Termes de la Ley
Expositiones terminorum legum Angliae (in French, translated into English, 1527; reprinted 1629, 1636, 1641, &c., as Les Termes de la Ley) is a book by John Rastell. It, and The Abbreviacion of Statutis (1519), are the best known of his legal works.[1]
It is a law dictionary.[2]
Lord Kenyon said that it is "a very excellent book".[3][4]
Duke LJ. said that this book was "a work of very good authority and the application of the common law".[5] He, and Atkin LJ, approved the definition of imprisonment contained in this book.[6]
See also 4 Reeves 419 and 3 Dib Ames 90.
See also
References
- ^ Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition. Cambridge University Press. 1911. Volume 22. Page 914. "Rastell, John". Digital copy from Internet Archive.
- ^ Law Dictionary Collection, John Rastell (c.1475-1536) Archived 2011-06-11 at the Wayback Machine, University of Texas at Austin
- ^ Doe v Meakin (1801) 1 East 456 at 459
- ^ Marvin, J. G., Legal bibliography, or a thesaurus of American, English, Irish and Scotch law books:together with some continental treatises. T & J W Johnson. 1847. Page 599 from Google Books.
- ^ Meering v Grahame White Aviation Co (1919) 122 LT 44, [1918-19] All ER Rep 1490 at 1502 and 1503. (The passage in question is set out in R v Sayle, 29 September 2008, Court of General Gaol Delivery, Isle of Man.)
- ^ Ibid., and at 1507.
External links
- Les Termes de la Ley: or Certaine difficult and obscure Words and Termes of the Common Lawes and Statutes of this Realme now in use expounded and explained. London. 1636. Printed by the assignes of John More. Digital copy from Google Books.