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Jacob's New Law-Dictionary, 1736
Containing the interpretation and definition of words and terms used in the law; And also the whole law, and the practice thereof, under all the
heads and titles of the same; Together with such informations relating thereto, as explain the history and antiquity of the law, and our manners, customs,
and original government; Collected and abstracted from all the dictionaries, abridgements, institutes, reports, year-books, charters, registers,
chronicles, and histories, published to this time; And fitted for the use of barristers, students, and practicers of the law, members of Parliament, and
other gentlemen, justices of the peace, clergymen, &c.; The third edition, with very large additions, and the law-proceedings done into English; To
which is annexed a table of references to all the arguments and resolutions of the Lord Chief Justice Holt, in the several volumes of the reports: by
Giles Jacob (1686-1744), unpaginated (773 pp.), London, pr. by E. & R. Nutt, and R. Gosling (assigns of E. Sayer) for J.J. and P. Knapton, et al, 1736.
(The first edition of this work was published in 1820. This edition is in the nature of an update to account for subsequent statutes, court cases,
etc.. Jacobs is credited by Burrill (see p. v of the pref. to his 1850–51 edition listed above on p. 7) as being "the first to introduce the practice of
superadding to the definition and exposition of the terms of the law, summaries of the law itself, under the titles indicated by the terms explained; a
practice which, though tending to give to dictionaries the form and bulk of cyclopedias, has been followed by several modern works of merit and
authority." Jacob accepts the palm: "As to the other dictionaries, let who will for the future enlarge them, it must be always confessed, that it was I who
first attempted a body of the law, in any dictionary."—Pref. 2nd page. The practice started by Jacobs was followed by many of the 18th and 19th
century authors whose works are offered in this collection. This explains why so many of these titles have more of the appearance of small encyclopedias
than of "dictionaries" in the contemporary understanding of that word.)
Title:   A new law-dictionary : containing, the interpretation and definition of words and terms used in the law : and also the whole law, and the practice thereof, under all the heads and titles of the same : together with such informations relating thereto, as explain the history and antiquity of the law, and our manners, customs, and original government : collected and abstracted from all dictionaries, abridgments, institutes, reports, year-books, charters, registers, chronicles, and histories, published to this time. And fitted for the use of barristers, students, and practisers of the law, members of Parliament, and other gentlemen, justices of peace, clergymen, &c. / by Giles Jacob, gent.
OCLC Number:   62110316
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