Concise Law Dictionary of Words, Phrases and Maxims

A Concise Law Dictionary of Words, Phrases and Maxims

Note: it is also called the Stimson’s Law dictionary. A list of terms are included in that entry.

Details of the Dictionary

  • Authors: Frederic Jesup Stimson (1855-1943) and Harvey Cortlandt Voorhees
  • Subtitle: “With an Explanatory List of Abbreviations Used in Law Books.”
  • Note: First edition published under the title “Glossary of technical terms, phrases, and maxims of the common law”. This is why some definitions of this legal Dictionary are similar with those of the “Glossary of technical terms: phrases, and maxims of the common law”.
  • Published: Boston : Little, Brown, and Company, 1911.

Review of “A Concise Law Dictionary of Words, Phrases and Maxims”

In the law as well as for the ordinary uses of mankind more than one type of word-book finds a place, and so the profession will not refuse its welcome to this latest edition of Stimson’s handy glossary.

The fact that it has not been deemed necessary to make any material change in the new edition either in plan or scope … seems to indicate that there is a considerable demand for a law glossary of the barest, starkest sort.

The law dictionary, from Jacobs’ down, has almost always been something of a digest as well as a word-book. In the American edition of Bouvier this tendency inds its extreme application, while in the book before us we find ourselves at the opposite pole of condensation and restriction. This would seem to limit the use of the book to the purpose of refreshing the memory of the lawyer or of instructing the general reader who stumbles upon an unfamiliar term.

The puzzled practitioner and the thoughtful law student will usually be driven to ampler stores of information in which varying uses of words and different shades of meaning are set forth. But, after all, the book deserves the praise which the present editor accords to Professor Stimson’s original work. It is “excellent and scholarly” and it is the better for the care and industry expended on it by the learned reviser.

(A Concise Law Dictionary of Words, Phrases and Maxims by Frederic Jesup Stimson; Harvey Cortlandt Voorhees Review by: G. W. K. Columbia Law Review , Vol. 11, No. 8 (Dec., 1911) , p. 807. Published by Columbia Law Review Association, Inc.)

Preface of the Law Dictionary

Note: This is called a “Prefatory Note”in the Dictionary.

“In preparing this new edition of Stimson’s Law Glossary [it refers to the work “Glossary of technical terms: phrases, and maxims of the common law,” by Stimson] an effort has been made to retain the excellent and scholarly work of Professor Stimson as originally prepared by him. Few changes have been found advisable.

The work of the present editor, therefore, has been mainly to supplement rather than revise. In pursuing this plan nearly two thousand important words have been added, and many citations and references inserted designed to lead the researcher to a fuller understanding of the meaning and practical use of the words defined and explained.

These references are designed[ly] to books and reports most accessible to students of Law, and their needs have ever been held paramount. For their use, too, an explanatory list of abbreviations used in law books has been carefully prepared, and added under the title “Abbreviations.”This will undoubtedly be found an important addition to the general scope of the work.

A table of British Regnal years has also been added in the Appendix.

References to words defined in this book are in small capitals, and references to other books and decisions are in italics.”

Stimson’s Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law (1881)

According to the introduction, Stimson’s Glossary “is not a compilation of law, like the larger dictionaries, but consists purely of definition.” Its vocabulary taken from that of the common-law courts, giving “the popular and usual acceptation of each phrase, in much the same rough and general shape in which it would stand in the mind of the trained lawyer.” The revised edition of Stimson’s Glossary is this dictionary, published in 1911.

From Frederic Jesup Stimson’s Note on the Dictionary:

“This book is the result of an attempt to produce a concise Law Dictionary, giving in common English an explanation of the words and phrases, English as well as Saxon, Latin, or French, which are of common technical use in the law. It is not a compilation of law, like the larger dictionaries, but consists purely of definition. Only such civil law, canon law, or Scotch terms have been introduced as are often used in the common-law courts. The writer has sought to give the popular and usual acceptation of each phrase, in much the same rough and general shape in which it would stand in the mind of the trained lawyer; only occasionally adding a hint of its more correct and exact meaning. More definite information must then be sought in the text-hooks. Unless otherwise mentioned, the definition is given according to the common law of England; and the date or present existence of the thing defined is only roughly indicated by the tense.

It has been impossible within the limits assigned to make the book exhaustive; but it is hoped that a judicious selection has been made of the more important catchwords, writs, courts, and maxims; and that, in seeking to compress the greatest amount of matter in the smallest possible space, the author has been concise, without being inaccurate or obscure.

The black-faced type is used for all terms defined under the present caption; the Italic is always used for reference, not emphasis. Thus the frequent use of abbreviations like “v.,” “see,” and “q.v.” is avoided. The reader is desired always to refer to a term so Italicized, under the proper caption, as it will frequently be found to complete or modify the present definition. Literal translations, followed by explanations, are put in parentheses; paraphrases or explanatory additions, in brackets. The words of the captions are English unless otherwise indicated, and different spellings in the same language follow without a capital letter. Thus, Gablum, l, Gabel, gavel, Gafol, sax.: gabel and gavel are the English forms, gablum the law Latin, and gafol the Saxon. Sometimes, to gain space, different words from the same root, as the noun and the verb, are put in the same paragraph; so, phrases beginning with the caption word. But when the word is found in different languages and begins very many phrases, it is otherwise; thus, the French, English, and Latin in begin each a separate paragraph.”

The author, , was a Harvard Law graduate who later taught comparative legislation at Harvard, and served as U.S. Ambassador to Argentina during World War I. Stimson wrote several influential books on constitutional law, legislation, and labor law, including American Statute Law (1st ed. 1886) and Popular Law-Making (1910). He was also a novelist, first under the pen-name of “J. S. of Dale.” Stimson’s historical romances, especially King Noanett (1896) and My Story (1917), were widely read in their day but are now virtually forgotten.

