''Expositiones terminorum legum Angliae'' (in French, translated into English, 1527; reprinted 1629, 1636, 1641, &c., as ''Les Termes de la Ley'') is a book by

John Rastell John Rastell (or Rastall) (c. 1475 – 1536) was an English printer, author, member of parliament, and barrister. Life Born in Coventry, he is vaguely reported by Anthony à Wood to have been "educated for a time in grammaticals and philosophi ...

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The Abbreviacion of Statutis ''The Abbreviacion of Statutis'' (1519), of which fifteen editions appeared before 1625, is a book by John Rastell. 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 ...

'' (1519), are the best known of his legal works. ''Termes'' was also published under the title ''An Exposition of Certaine Difficult and Obscure Wordes and Termes of the Lawes of This Realme''. It is a

law dictionary A law dictionary (also known as legal dictionary) is a dictionary that is designed and compiled to give information about terms used in the field of law. Types Distinctions are made among various types of law dictionaries. Differentiating fact ...

Lord Kenyon Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon (5 October 1732 – 4 April 1802), was a British politician and barrister, who served as Attorney General, Master of the Rolls and Lord Chief Justice. Born to a country gentleman, he was initially educated in Ha ...

said that it is "a very excellent book". Duke LJ. said that this book was "a work of very good authority and the application of the common law". He, and Atkin LJ, approved the definition of imprisonment contained in this book.

Ibid. Ibid. is an abbreviation for the Latin word '' ibīdem'', meaning "in the same place", commonly used in an endnote, footnote, bibliography citation, or scholarly reference to refer to the source cited in the preceding note or list item. This ...

, and at 1507. See also 4 Reeves 419 and 3 Dib Ames 90.

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''Les Termes de la Ley: or Certaine difficult and obscure Words and Termes of the Common Lawes and Statutes of this Realme now in use expounded and explained''
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