William Sheppard, An Epitome of all the Common and Statute Laws of this Nation now in Force (1656)
Date
1656
Author
Lexicon title
Of Words (Chapter CLXX)
Book title
An Epitome of all the Common & Statute Laws of this Nation, Now in force. Wherein more then Fifteen hundred of the hardest Words or Terms of the Law are Explained; And all the most useful and profitable Heads or Titles of the Law by way of Common Place, Largely, Plainly and Methodically handled. With an Alphabetical Table
Publication place
London
Publisher
W. Lee, D. Pakeman, J. Wright, H. Twyford, G. Bedell, Tho. Brewster, Ed. Dod, and J. Place
Text type
printed book
Genre
Hard-word, term-of-art, and dialect dictionaries, glossaries, and definitions
Subject area
law
Summary
Each concept has a chapter of discussion devoted to its meaning and applications but the final chapter on "Words" consists of word-entries with explanations
Extent
1118-31
Word-group
type: alphabetical
Word-entry
type: headword
sample: AN Action is nothing else but the right of prosecuting in Judgment of that which is due to one; or it is the lawfull demand of ones right; or (as others define it) the Form of a Suit given by Law to recover a thing. But this is sometimes taken also for the power or ability a man hath to sue, as at other times it is taken for the execution of this power, the Suit it self; and this is the proper sense of the word. Coo. super Lit. fol. 84, 85. (p. 5)
sample: AN Action is nothing else but the right of prosecuting in Judgment of that which is due to one; or it is the lawfull demand of ones right; or (as others define it) the Form of a Suit given by Law to recover a thing. But this is sometimes taken also for the power or ability a man hath to sue, as at other times it is taken for the execution of this power, the Suit it self; and this is the proper sense of the word. Coo. super Lit. fol. 84, 85. (p. 5)
Alston
XVIII.II.64
Wing
S 3184