List of French Legal Terms defined in the Dictionary

  • Ampliare,amplier
  • A, ad
  • À
  • Abatre, abbatre, abater
  • Abeyance
  • Abordage
  • Acc, Accord.
  • Accion sur le case
  • Accouplé
  • Achat, achate
  • Acquets
  • Adeprimes
  • Aderere
  • Adesouth
  • Adonques, adunque, adoun
  • Advenir, avener, aveigner
  • AEl, aieul, ayle
  • AErerer, airer
  • Affaire
  • Affer, affri, affra
  • Affiert, afiert, affert
  • Agard
  • Agiser
  • Agniser
  • Aie
  • Aiel, aieul, ayle
  • Ailours, aylours
  • Ainesse
  • Ainsi
  • Airer, aerer
  • Aisne, eigne
  • Ajant
  • Ajourner
  • Ajuger
  • Al
  • Aler, aller
  • Alien-nee
  • Alleu, aleu, alieu
  • Alm, alme
  • Almoigne, almoin
  • Alors
  • Altre, altrei
  • Ambideux
  • Amende honorable
  • Amesner
  • Amour
  • Amy
  • Angleterre
  • Anichiler, adnichiler, anienter, anientir, aneantir
  • Anoyer
  • Antique temps, antic
  • Anuels livres
  • Aore
  • Aparelle, aparaile
  • Aperte
  • Apostille, apostyle
  • Appiert, appers, apierge
  • Apprester
  • Apprimes
  • Appris, apprise
  • Après
  • Arer
  • Arpen, arpent
  • Arrect, arrette, J
  • Asaver, asçavoir
  • Asceverer
  • Ascient
  • Ascun
  • Assayer
  • Asses, assez
  • Assis, assys
  • At
  • Atteindre
  • Au
  • Aucun
  • Aujourd’huy
  • Aumone, Almoign
  • Auprès
  • Aussi, ausint, etc.
  • Auter, autre
  • Auxi
  • Avail, aval
  • Availe
  • Aval
  • Avaler
  • Avant
  • Avanture, Aventure
  • Avec, avecques
  • Aveigner, avener
  • Avenage
  • Aver, avoir
  • Avers
  • Avoir
  • Avoucher
  • Avouterie, avowtry
  • Bas
  • Baston
  • Battel, bataile
  • Besael, Besaylle, etc.
  • Bestes, bestiales, etc.
  • Bien
  • Biens
  • Blees, blé
  • Bois, boys
  • Bon, bonne
  • Borough, burg, bourg
  • Bouche
  • Bourg
  • Bureau
  • Burgess, bourgeois
  • Cablish, Cablis
  • Car
  • Carte blanche
  • Cas
  • Chanter, chaunter
  • Chef
  • Chemin, chimin
  • Chescun
  • Cheser, cheir, chaier, etc.
  • Commandité
  • Derechief, derchef
  • Dernier ressort
  • Des
  • Descender
  • Desoubs, dessous, desouth
  • Desus, dessus
  • Devant
  • Dever, deyver
  • Devier, devyer
  • Dict, dit, etc.
  • Dieu et mon droit
  • Dismes, dîmes
  • Dit, ditz, etc.
  • Outre
  • Recoupe
  • Amont, amount
  • Appel An appeal; a challenge
  • Approver, approbare, approve
  • Chevage, chivage, fr., chevagium, I., chiefage
  • Auctor
  • Age prier, age-prayer
  • Aide-prier, aid-prayer
  • Chalenger, challenge
  • Affeere, affere, afferer, afferare
  • Alt, Altus, alta, etc.
  • Arere, aretro
  • Affranchir
  • Agait
  • Alloigner, alloyner, fr
  • An, anne, ann
  • Arret
  • Autant
  • Assoil, assoilzie, sc, assoiler
  • Ce, cecy, ceo
  • Ceans
  • Cel, celle, celuy
  • C’est asçavoir, asaver
  • Cestui, cestuy
  • Cet, cettuy
  • Charue
  • Chascum
  • Chatel, chatelle,chattel
  • Chevisance
  • Chimin
  • Chose
  • Ci, cy, si
  • Come, comme
  • Comen
  • Compte arrête
  • Coneu, conu
  • Congé d’accorder
  • Congé
  • Congeable
  • Conquerer
  • Conte
  • Contek
  • Contre, conter
  • Convenable
  • Convey, Conveer
  • Cosinage
  • Couchant et levant
  • Counter,count
  • Countez
  • Countour,counter
  • Countre
  • Cour de Cassation
  • Courir
  • Coustum, coutum
  • Cresser
  • Cribler
  • Crier
  • Cry de pais
  • Curge
  • Curtilage
  • Cy, si, etc
  • Cy
  • Da, oui da
  • Damage-clere
  • Dame
  • Dans
  • Darrein, dareyne, darraign, etc
  • De
  • Debas, debassa
  • Deça, decha
  • Dedire
  • Degaster
  • Dehors
  • Deins
  • Depuis
  • Dillonques
  • Done, doun
  • Donque, donc, dunques, etc.
  • Dont
  • Doresnavant
  • Droit, droict, dreit
  • Eau, eawe, ewe, etc.
  • E’e
  • Egetter
  • Egglise, église
  • Eide
  • Eigne, eisne, aisne, etc.
  • Eins
  • Eit
  • Embler
  • Emparler
  • Emprompter
  • En
  • Enbler
  • Encheson
  • Enciente
  • Endorser, endosser
  • Engagement
  • Engager
  • Engetter
  • Engin, enghein, engyn
  • Engleterre
  • Enlarger I’estate
  • Enparler
  • Enquet, enquest
  • Ensemble
  • Ensement
  • Ensy, ensi
  • Entencion, entente
  • Entendement, entente
  • Enter, entre
  • Enterlesse
  • Envers
  • Erer, arer
  • Errant
  • Eschier, eschoir
  • Escoce, escosse
  • Escrier
  • Escript, escrit
  • Eslier
  • Esloigner
  • Este
  • Ester in jugement
  • Estre
  • Et
  • Evesque
  • Ewe, fr
  • Excommengement
  • Expose
  • Eyder
  • Eygne
  • Ez arts
  • Faillite
  • Faire, fere
  • Faitours
  • Faux, fausse
  • Feal
  • Feasance
  • Feme, femme
  • Fesaunt
  • Fet
  • Feu
  • Fief
