A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States of America, and of the Several States of the American Union

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States of America, and of the Several States of the American Union
Author: John Bouvier
Publisher: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
Total Pages: 1512
Release: 2004
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1584773588

Reprint of the second edition of the first American law dictionary. In this edition Bouvier revised about half of his entries and added a thousand new ones. He also incorporated numerous local references, which were compiled through an extensive correspondence with members of all but one of the state bars. The second volume concludes with two appendices. The first is a list of English Chancery, Common Law and Ecclesiastical Reports and a list of the titles published by The Law Library (First, Second and Third Series). The second is a reprint of Robert Kelham's A Dictionary of the Norman or Old French Language. 2 volumes. viii, [13]-740; 772 pp.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary Vol. 1

Bouvier's Law Dictionary Vol. 1
Author: John Bouvier
Publisher:
Total Pages: 710
Release: 2013-06-07
Genre:
ISBN: 9781484136379

A dictionary of the common law from the 19th Century, Bouvier's Law Dictionary restores the heart of the common law as it was practiced in the United States before the War Between the States.