Stimson, Frederic Jesup, 1855-1943.
Stimson's Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law : American Law
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Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law, 1881 |
According to the introduction, Stimson's Glossary "is not a compilation of law, like the larger dictionaries, but consists purely of definition." Its vocabulary taken from that of the common-law courts, giving "the popular and usual acceptation of each phrase, in much the same rough and general shape in which it would stand in the mind of the trained lawyer." A revised edition of Stimson's Glossary was published in 1911.
The author, Frederic Jesup Stimson, was a Harvard Law graduate who later taught comparative legislation at Harvard, and served as U.S. Ambassador to Argentina during World War I. Stimson wrote several influential books on constitutional law, legislation, and labor law, including American Statute Law (1st ed. 1886) and Popular Law-Making (1910). He was also a novelist, first under the pen-name of "J. S. of Dale." Stimson's historical romances, especially King Noanett (1896) and My Story (1917), were widely read in their day but are now virtually forgotten.
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