  • File, fille
  • Fils, fitz
  • Fin
  • Fine force
  • Fitz
  • Fois, foitz
  • For, fors
  • Forbarrer
  • Force majeure
  • Forsque
  • Fortuit
  • Four
  • Fourcher
  • Foy
  • Frais
  • Franc, fraunk
  • Fraunche, fraunke
  • Frère
  • Fuer
  • Gager
  • Gaignage, gainage
  • Gales
  • Garaunt, garaunter
  • Gard, garde
  • Garner, garnir
  • Garrant
  • Gast
  • Gents, gentz
  • Getter
  • Gilour
  • Giser,
  • Gors, gorce
  • Gree
  • Gros
  • Guerpi
  • Guet
  • Haubert
  • Hault, haut
  • Hore, ore
  • Hors
  • Huis, huy
  • Icel, iceluy, icelle, iceux
  • Il
  • Importer, emporter
  • Issint
  • Ja
  • Ject
  • Jeofail
  • Jour
  • Journée
  • Juge de paix
  • La
  • Laisser aller
  • Larcyn
  • Large, A
  • Laron
  • Le, les
  • Leal
  • Lei, leie
  • Les lois ne se chargent de punir que les actions exterieures
  • Ley
  • Lieu-conus
  • Livre
  • lllungue, illongues, etc.
  • Loi
  • Loier
  • Lors
  • Louage
  • Loy
  • Lui, luy
  • Mail, maille
  • Main
  • Mainbour,sax
  • Mainour, meynour, etc.
  • Mainoverer, mainovre
  • Maintenant
  • Maintes fois
  • Mais
  • Maunder
  • Mauveise, mauveys
  • Mayn
  • Mein, meyn
  • Meindre age
  • Mère, fr
  • Mesaventure
  • Mese, mais
  • Mese, meas, meason, etc.
  • Mesne
  • Mesprendre
  • Mester, mestre
  • Mestier
  • Mettre
  • Meubles
  • Meyn,
  • Mi, my
  • Milieu
  • Mise
  • Mitter à large
  • Moindre, moins, meins
  • Molt
  • Molyu
  • Monstrans de droit
  • Monstrans de faits
  • Morier, mourir, etc.
  • Mort
  • Moy
  • Moyen
  • My
  • Mys
  • Na, Nad, Navera,
  • Nadgayers, naidgaits, etc.
  • Naif
  • Nappent
  • Ne
  • Née, né
  • Neint
  • Nemy
  • Nestre
  • Nient
  • Novel
  • Nul
  • Nunq, nunques
  • OEps, oes
  • Oil, oyel
  • Oligarchy
  • Om, on
  • Ore
  • Ou
  • Oultre le mer
  • Ouster
  • Ouster, oster, oter
  • Ove
  • Ovel, owel
  • Oyel, oyl, oil
  • Oyer et terminer
  • Oyer
  • Paine forte et dure
  • Pais
  • Paix
  • Parchemin
  • Parler
  • Parmy
  • Parol
  • Pas
  • Pays
  • Peas
  • Pee
  • Peine
  • Pendre
  • Perdre
  • Pernor, pernour
  • Pescher
  • Petit
  • Petition de droit
  • Peu
  • Peut
  • Pie
  • Plaideur
  • Plee
  • Plein
  • Pleynte,fr
  • Plus, pluis
  • Poer
  • Poser
  • Pour
  • Pourparty
  • Pourpresture
  • Pree
  • Prender
  • Près
  • Prest, prist, pret
  • Primer
  • Pris
  • Prisage
  • Prisal en auter lieu
  • Prist
  • Proces-verbal
  • Prochein amy
  • Propre
  • Puissance
  • Pur, pour
  • Purq’, purquoy
  • Purview, pourvu
  • Quant
  • Que
  • Qui
  • Re
  • Render
  • Rescous
  • Reson
  • Respondes oustre
  • Retour sans protêt
  • Rien, riens
  • Roigne, reine
  • Roy, roi, re
  • Sacher
  • Sane
  • Sans
  • Saver default
  • Scaver, scavoir
  • Se
  • Sec, seck
  • Seigneur, seignior
  • Semb., Semble
  • Semblable
  • Semer
  • Seriaunt,serjeant
  • Serment
  • Services fouciers
  • Sier, scier
  • Societe
  • Soi
  • Soit
  • Son assault demesne
  • Soub, soubs, sous, south
  • Sovent, souvent
  • Sur
  • Surcesser
  • Sus
  • Suzereign
  • Tant
  • Tard
  • Tesmoyn
  • Tesmoynage, tesmoynaunce
  • Tiel, tieulx, etc.
  • Tiers, tierce
  • Torcenouse
  • Tort
  • Toujours et uncore prist
  • Tout un sound
  • Tres
  • Très
  • Tresor trouvé
  • Tribunaux de commerce
  • Trover
  • Tuer
  • Tuteur officieux
  • Um, un, om, on,
  • Un foitz
  • Uncore
  • Unques
  • Ure
  • Vaut
  • Veer
  • Veer, veier
  • Vefue, Aeif
  • Veigner
  • Veisin
  • Vejours
  • Venison
  • Vente a remere
  • Vente
  • Vey
  • Visconte
  • Vocher
  • Voer, voir
  • Voier, voir
  • Vous avez cy
  • Y
  • Yalemaines
  • Ycel, yceux
  • Don, donum, pl. dona
  • Eskipper, eskippare
  • Blanc, blanche, blancus
  • Confeccion, Confectio
  • Jeo
  • Levant et couchant, levantes et cubantes
  • Garene, garrena
  • Home, homme,Homo, pl. homines
  • Mal, malum
  • Malfeasance, maleficium
  • Mere droit, merum jus
  • Naam, nam, sax., name, namimn
  • Vail’ q’ vail’ purr’, Valeat quantum valere potest
  • Venue, visne, Visnetum, vicinetum
  • Vers, versus
  • Vester, vestire
  • Visne, vicinetus
  • Defendre, defendere, defend
  • Astre, astrum
  • Fos, fosse, fossa
  • Naifté, naivitas
  • Nastre, nasci
  • Porter, Portare
  • Tener,enere
  • Toller, tollere,toll
  • Tolne, tolnetum
  • Valvasour, vavasor
  • Vener,venire
  • Coupable
  • Nailours
  • Del bien estre
  • Demain
  • Dementenant en avant
  • Demesne
  • Demi
  • Demy
  • Amortir, amortise
  • Advover, advow, avouch, avow, advocare
  • Ami, amy, amicus

