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About the Author: Gil Fadrique de Castejón (1618-1692)

In the words of the Tarlton Law Library (University of Texas School of Law):

“Gil Fadrique de Castejón was born and baptized in Ágreda (Spain) into a family descended from the Marqués del Socorro. He was himself a knight of the order of Alcantara and held several titles. Castejón studied law at the University of Salamanca, and was admitted to the college of St. Bartolomew in November 1640. Castejón served as Associate Judge in Chancery of Valladolid before joining the Court of Philip IV as a member of the Consejo y Camara de Indias and the Consejo of Castile. He produced this authoritative two-volume dictionary on Spanish Law while serving in the court.

Written mostly in Latin, with a few notes in Spanish, the work seldom provides extensive definitions, but rather directs the reader to classical authors, European and Spanish canonists, or to the writings of contemporary Spanish jurists.”

Resources

See Also

• Pocket Spanish English Legal Dictionary
• Wolters Kluwer Bouvier Law Dictionary
• Bilingual Legal Dictionary
• Oran’s Dictionary of the Law
• Dictionary of Statutory Interpretation
• Dahl’s Law Dictionary
• Parry and Grant Encyclopaedic Dictionary of International Law
• De Verborum Significatione
• List of Dictionaries about Criminal Law
• Nomo-Lexicon: a Law Dictionary

Further Reading

• José Luis Santalo R. de Viguri. “El primer Marqués del Socorro y su descendencia.” Revista Hidalguía 70 (1965): 369-433, 389.
• José de Rezabal y Ugarte. “Castejón.” Biblioteca de los escritores que han sido individuos de los seis colegios mayores. Madrida: En la Impr. de Sancha, 1805, pp. 59-60.