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. It, and Termes de la Ley, are the best known of his legal works. It is said to be the first abridgement of the Statutes printed in English. It appears to be a translation with additions of the Abridgment des Statutes vieux. 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
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