List of Latin Legal Terms defined in the Dictionary

  • Anatocismus, anatocism,gr
  • Assisores,assisors
  • Deceder, decedere
  • Ab
  • Abactor
  • Abamare
  • Abcariare
  • Abdite latet
  • Abducere
  • Abigeat
  • Abigeus
  • Absolutum et directum dominium
  • Absque
  • Abundans cautela non nocet
  • Ac etiam
  • Accapitare
  • Accapitum
  • Accedas ad curiam
  • Acceptare
  • Acceptilatio
  • Accessio
  • Accredulitare
  • Accrescere
  • Accusare nemo se debet, nisi coram Deo
  • Accusator post rationabile tempus non est audiendus, nisi se bene de omissione excusaverit
  • Acquietandis plegiis
  • Acquietare
  • Actor
  • Actuarius
  • Actum
  • Actus
  • Ad
  • Addicere
  • Additio probat minoritatem
  • Adiratus
  • Aditus
  • Adjunctio
  • Adjunctum
  • Admonitio trina
  • Adrectare
  • Adscripti glebae
  • Adsecurare
  • Adulterium
  • Advocatio
  • AEquitas
  • AEquivocum
  • AEquus
  • AEs
  • AEstimatio capitis
  • Affectus punitur, licet non sequatur effectus
  • Affeeror, afferator
  • Affidare
  • Affilare
  • Affinis
  • Agens
  • Ager
  • Agere
  • Aggregatio mentium
  • Agillarius
  • Agnates, agnati
  • Agnomen
  • Agreare
  • Alienus, alienum
  • Alio intuitu
  • Aliqualiter
  • Aliquid
  • Aliquis
  • Aliter
  • Aliud est celare, aliud tacere
  • Aliunde
  • Alius
  • Allegare
  • Allegiare
  • Alleviare
  • Allocare
  • Allocatio, Allocation
  • Allocatione facienda
  • Allodium, alodium, alodum
  • Alluvio, Alluvion
  • Alnetum
  • Aloarius
  • Als.
  • Altemis vicibus
  • Alter
  • Alternatim
  • Alternativa petitio non est audienda
  • Alterum non Iaedere
  • Alteruter
  • Altius non tollendi
  • Alto et basso
  • Altum mare
  • Alveus
  • Ambactus
  • Ambidexter
  • Ambiguitas,ambiguity
  • Ambulatoria voluntas
  • Amittere liberam legem
  • Ancipitis usus
  • Anecius
  • Anglice
  • Animus
  • Annates
  • Anni nubiles
  • Annulus et baculus
  • Annus
  • Annuus reditus
  • Antapocha
  • Ante
  • Antejuramentum
  • Antenati
  • Antichresis
  • Antinomia,antinomy
  • Antiqua statuta
  • Apertus
  • Apex juris
  • Apocae
  • Apocrisarius
  • Apparator, apparitor
  • Apparere
  • Apparura
  • Appellatio
  • Appreciare
  • Apprenticii ad legem
  • Apta viro
  • Apud
  • Aqua
  • Aralia
  • Aratum terrae
  • Arbitrement, fr., arbitrium
  • Arbor
  • Arcana imperii
  • Arcta et salva custodia
  • Arentare
  • Arg., arguendo
  • Argentarii
  • Argentum Dei
  • Argumentum
  • Arma
  • Armiger, armig., I
  • Arrentatio
  • Arrestandis bonis ne dissipentur
  • Articulus
  • Arura
  • Assaltus
  • Assartare, assart, essart
  • Assecurare
  • Assumpsit
  • Assurance, assurantia
  • Atilium
  • Atrium
  • Attach, Attachiare
  • Attachment, Attachiamentum
  • Attentare
  • Attile, attilamentum
  • Attingere
  • Auceps syllabarum
  • Audi alteram partem
  • Audiendo et terminando
  • Audita querela
  • Auditor, auditor
  • Auditus
  • Aula
  • Aurum reginae
  • Aut
  • Aversio periculi
  • Banc, bank, bancus
  • Benigne faciendae sunt interpretationes, propter simplicitatem laicorum, ut res magis valeat quam pereat; et verba intentioni, non e contra, debent inservire
  • Beria, Berg
  • Bona, bonus, bonum
  • Bona
  • Bonis non amovendis
  • Bonus
  • Bordage, bordagium
  • Bordarii, bordimanni
  • Bovata terrae
  • Broker, brogger, broccator
  • Brutum fulmen
  • Calumniare
  • Cambipartia
  • Camera
  • Campus
  • Cancellaria
  • Capax
  • Cape
  • Capias
  • Capiatur pro fine
  • Capita
  • Capital, capitalis
  • Capitaneus
  • Capitulum
  • Captio, caption
  • Caput
  • Carcare
  • Carcer
  • Carucata
  • Caste
  • Casu consimili
  • Casualis
  • Casus
  • Catalla
  • Catalla
  • Causa
  • Causam nobis significes
  • Cautela
  • Cautio, caution
  • Caveat
  • Cayagium
  • Certiorari
  • Certum est quod certum reddi potest
  • Cessare
  • Cessio bonorum
  • Cessio
  • Citatio
  • Civiliter
  • Clam
  • Clamare
  • Clausula
  • Clausum
  • Clericale privilegium
  • Clerici praenotarii
  • Clericus
  • Clerimonia
  • Clerus
  • Coadunatio
  • Commendatio
  • Commercia belli
  • Commercium
  • Commimitas regni Angliae
  • Committitur
  • Commixtio
  • Commodatum
  • Commodum
  • Commorant
  • Commorientes
  • Communicare
  • Communio bonorum
  • Communis, commune
  • Communiter usitata et approbata
  • Comparatio literarum
  • Comparere
  • Compensatio criminis
  • Compester
  • Competere
  • Componere lites
  • Compos mentis
  • Compotus, computus
  • Compurgatores
  • Concedere
  • Concessio
  • Concord, concordia
  • Conculcavit et consumpsit
  • Condere
  • Conditio
  • Condonatio
  • Conductio
  • Confirmatio chartarum
  • Confirmatio perficiens
  • Consensus facit jus
  • Consentientes et agentes pari poena plectentur
  • Consentire videtur qui tacet
  • Consideratio curiae
  • Consideratum est per curiam
  • Consortium
  • Constat
  • Constitutio
  • Consuetudo, pl. consuetudines
  • Contemporanea expositio fortissima in lege
  • Contestatio litis
  • Continuando
  • Contra
  • Contramandatio placiti
  • Contraplacitum
  • Contrapositio
  • Contrarotalator
  • Contrectatio rei alienae, animo furandi, est furtum
  • Convalescere
  • Convenire
  • Conventio vincit legem
  • Conversantes
  • Coopertus
  • Copia
  • Copulatio verborum indicat acceptationem in eodem sensu
  • Coram domino rege ubicunque tunc fuerit Angliae
  • Corodium, corody
  • Corona, crown
  • Coronator,coroner
  • Corporalis injuria non recipit aestimationem de futuro
  • Corpus,
  • Correi credendi, debendi
  • Corruptive
  • Cota, cotagium
  • Crassus
  • Crastino
  • Crepare oculum
  • Crepusculum
  • Crimen falsi
  • Cui ante divortium
  • Cuicunque aliquis quid concedit, concedere videtur et id sine quo res ipsa esse non potuit
  • Cuilibet in arte sua perito credendum est
  • Cujus est commodum, ejus debet esse incommodum
  • Cul., culp
  • Culpa
  • Cum
  • Cum, quum
  • Cura
  • Curator ad hoc
  • Curialitas
  • Currere
  • Cursus
  • Curtis
  • Custagium, custagia, custantia
  • Custos, pl. custodes
  • Custuma antiqua sive magna
  • Custus
  • Damnatus
  • Damnosa haereditas
  • Damnum absque injuria
  • Damnum, pl. damna
  • Dans et retinens nil dat
  • Dat’, data, datum
  • De
  • Debent
  • Debet esse finis litium
  • Debile fundamentum fallit opus
  • Debita
  • Debito mode
  • Debitor non praesumitor donare
  • Debitor
  • Debitum
  • Debuit
  • Decanus
