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The Students' Law-Dictionary .

[Anon.] The Students' Law-Dictionary : English Law

Students' Law-Dictionary, 1740

The title page of The Students' Law-Dictionary advertises it as "Compiled for the instruction and benefit of students, practitioners in the law, justices of the peace, the clergy and other gentlemen. The whole collected from the best dictionaries, and other authorities hitherto published." The dictionary's goal, according to the preface, is "to explain the Acceptation and different Uses of the Terms ... but without much Nicety of Definition, or tedious Quotations from all the Law Reports." The anonymous author also takes a shot at the competition, which at this time would have been Giles Jacob's New Law-Dictionary: "considering the enormous Bulk and Price of our Law Dictionaries, we hope it may be thought proper to root up all the Weeds, and to preserve what is fittest for the Common Use of Students."

An appendix gives a table of the most common Latin contractions found in legal records.

Editions: London: 1740.

Bibliography

1. THE STUDENT'S LAW-DICTIONARY; OR, COMPLEAT ENGLISH LAW-EXPOSITOR. / Originally compiled by an attorney at law, and since carefully revised and corrected by a barrister. [London] In the Savoy : Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling, (Assigns of Edward Sayer, Esq.) for James Hodges at the Looking-Glass on London-Bridge, MDCCXL [1740]. CALL # KD 313 S78 1740 February 2006
   
   

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