legislations referred to in documents

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Rhode Island Copyright Statute 1783
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Royal Decree of 23 August 1893 concerning the payment of inheritance and property transfer ...
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Royal Edict of 27 June 1577 (forbidding the hawking of books)
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Royal letters patent 1761, reorganizing the administration and financing of the Comédie-F ...
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Royal Letters Patent of 1488
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Royal Letters Patent of 1586
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Royal Letters Patent of 1649
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Royal Order of 22 March 1763
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Royal order of 5 May 1837
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Royal Order on the Representation of Dramatic Works (1837)
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Royal ordinances
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Ruling of King's Council (1761), awarding a privilege to the granddaughters of La Fontaine ...
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Ruling of the King's Council (1749), in favour of M. de Crébillon
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Ruling of the Parlement of Paris (1657), forbidding new editions unless the work had been ...
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Russian Council of State decree (1830), on the duration of copyright
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Russian Council of State decree (1857), extending duration of p.m.a. term
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Russian law, stipulating that photographs had to show the publisher's name
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Russian Statute on Censorship (1828)

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