  • Decem tales
  • Decenna
  • Deceptis, non decipientibus, jura subveniunt
  • Decet
  • Decies tantum
  • Decretales, decretals
  • Dedi
  • Dedicere
  • Dedimus
  • Dedititii
  • Defalcatio
  • Defalta, default
  • Defectus
  • Defensa, defensum
  • Defensor
  • Deficiente uno sanguine, non potest esse haeres
  • Dei gratia
  • Districtio
  • Districtus
  • Distringas
  • Divisa
  • Divisim
  • Divisum imperium
  • Divorce, divortium
  • Do
  • Doarium, dotarium, etc.
  • Doli capax
  • Dolus
  • Dominicum
  • Dominium
  • Dominus
  • Domitae naturae
  • Domus
  • Donare
  • Donatio
  • Donator nunquam desinit possidere, antequam donatorius incipiat possidere
  • Donee
  • Donum
  • Duces tecum
  • Dum, I
  • Dummodo
  • Duo non possunt in solido unam rem possidere
  • Duodecima manus
  • Duplex querela
  • Duplicatum jus
  • Durante
  • Duress per minas
  • E, ex
  • Ea intentione
  • Eat inde sine die
  • Ecce
  • Ecclesia
  • Editus
  • Effractores
  • Effusio sanguinis
  • Ego, talis
  • Egrediens et exeuns
  • Egressus
  • Ei incumbit probatio qui dicit, non qui negat
  • Einetia
  • Ejectum
  • Ejus nulla culpa est cui parere necesse sit
  • Ejusdem generis
  • Electio est creditoris, debitoris
  • Eleemosyna
  • Elegit
  • Elogium
  • Emanare
  • Emenda
  • Emendare
  • Emptio et venditio
  • Enitia pars
  • Enormia
  • Ens
  • Enumeratio unius est exclusio alterius
  • Eo instante
  • Eques
  • Ergo
  • Erigimus
  • Erraticum
  • Erronice
  • Error juris nocet
  • Escaeta
  • Escambio
  • Essartum, essart
  • Essentialia negotii
  • Esto
  • Estoverium, estovers
  • Et cetera
  • Et
  • Evasio
  • Ex
  • Excambium
  • Exceptio
  • Excusat aut extenuat delictum in capitalibus quod non operatur idem in civilibus
  • Excussio
  • Executio bonorum
  • Exemplum
  • Exequatur
  • Exercitor maris
  • Exfrediare
  • Exhaeredatio
  • Exhibitio billae
  • Exigent or exigi facias
  • Exire
  • Exlex
  • Exonerare
  • Expedit reipublicae
  • Expeditio brevis
  • Expensae litis
  • Expressio falsi
  • Expressum facit cessare taciturn
  • Extendi facias
  • Extra
  • Extrahura
  • Extraneous
  • Extremis probatis media praesumuntur
  • Extum
  • Fabricare, Fabricate
  • Facere
  • Factio testamenti
  • Factum a judice quod ad officium ejus non pertinet ratum non est.
  • Factum, pl. facta
  • Falcare
  • Falsa demonstratio non nocet, cum de corpore constat
  • Falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus
  • Fama
  • Familia
  • Famosi libelli
  • Famosus
  • Fas
  • Fatetur facinus qui judicium fugit
  • Fatum
  • Fauces terrae
  • Fautor
  • Favorabilicres rei potius, quam actores, habantur
  • Felagus, Felawe
  • Felo
  • Feod, feodum
  • Feoffare
  • Ferae naturae
  • Feria
  • Festinatio justitiae est noverca infortunii
  • Festinum remedium
  • Festum
  • Feudum
  • Fiat
  • Fictio
  • Fidei-commissa
  • Fidelitas
  • Fides
  • Fiducia
  • Fieri facias
  • Filum aquae
  • Finalis Concordia
  • Finis
  • Firma
  • Fistuca
  • Flagrans
  • Flagrante bello
  • Focale
  • Foedus
  • Foenus nauticum
  • Forbannitus
  • Forinsecus
  • Foris
  • Forisfacere
  • Foro
  • Fortia
  • Fortior et potentior est dispositio legis quam hominis
  • Forum
  • Founderosa
  • Fractio
  • Francigena
  • Francus
  • Frassetum
  • Frater
  • Fraus
  • Frectare
  • Frequentia actus multum operatur
  • Friscus
  • Fructuarius
  • Fructus
  • Fruges
  • Frustra,
  • Frustrum terrae
  • Fugam fecit
  • Fullum aquae
  • Functus
  • Fundamus
  • Fundo annexa
  • Fundus
  • Fur
  • Furca
  • Furcare
  • Furiosi nulla voluntas est
  • Furtum
  • Fustis
  • Futuri
  • Gabel, gavel; gablum
  • Garba
  • Gemma
  • Gen’, for Generosus
  • Gener
  • Generale dictum generaliter est interpretandum
  • Gens
  • Gerere
  • Germanus
  • Gersuma, sax
  • Gestio pro haerede
  • Gestio
  • Gestum, pl. gesta
  • Gilda mercatoria
  • Gleba
  • Glossa, I
  • Gradatim
  • Graffarius
  • Grammatica falsa non vitiat chartam
  • Granum crescens
  • Gratis
  • Gravamen
  • Gremium
  • Guardia
  • Habeas corpus
  • Habemus optimum testem confitentem reum
  • Habendum
  • Habentes homines
  • Habere facias possessionem
  • Habilis
  • Habitus
  • Haec est conventio
  • Haeredipeta
  • Haereditas damnosa
  • Haeres, pl. haeredes
  • Haustus
  • Hay, haya
  • Herbagium
  • Herus
  • Hiis testibus
  • Hinc inde
  • Hoc intuitu
  • Homage, homagium
  • Homicidium
  • Hominatio, hominium
  • Homo
  • Honeste vivere, alteri non Iaedere, suum cuique tribuere
  • Honorarium
  • Honour, honor
  • Horae juridicae
  • Hortus
  • Hospes, pl. hospites
  • Hospitia curiae
  • Hostes
  • Hutesium et clamor
  • Hypotheca
  • Ibi
  • Ibid., for ibidem
  • Id
  • Idem
  • Identitate nominis
  • Ideo
  • Idiota inquirendo
  • Idoneus
  • Ignitegium
  • Ignorantia eorum quae quis scire tenetur non excusat
  • Ignorare
  • Ignotum per ignotius
  • Illicitum collegium
  • Illud
  • Immobilis
  • Impediens
  • Impensae
  • Imperitia
  • Imperium
  • Impetere
  • Implacitare
  • Impositio
  • Impossibilis
  • Impotentia excusat legem
  • Imprimatur
  • Imprimere
  • Imprimis
  • Improbare
  • Impruiare
  • Impunitas semper ad deteriora invitat
  • Impuris manibus nemo accedat curiam
  • Imputatio
  • Incerta pro nullis habentur
  • Incipitur
  • Incivile
  • Inclusio unius est exclusio alterius
  • Incrementum
  • Indebitatus assumpsit
  • Indebiti solutio
  • Index animi sermo
  • Indicavit
  • Indicium, pl. indicia
  • Indictare
  • Induciae
  • Inest de jure
  • Infamia facti
  • Infans
  • Infantia
  • Infeodare
  • Inficiatio
  • Infinitum in jure reprobatur
  • Infortunium
  • Infra
  • Ingenuus
  • Ingressus
  • Iniquum est aliquem rei sui esse judicem
  • Initium
  • Injuria
  • Inlagare
  • Innotescimus
  • Innoziare
  • Innuendo
  • Inofficiosum
  • Inops consilii
  • Inordinatus
  • Inquisitio post mortem
  • Insidiatores viarum
  • Insimul computassent
  • Insinuatio
  • Instanter
  • Instar
  • Institor
  • Instituta, institutes
  • Instrumenta
  • Insula
  • Insultus
  • Insuper
  • Integer
  • Intentio
  • Inter
  • Interesse
  • Interest
  • Interlocutio
  • Interpretatio chartarum benigne facienda est ut res magis valeat quam pereat
  • Interruptio
  • Intestabilis
  • Intra
  • Intuitu matrimonii, mortis
  • Invadiare
  • Invecta et illata
  • Inveniendo
  • Invito
  • Ipse
  • Ire ad largum
  • Irritus
