A Dictionary of American and English Law with Definitions of the.

ISBN-13: 9781886363335; ISBN-10: 1886363331. Rapalje, Stewart and Lawrence, Robert L. A Dictionary of American and English Law with Definitions of the Technical Terms of the Canon and Civil Laws. Also, Containing a Full Collection of Latin Maxims, and Citations of Upwards of Forty Thousand Reported Cases, in which Words and Phrases Have Been Judicially Defined or Construed. Jersey City: Frederick C. Linn & Co., 1888. 2 volumes. xxxviii, 1380 pp. Reprinted 1997 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781886363335. ISBN-10: 1886363331. Hardcover. New. $250. * Reprint of the second and final edition, the final authorial edition. Originally published in 1883, this classic dictionary was unjustly overshadowed after the publication of Black's Law Dictionary in 1891. It remains valuable for the accuracy of its definitions, its citation of "Upwards of Forty Thousand Reported Cases, in which Words and Phrases have been Judicially Defined or Construed" and its large collection of Latin maxims. It also provides an excellent perspective on American legal thought in later decades of the nineteenth century. …