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.

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References

  1. ↑ Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition. Cambridge University Press. 1911. Volume 22. Page 914. "Rastell, John". Digital copy from Internet Archive.
  2. ↑ Law Dictionary Collection, John Rastell (c.1475-1536), University of Texas at Austin
  3. ↑ Doe v Meakin (1801) 1 East 456 at 459
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ 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.)
  6. ↑ Ibid., and at 1507.

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