  • Irrotulatio, irrotulamentum
  • Is qui cognoscit
  • Ita
  • Item
  • Iter
  • Jacere
  • Jactura
  • Jactus lapilli
  • Jactus
  • Jocalia
  • Jocus partitus
  • Judex
  • Judicandum est legibus, non exemplis
  • Judicare
  • Judicia posteriora sunt in lege fortiora
  • Judicio sisti
  • Judicium
  • Jugum terrae
  • Jura
  • Juramentum
  • Jurare
  • Jurata
  • Jurator
  • Jure
  • Juris
  • Jurisdictio
  • Jus
  • Jusjurandum
  • Justitia nec difierenda nec neganda est
  • Justitiarius
  • Justitium
  • Juxta
  • L.S.; locus sigilli
  • Lacerta
  • Laesa majestas
  • Laesione fidei, pro
  • Lag, sax., laga
  • Langemanni
  • Languidus in prisona
  • Latens
  • Latitare
  • Latori praesentium
  • Latro
  • Latu sensu
  • Laudum
  • Legalis homo
  • Legem amittere
  • Leges
  • Legibus solutus
  • Legisperitus
  • Legit vel non ?
  • Legitima potestas
  • Leonina societas
  • Levandae navis causa
  • Lex
  • Libellus
  • Liber
  • Liberare
  • Liberate
  • Libertas
  • Licentia concordandi
  • Licet
  • Ligiantia, ligeance
  • Ligius
  • Lignagium
  • Lignum
  • Limitatio, limitation
  • Linea
  • Liquere
  • Lis
  • Litera
  • Litis contestatio
  • Littus maris
  • Litura
  • Locare
  • Locatarius
  • Locatio
  • Locator
  • Locus
  • Longa possessio est pacis jus
  • Loquela
  • Loquendum ut vulgus, sentiendum ut docti
  • Lucri causa
  • Lucrum
  • Luctuosa
  • Lumen
  • Lupinum caput
  • Lutosa
  • Maeremium, maremium
  • Magis
  • Magister rerum usus
  • Magistralia brevia
  • Magna assisa
  • Maihemium, mayhem, maim, etc
  • Major
  • Mala fides
  • Male
  • Maledicta est expositio quae corrumpit textum
  • Malitia praecogitata
  • Malitia supplet aetatem
  • Malo animo
  • Malum
  • Mandamus
  • Mandans, mandator,mandant
  • Mandatarius, mandatary
  • Mandatum, mandate
  • Manerium
  • Mansuetae naturae
  • Manucapere
  • Manus
  • Marca, march
  • Marcheta, mercheta
  • Mare
  • Marinarius
  • Maritagium
  • Maritima incrementa
  • Maritus
  • Materfamilias
  • Materna maternis
  • Matrimonia debent esse libera
  • Maximus
  • Medietas linguae
  • Medio tempore
  • Meditatio fugae
  • Medletum
  • Melior est conditio possidentis, et rei quam actor, ubi neuter jus habet
  • Melius est petere fontes quam sectari rivulos
  • Melius inquirendum
  • Membrana
  • Mens
  • Mensa et thoro
  • Mensura domini regis
  • Mercator
  • Merces
  • Meremium
  • Merx est quicquid vendi potest
  • Messis sementem sequitur
  • Meta
  • Metus
  • Meum et tuum
  • Miles, pl. milites
  • Minas, per
  • Minatur innocentibus qui parcit nocentibus
  • Minimus
  • Minor
  • Misa
  • Misera est servitus, ubi jus est vagum aut incertum
  • Misericordia
  • Missio in bona
  • Mitiori sensu
  • Mittere
  • Mobilia sequuntur personam, immoobilia situm
  • Modo et forma
  • Modus
  • Molendinum
  • Molliter manu
  • Molutus
  • Moneta
  • Monstravit, monstraverunt
  • Mora reprobatur in lege
  • Morandae solutionis causa
  • Morari
  • Mors
  • Morte donantis donatio coafirmatur
  • Mortgage, Mortuum vadium
  • Mortis causa
  • Mortuum
  • Mos pro lege
  • Mulier
  • Multitudo errantium non parit errori patrocinium
  • Municeps
  • Munus, pl. munera
  • Murdrum
  • Murorum operatio
  • Mutatis mutandis
  • Mutus et surdus
  • Mutuum
  • Nam
  • Nativus, nativa
  • Natura brevium
  • Naturale est qiudlibet dissolvi eo modo quo ligatur
  • Naufragium
  • Naulum
  • Nauta
  • Nautico foenere
  • Navis bona
  • Ne
  • Necessitas est lex temporis et loci
  • Nee, necque
  • Nefas
  • Negare
  • Negligentia semper habet infortunium comitem
  • Negotiorum gestor
  • Nem. con.; nemine contradicente
  • Nemo
  • Nexi
  • Nihil, nil
  • Nimia subtilitas in jure reprobatur et talis certitudo certitudinem confundit
  • Nisi
  • Nocere
  • Nolle
  • Nolo contendere
  • Nomen
  • Nominatim
  • Non
  • Noscitur a sociis
  • Nota, note
  • Notice, notitia
  • Nova
  • Novatio, novation
  • Noverint universi per praesentes
  • Noviter ad notitiam perventa
  • Novum judicium non dat jus novum, sed declarat antiquum
  • Novus homo
  • Nuda pactio obligationem non parit
  • Nudus, nudum
  • Nullus, nullum
  • Numerus certus pro incerto ponitur
  • Nunc pro tunc
  • Nundinae
  • Nuper
  • Nuptiae
  • Nurus
  • Ob
  • Obit
  • Obiter
  • Oblata
  • Obsta principiis
  • Obstupare
  • Obtemperandum est consuetudini rationabili tanquam legi
  • Obtulit se
  • Obventio
  • Occupatio
  • Occupavit
  • Octo tales
  • Officium
  • Ofiicina justitiae
  • Omissio eorum qui tacite insunt nihil operatur
  • Omissis omnibus aliis negotiis
  • Omne crimen ebrietas at incendit et detegit
  • Onerari non
  • Oneris ferendi
  • Onus probandi
  • Ope et consilio
  • Operarius
  • Operatio
  • Opinio quae favet testamento est tenenda
  • Oportet
  • Optima est legis interpres consuetudo
  • Opus
  • Oraculum
  • Ordine placitandi servato, servatur et jus
  • Ore tenus
  • Origo rei inspici debet
  • Ostendit vobis
  • Pactum
  • Palam
  • Par
  • Par
  • Paratum habeo
  • Paratus est verificare
  • Parens patriae
  • Pari delicto
  • Pars
  • Particeps criminis
  • Partus
  • Parva proditio
  • Pateat universis per praesentes
  • Pater
  • Patiens
  • Patria potestas
  • Patria
  • Pecia
  • Peculium
  • Pecunia
  • Pecus, pl. pecora
  • Pede pulverosus
  • Pedem ponere
  • Pensa
  • Per
  • Pergamenum
  • Periculum
  • Perquirere
  • Persona conjuncta aequiparatur interesse proprio
  • Perspicua vera non sunt probanda
  • Pertinens
  • Petere
  • Petitio
  • Peto
  • Pignoratio
  • Pignus
  • Placita
  • Placitamentum
  • Plagium
  • Plegii ad prosequendum
  • Plenus, plena
  • Pluries
  • Pluris petitio
  • Plus
  • Poena
  • Poenitentia
  • Ponderantur testes, non numerantur
  • Pondus regis
  • Pone
  • Portatico
  • Portoria
  • Posse
  • Possessio fratris facit sororem esse haeredem
  • Postea
  • Posteriores
  • Potentia
  • Potior est conditio defendentis
  • Praeceptores
  • Praecipe
  • Praeco
  • Praedium rusticum
  • Praedium
  • Praef’
  • Praemissa
  • Praemium
  • Praemunire
  • Praepositus
  • Praerogativa regis
  • Praescriptio
  • Praesens in curia
  • Praesentia corporis tollit errorem nominis
  • Praestare
  • Praesumitur pro legitimatione
  • Praesumptio juris
  • Pratum
  • Prava consuetudo
  • Precariae, preces, I
  • Prece partium, I
  • Precludi non debet, I
  • Prenomen
  • Pretium
