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] Termes was also published under the title An Exposition of Certaine Difficult and Obscure Wordes and Termes of the Lawes of This Realme.[2][3]

It is a law dictionary.[4]

Lord Kenyon said that it is "a very excellent book".[5][6]

Duke LJ. said that this book was "a work of very good authority and the application of the common law".[7] He, and Atkin LJ, approved the definition of imprisonment contained in this book.[8]

See also 4 Reeves 419 and 3 Dib Ames 90.

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References
  1. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Rastell, John". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 22 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 914. ...His Expositiones terminorurn legum Angliae (in French, translated into English, 1527; reprinted 1629, 1636, 1641, &c., as Les Termes de la Ley)...
  2. Gillow, Joseph (1968). A Literary and Biographical History; or, Bibliographical Dictionary of the English Catholics. Vol. 5. New York: Burt Franklin. pp. 391–392. OCLC 555243129.
  3. Tomlins, Christopher L. (2001). The Many Legalities of Early America. University of North Carolina Press. p. 51, n. 8. ISBN 978-0-8078-2632-4. OCLC 833764357.
  4. Law Dictionary Collection, John Rastell (c.1475-1536) Archived 2011-06-11 at the Wayback Machine, University of Texas at Austin
  5. Doe v Meakin (1801) 1 East 456 at 459
  6. 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.
  7. 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.)
  8. Ibid., and at 1507.
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