William Sheppard, A Grand Abridgement of the Common and Statute Law of England (1675)
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Date
1675
Author
Book title
A Grand Abridgment of the Common and Statute Law of England Alphabetically Digested under Proper Heads and Titles. Very usefull and beneficiall for all persons whatsoever that desire to have any knowledge in the said Laws. In Four Parts
Publication place
London
Printer
E. Flesher, J. Streater, and H. Twyford, assigns of Richard Atkyns and Edward ATkyns
Publisher
George Sawbridge, J. Bellinger, W. Place, T. Bassetm and R.P.
Text type
printed book
Genre
Hard-word, term-of-art, and dialect dictionaries, glossaries, and definitions
Subject area
law
Summary
Alphabetically ordered articles, under headwords, that often give explanations and then, generally, itemize the regulations affecting the thing or things specified by the headword and sometimes give the statutory references.
Language
headwords: English
explanations: English
explanations: English
explanations: English
explanations: English
Word-group
type: alphabetical
Word-entry
type: headword
sample: Broker. THE Broker we say is such a one as deals in matters of Money and Merchandize between other men, English-men and Strangers, to draw a bargain to particulars, and the parties to Conclusion, not forgetting therein his own profit. And for this take these things.... (p. 311)
sample: Broker. THE Broker we say is such a one as deals in matters of Money and Merchandize between other men, English-men and Strangers, to draw a bargain to particulars, and the parties to Conclusion, not forgetting therein his own profit. And for this take these things.... (p. 311)
Alston
XVIII.II.75
Wing
S 3188