  • Prima facie
  • Primitiae
  • Primo venienti
  • Primum decretum
  • Primus inter pares
  • Princeps legibus solutus est
  • Principia probant, non probantur
  • Prior in tempore, potior in jure
  • Privatum commodum publico cedit, or privatum incommodum publico bono pensatur
  • Pro
  • Proamita
  • Proavia
  • Proavunculus
  • Proavus
  • Probatio viva
  • Probator
  • Probi et legales homines
  • Probus et legalis homo
  • Procedendo
  • Procul dubio
  • Proditorie
  • Productio sectae
  • Prohibitio de vasto
  • Proinde
  • Proles
  • Prolicide
  • Propinquus
  • Propria manu
  • Proprietas
  • Propter
  • Prosternere
  • Protectio trahit subjectionem et subjectio protectionem
  • Protestando
  • Prout
  • Provisione legis
  • Proviso
  • Prox’, for Proximus
  • Pueritia
  • Punctum temporis
  • Punica fides
  • Qua
  • Quacunque via data
  • Quadrans
  • Quae ad unum finem locuta sunt non debent ad alium detorqueri
  • Quaelibet concessio fortissime contra donatorem interpretanda est
  • Quaere
  • Quaerens
  • Quaestor
  • Quale jus
  • Quamdiu
  • Quando abest provisio partis, adest provisio legis
  • Quandocunque
  • Quantum meruit
  • Quare
  • Quarto die post
  • Quasi
  • Quer’, querens
  • Querela
  • Questus est nobis
  • Questus
  • Qui
  • Quia
  • Quicquid plantatur solo solo cedit
  • Quid
  • Quidam
  • Quietantia
  • Quietus
  • Quilibet potest renunciare juri pro se introducto
  • Quinque portus
  • Quinto exactus
  • Quivis praesumitur bonus donec probetur contrarium
  • Quo animo
  • Quoad hoc
  • Quod ab initio non valet, in tractu temporis non convalescet
  • Quorum
  • Quoties in verbis nulla ambiguitas est, ibi nulla expositio contra Verba fienda est
  • Quousque
  • Quovis modo
  • Quum
  • R.G.; Regulae generales
  • Ran, sax., rapina
  • Raptus
  • Ratihabitio mandato aequiparatur
  • Ratio
  • Rationabilis
  • Ratum
  • Re
  • Rebus integris
  • Recens insecutio, secta
  • Receptus
  • Recessus
  • Recognitio, recognition
  • Recordari facias loquelam
  • Rectus in curia
  • Recuperatores
  • Reddendum
  • Redemptiones
  • Redeundo
  • Reditus albi, nigri
  • Referendo singula singulis
  • Regalia
  • Rege inconsulto
  • Regia via
  • Regiam majestatem
  • Registrum brevium
  • Regulae generales
  • Rehabere facias seisinam
  • Relatio semper fiat ut valeat dispositio
  • Relaxare
  • Relevamen, relevium, relief
  • Remanentia, remanere
  • Remanet
  • Remittit damna
  • Remoto impedimento, emergit actio
  • Reo absente
  • Reparatione facienda
  • Repellitur a sacramento infamis
  • Repetitum namium
  • Reprobata pecunia liberal solventem
  • Res
  • Rescutere
  • Resoluto jure concedentis, resolvitur jus concessum
  • Respectus
  • Responsa prudentum
  • Responsalis
  • Restitutio in integrum
  • Retorna brevium
  • Retraxit
  • Retro
  • Rettum
  • Reus
  • Ripa
  • Rite
  • Rixa
  • Rixatrix
  • Rota
  • Rusticum judicium
  • Ruta
  • Sacramentum
  • Saepius requisitus
  • Saevitia
  • Saisina
  • Salicetum
  • Salina
  • Salus populi suprema lex
  • Salutem
  • Salva gardia
  • Salvo
  • Sanae mentis
  • Sanctio
  • Sapiens incipit a fine, et quod primum est in intentione ultimum est in executione
  • Satius est petere fontes quam sectari rivulos
  • Scaccarium
  • Sciant praesentes et futuri
  • Sciens et prudens
  • Scilicet
  • Scintilla
  • Scire debes cum quo contrahes
  • Scribere est agere
  • Scutagium, scutage
  • Scutum
  • Secta
  • Sectator
  • Sectores
  • Secundum
  • Securitate pacis
  • Securus
  • Secus
  • Sed
  • Sedato animo
  • Sedente curia
  • Sedes
  • Seisina
  • Selecti judices
  • Semi-plena probatio
  • Semper
  • Senatus consultum
  • Sensus verborum est anima legis
  • Sententia
  • Separatim
  • Sequatur sub suo periculo
  • Sequela
  • Sequestrari facias
  • Seriatim
  • Sermo index animi
  • Serviens
  • Servitium
  • Servitus
  • Servus
  • Shaw
  • Si
  • Sic
  • Sicut
  • Sigillum
  • Significavit
  • Signum
  • Silent leges inter arma
  • Silva caedua
  • Similiter
  • Simplex commendatio non obligat
  • Simpliciter
  • Simul cum
  • Sine
  • Singulariter
  • Singuli in solidum
  • Situs
  • Sive tota res evincatur, sive pars, habet regressum emptor in venditorem
  • Socage, socagium
  • Societas
  • Solatium
  • Solidum
  • Solum
  • Solutio
  • Solutus
  • Solvendo
  • Spadones
  • Sparsim
  • Species facti
  • Sperate
  • Spes
  • Spoliatio
  • Spondet peritiam artis
  • Sponsio judicialis
  • Stabit praesumptio donec probetur in contrarium
  • Stagnum
  • Stapula, staple
  • Stare
  • Starrum, star
  • Statim
  • Status
  • Statutum generaliter est intelligendum quando verba statuti sunt specialia, ratio autem generalis
  • Stet processus
  • Stillicidium
  • Stirps, stripes
  • Strata
  • Stricti juris
  • Stuprun
  • Suapte natura
  • Sub
  • Sublata causa, tollitur effectus
  • Subpoena
  • Succurritur minori
  • Sue nomine
  • Suggestio falsi
  • Sui
  • Summa ratio est quae pro religione facit
  • Summoneas
  • Super
  • Superficies
  • Superflua non nocent
  • Superonerare
  • Supersedere
  • Supplicatio
  • Supplicavit
  • Supplicium
  • Suppressio veri
  • Supra
  • Suprema voluntas
  • Surplusagium
  • Sursum reddere
  • Sus. per coll.; Suspendatur per collum
  • Suum cuique tribuere
  • Suus
  • Sylva
  • T., Teste
  • Taberna, tabernacultun
  • Tabula rasa
  • Tacite
  • Tales
  • Talis qualis
  • Taliter
  • Tallagium
  • Talliare
  • Tam
  • Tamen
  • Tanquam prescriptum quod possessum
  • Tantus
  • Temere
  • Tenendum
  • Tenens
  • Tenor est qui legem dat feudo
  • Terminus
  • Tertia
  • Testatum
  • Testimonia ponderanda sunt, non numeranda
  • Testis, teste
  • Theolonium, tholonium
  • Thesaurus inventus
  • Tignum
  • Titulus est justa causa possidendi id quod nostrum est
  • Toftum, toft
  • Tolta, tolt
  • Tonsura, tonsure
  • Torrale
  • Tota curia
  • Totidem verbis,
  • Toties quoties
  • Traditio
  • Traditor
  • Transeat in exemplum
  • Transitus, transitu
  • Tres
  • Triare
  • Trina admonitio
  • Trinoda necessitas
  • Tulit
  • Tunc
  • Turnus, turn
  • Turpis
  • Turris
  • Tutela
  • Tutius erratur ex parte mitiori
  • Tutrix
  • Uberrima fides
  • Ubi aliquid conceditur, conceditur et id sine quo res ipsa esse non potest
  • Ubicunque fuerimus in Anglia
  • Ulterius concilium
  • Ultima voluntas testatoris est perimplenda secundum veram intentionem suam
