A New Law Dictionary and Glossary: Containing Full Definitions 2 vols.
Burrill, Alexander M. A New Law Dictionary and Glossary: Containing Full Definitions of the Principal Terms of the Common and Civil Law, Together with Translations and Explanations of the Various Technical Phrases in Different Languages, Occurring in the Ancient and Modern Reports, and Standard Treatises; Embracing Also All the Principal Common and Civil Law Maxims. Compiled on the Basis of Spelman's Glossary, and Adapted to the Jurisprudence of the United States; with Copious Illustrations, Critical and Historical. Originally published: New York: John S. Voorhies, 1850-1851. 2 volumes. xviii, 1099 pp. Reprinted 1998 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781886363328; ISBN-10: 1886363323. Hardcover. New. $150. * This influential dictionary, adapted specifically to American jurisprudence, defines substantive law with great precision, emphasizing its language and origins. Comprehensive in scope, it contains extensive sections on the roots of legal maxims, translations of Latin and Law-French terms and a glossary of old English and Norman-French terminology. Burrill [1807-1869] was an eminent legal scholar. A student of James Kent, he graduated from Columbia College in 1824 and was admitted to the New York Bar in 1828. Among his principal works are A Treatise on the Practice of the Supreme Court of the State of New-York (1840), A Treatise on the Law and Practice of Voluntary Assignments for the Benefit of Creditors (1853) and A Treatise on the Nature, Principles and Rules of Circumstantial Evidence (1856).
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