Les termes de la ley: or, Certain difficult and obscure words and terms of the common laws and statutes of this realm now in use, expounded and explained. Now cor. and enl. With many great and useful additions throughout the whole book, never printed in any other impression ..

London : Printed by S. Roycroft and J. Rawlins, 1708.

2 pages leaves, 556 (that is, 576) pages ; 20 cm

English and French in parallel columns.
Originally composed in French, 1527, with a Latin title, "Expositiones terminorũ legum anglorũ..." Published in 1567 in French and English with title, "Exposicions of the termes of the lawes of England..." Later French and English editions appeared under titles, "An exposiotion of certaine difficult and obscure words..." and "Les termes de la ley..."
The authorship and translation ascribed variously to John and William Rastell. cf. Ames, Typographical antiquities; Dict. nat. biog.; Marvin, Legal bibliography; Brit. mus. Catalogue; etc.
Many irregularities in paging.

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KD313 .R3 1708

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