  • Ultra
  • Una cum
  • Unde
  • Undique
  • Ungeld
  • Unico contextu
  • Universitas
  • Uno absurdo date, infinita sequuntur
  • Uno flatu
  • Unum quid
  • Urbs
  • Usque ad
  • Usucapio
  • Usura
  • Usus
  • Ut
  • Utas
  • Uti
  • Utile per inutile non vitiatur
  • Utitur jure auctoris
  • Utrum
  • Uxor, ux’
  • Vacantia bona
  • Vacare
  • Vacaria
  • Vadari
  • Vades
  • Vadia
  • Vadiare
  • Vadium
  • Valor maritagii
  • Vana est illa potentia quae nunquam venit in actum
  • Vastum, vastitas
  • Vel
  • Venaria
  • Venditioni exponas
  • Venditor regis
  • Venit et defendit vim et injuriam
  • Venter
  • Verba
  • Veredictum
  • Vergens ad inopiam
  • Veritas nominis tollit errorem demonstrationis
  • Verus
  • Vestimentum, vestura
  • Vetitum namium
  • Veto
  • Vexata quaestio
  • Vi aut clam
  • Via
  • Viagium
  • Vice
  • Vicenetum
  • Vicus
  • Videlicet
  • Vidimus
  • Vigilantibus non dormientibus jura subveniunt
  • Vigilia
  • Vigore cujus
  • Viis et modis
  • Villanus
  • Vinculum
  • Vinum
  • Vir
  • Virga
  • Virga, virgata terrae
  • Virilia
  • Viripotens
  • Virtus
  • Vis
  • Visores
  • Vita
  • Vitium
  • Viva aqua
  • Vix
  • Voc
  • Vocabula artis
  • Vocare
  • Vociferatio
  • Voco
  • Volenti non fit injuria
  • Volere
  • Voluntarius daemon
  • Voluntas
  • Vox
  • Vulgaris opinio
  • Vulgo concepti
  • Wacta
  • Waiviaria
  • Walla, wallia
  • Waractum
  • Warantia
  • Warda
  • Warectare
  • Warenna
  • Warentare, warentizare
  • Warrantia
  • Withernam, sax., Withemamium
  • Parte
  • Placitum
  • Actio
  • Amoveas manus
  • Archiepiscopus, archievesque
  • Curia, Cur, Cour
  • Deforce, deforciare, deforcer
  • Deraign, deregn; derationare; desrener
  • Arare, arer
  • Atterminare, Atterminer
  • Abatamentum, or Abatement
  • Abbrocamentum, Abbrochment
  • Administrare, administer
  • Adnihilare, adnullare, adnihil
  • Affinitas, affinity
  • Afforestare, afforest
  • Affrectamentum, affreightment
  • Agistamentum, agistment
  • Agistator, agister
  • Aquagium, aquage
  • Asportare, asportation
  • Attornatus, Attorney
  • Averium, averia
  • Digesta, digests, abb. dig
  • Dilationes in lege sunt odiosae
  • Dimidium
  • Dimisi
  • Dimittere
  • Disceptio causae
  • Discooperta, discovert
  • Discretio est discernere per legem quid sit justum
  • Disjunction
  • Avisare, aviser
  • Breve, pl., brevia, bref, brefe, brieve, sc
  • Alienatio, Alienation
  • Acta’., Actes
  • Adjornare, adjoumer
  • Adlegiare, aleier
  • Affirmare; affirmer
  • Aisiamentum, aisement
  • Alienare, aliener, alienate, aliene
  • Arra, arrae, arrhae, arrhes
  • Datio in solutum, Dation en paiement
  • Decimae, Dismes
  • Defensio,defense
  • Eloign, elongare, eloigner
  • Est
  • Generosus, gentilhome, gentleman
  • Memoria, memorie
  • Replegiare, replevir
  • Respondeat ouster&
  • Rettare, retter
  • Rex, re
  • Sanguis, sang, sank
  • Agistare, Agistor, Agist
  • Bail, baila, baile, baille
  • Baro, baron
  • Barra, barre
  • Dos, dot
  • Forisjurare, Forjurer
  • Guarra, guerra, guerre
  • Plaga,plaie
  • Plevina, plevine
  • Senescallus, seneschal
  • Soka, soke
  • Solemnitas, solempnité
  • Sursisa, stirsise
  • Tempus, temps
  • Terra, terre
  • Traditur in ballium
  • Trahere, trahir
  • Utlagatus, utiagh, sax., utlage
  • Vacca,vache
  • Valentia, vaillance
  • A, ab
  • Alba firma
  • Alia enormia
  • Alias
  • Alibi
  • Alieni appetens, sui profusus
  • Ascripticli, adscriptitii
  • Bailiwick, ballivia
  • Balivo amovendo
  • Balnearii
  • Bellum
  • Bene
  • Beneplacitum
  • Berenica, bernita
  • Biennium
  • Bilagines, bilagae
  • Bilinguis
  • Billa
  • Bis
  • Blada
  • Burglar, burgator
  • Cadere
  • Caducus
  • Caetera desunt
  • Caeterorum
  • Calcetum, calcea
  • Carnaliter cognovit
  • Carta, charta
  • Centena
  • Ceorl, carl, churl, sax., Ceorlus
  • Cepi corpus
  • Cepit
  • Charta
  • Circa
  • Circuitus
  • Codex
  • Cogitationis poenam nemo patitur
  • Cognati
  • Cognitio
  • Cognoscere
  • Collatio bonorum
  • Collegialiter
  • Colloquium
  • Combustio domorum
  • Comes
  • Comitas
  • Comitatus
  • Commendam, in
  • Confessio in judicio omni probatione major est
  • Confirmare nemo potest prius quam jus ei accident
  • Confusio
  • Conjunctim
  • Conquestus, conquisitio
  • Consanguineus
  • Conscientia rei alieni
  • Dedit et concessit
  • Dejeration
  • Delectus personae
  • Delegare
  • Delegatio, delegation
  • Deliberandum est diu quod statuendum est semel
  • Delictum
  • Demens
  • Demisi
  • Demissio
  • Demonstratio
  • Den, dene, dena
  • Denarius
  • Denominatio est a digniori
  • Derivativa potestas non potest esse major primativa
  • Descensus tollit intrationem
  • Descriptio personae
  • Designatio unius est exclusio alterius
  • Detinet
  • Detinue
  • Deus solus haeredem facere potest, non homo
  • Devastavit, devastaverunt
  • Devenio vester homo
  • Devisavit vel non ?
  • Diem clausit extremum
  • Dies
  • Dieta
  • Distincte et aperte
  • Diversis diebus et vicibus
  • Diverso intuitu
  • Divinatio, non interpretatio est, quae omnino recedit a litera
  • Dormiunt aliquando leges, nunquam moriuntur
  • Lata culpa dolo aequiparatur
  • Nunquam indebitatus
  • Pendente
  • Procuatio, procuration
  • Laicus, lai
  • Contractus, Contrat
  • Haia, haye
  • Herbergare, herberger
  • Hospitelarius,hostelier
  • Color,colour
  • Afforciare, afforcer
  • Arrestare,arrester
  • Arrettare, arretter
  • Assisa, assise, assize
  • Demorari, demorer, demurer
  • Attomare, attorner, attorn
  • Cassare, casser
  • Cippi,cipps, ceps
  • Freneticus, frentike
  • Narr., for narratio, narraçon
  • Pascha, paques
  • Pax, paix
  • Peccatum, péché
  • Brachium maris, Brace de la mer
  • Angaria, gr
  • Atia, acya, etc
  • By the bye (obiter)
  • Amortizatio,amortisement
  • Chaceal, chace

Resources

See Also

Glossary of technical terms : phrases, and maxims of the common law
Stimson’s Law dictionary
Words and Phrases Judicially Considered
Osborn’s Concise Law Dictionary
Maxims of Law
Mozley and Whiteley’s Law Dictionary
Murdoch’s Dictionary of Irish Law
Bouvier’s Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia, 1914
Penguin Dictionary of Law
International Law: A Dictionary
Black’s Law Dictionary
Dictionary of International and Comparative Law


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