Tag: Common Law
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A New Law Dictionary, Intended for General Use as Well as for Gentlemen of the Profession
A New Law Dictionary, Intended for General Use as Well as for Gentlemen of the Profession Preface of the Dictionary With some changes from the Encyclopedia of Law team: The work now presented to the public, is carefully printed from a fair manuscript, in the author’s own hand-writing; to which there do not appear to…
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A Dictionary of the Norman or Old French Language
A Dictionary of the Norman or Old French Language About the Author: Robert Kelham (1717-1808) In the words of the Tarlton Law Library (University of Texas School of Law): “Robert Kelham was born in December 1717 at Billingborough, Lincolnshire, to the vicar of Billingborough, Threckingham, and Walcot. A member of Lincoln’s Inn from 1734, he…
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A Dictionary of the Norman or Old French Language
A Dictionary of the Norman or Old French Language About the Author: Robert Kelham (1717-1808) In the words of the Tarlton Law Library (University of Texas School of Law): “Robert Kelham was born in December 1717 at Billingborough, Lincolnshire, to the vicar of Billingborough, Threckingham, and Walcot. A member of Lincoln’s Inn from 1734, he…
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A New and Complete Law-Dictionary
A New and Complete Law-Dictionary The title of the Dictionary was “A New and Complete Law-Dictionary, or, General Abridgement of the Law. London: Printed by the law printers to the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, for S. Crowder [etc.]”, edited in 1764-1765. About the Author: Timothy Cunningham (c. 1726-1789) In the words of the Tarlton Law…
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A New and Complete Law-Dictionary
A New and Complete Law-Dictionary The title of the Dictionary was “A New and Complete Law-Dictionary, or, General Abridgement of the Law. London: Printed by the law printers to the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, for S. Crowder [etc.]”, edited in 1764-1765. About the Author: Timothy Cunningham (c. 1726-1789) In the words of the Tarlton Law…
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A New Law Dictionary
A New Law Dictionary: Jacob’s Law Dictionary The INTERPRETER eventually came to be considered the best law dictionary until the one of Giles Jacob’s appeared in 1729. From the University of Texas: “Giles Jacob was heavily influenced by the philosophers Locke and Hobbes, both of whom Title page, A New Law Dictionary, 1729believed that a…
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A New Law Dictionary
A New Law Dictionary: Jacob’s Law Dictionary The INTERPRETER eventually came to be considered the best law dictionary until the one of Giles Jacob’s appeared in 1729. From the University of Texas: “Giles Jacob was heavily influenced by the philosophers Locke and Hobbes, both of whom Title page, A New Law Dictionary, 1729believed that a…
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Dictionary of Historical German Legal Terms
Dictionary of Historical German Legal Terms (DWR) “The legal dictionary is a mighty tree, the trunk of which stands firmly on the legal-historical earth, but underneath the border its roots reach far into the neighbouring earth, to draw nourishment there; its branches, however, also spread far over the neighbouring fences, and it thus provides the…
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Dictionary of Historical German Legal Terms
Dictionary of Historical German Legal Terms (DWR) “The legal dictionary is a mighty tree, the trunk of which stands firmly on the legal-historical earth, but underneath the border its roots reach far into the neighbouring earth, to draw nourishment there; its branches, however, also spread far over the neighbouring fences, and it thus provides the…
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Legal Lexicography
Legal Lexicography or Jurilexicography Legal lexicography or jurilexicography is the most neglected aspect of the discipline of jurilinguistics, despite its great relevance for translators, academics and comparative lawyers. This important work on the connections between legal vocabulary and legal culture is a welcome addition to the literature in the growing field of “jurilingistics” , a…
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A Dictionary of Law Enforcement
A Dictionary of Law Enforcement A Dictionary of Law Enforcement is “the only dictionary available -according to Oxford University Press, its publisher- that focuses on United Kingdom (British) law enforcement terms. This legal resource contains over 3,400 legal terms, covering many United Kingdom and European Union institutions.” Most of the entries in “A Dictionary of…
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A Dictionary of Law Enforcement
A Dictionary of Law Enforcement A Dictionary of Law Enforcement is “the only dictionary available -according to Oxford University Press, its publisher- that focuses on United Kingdom (British) law enforcement terms. This legal resource contains over 3,400 legal terms, covering many United Kingdom and European Union institutions.” Most of the entries in “A Dictionary of…
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Judicial Dictionary
Judicial Dictionary Distinction between Law Dictionaries and Judicial Dictionaries Daniel Greenberg is editor of Stroud’s Judicial Dictionary and general editor of Jowitt’s Dictionary of English Law. Greenberg makes a distinction between legal dictionaries (such as, for example, Jowitt’s or Black’s Law Dictionary) and judicial dictionaries as exemplified by Stroud’s. The former defines terms that are…
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Student’s Guide to Elections
Student’s Guide to Elections Editor: Bruce J. Schulman Since the 1980s, Dr. Bruce J. Schulman has been teaching and writing about the political face of the United States. He is Professor of History at Boston University. He has taken an active role in education. Other contributions from Bruce J. Schulman to the collection: Student’s Guide…
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Student’s Guide to Congress
Student’s Guide to Congress Editor: Bruce J. Schulman Since the 1980s, Dr. Bruce J. Schulman has been teaching and writing about the political face of the United States. He is Professor of History at Boston University. He has taken an active role in education. Other contributions from Bruce J. Schulman to the collection: Student’s Guide…