du Luc, Jean.
du Luc's Placitorvm : French Law
Jean du Luc's Placitorvm summae apud Gallos Curiae is a
collection of summaries, mixed with commentary, of decisions ('placita')
made by the high judicial court in France (the Parisian Parliament) from
the 14th century onward. The cases cover a wide range of matters,
including the ban on selling masks, the rights of bakers, commercial
loans, Gallican church independence, marriage forced by rape, and
protections for surgeon's apprentices, etc. Of relevance to the
Dictionary Collection is the "Index Latinogallicus verborum et loquendi
generum selectiorum, quae in Placitorum libris habentur", which includes
French translation of each of the Latin expressions indexed. The first
edition appeared in 1553. This edition was printed by Charles Estienne
of the famous family of French printers.
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