Manual of Law French

J.H. Baker

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2016
• Print ISBN: 9780859677455
• eBook ISBN: 9781351920087
• Edition: 1
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: World History
• Index: History

Most English legal texts before 1600, and many from the seventeenth century are written in law French, a dialect which differs considerably both from current French and from old Norman French. Only two guides to law French were published , one in 1701 and the other in 1779: both were full of errors and omissions. This current manual is a revised and considerably enlarged version of the first edition which was published in 1779, the first law French manual to appear since the eighteenth century. The manual is the only current guide to the law French used in English law books between the thirteenth and seventeenth centuries, an essential reference tool for law libraries, students and practitioners of English legal history. This manual is a revised and considerably enlarged version of the 1979 edition. It is the only current guide to the law French used in English law books between the thirteenth and seventeenth centuries, and is an essential reference tool for law libraries, students and practitioners of English legal history.

Glossary

a, 1, to, towards. 2, for, as in tenant a terme de vie, tenant for life. [L. ad]. 3, as to [L. quoad]. 4, (with infinitive) forms a gerund or gerundive: e.g. est a voier, it is to be seen; nest a disputer, it is not to be disputed; profit a prendre, usually untranslated. The a is often elided: e.g. avoier [L. videndum], affaire [L. faciendum], assaver [L. sciendum].

a-, see A (4).

abasser¹, -esser, to lower (e.g. price), to bring down. Brit.i, 106; 2 RP 284; 14 Hen. VI, c.2 (abaiss-).

abasser², to abash, to amaze. 14 Hen. VI, c.7 (abbasement). Cf. EMBEASSHER, ESBAIER.

abater, abatir, 1, to cast down, to knock down, to fell (a tree). 20 E. 1, 169 (tree); 40 Ass. 22 (effect of storm); 2 Ric, 11, 41; 7 Hen. IV, 38V. 2, to abate (e.g. a nuisance). 3, to abate (i.e. quash or declare void) a writ. [L. abatere.] 4, to abate (i.e. to be quashed) [L. cassari]. abatement de brefe, abatement (i.e. quashing) of a writ [L. cassatio brevis]. abatement en tene, abatement (i.e. wrongful intrusion) in land [L. intrusio]. se abater, 1, to intrude. 30 Edw. 1, 115; 18 SS 234; 33 SS 170. 2, to abate. 17 SS 18.

abateresse, female abator. 27 SS 7.

abaudissement, encouragement. 25 Edw. III, stat. 2, c.7. See also EMBAUDER.

abaudisser, to encourage. Stat. Civ. Lond., 1 SR 103.

abbathie¹, abbey [L. abbatus].

abbathie², abbacy (the incorporeal interest of the abbot) [L. abbatia].

abbe, abbot [L. abbas].

abbece, alphabet, ABC. 66 SS 193.

abbesce, abbess [L. abbatissa]. 98 SS 727.

abbortif, aborted child [L. abortivus]. 2 RP 120.

abbreger, to shorten, to abridge, to reduce (a claim) [L. abbreviare], abbregement de pleint, abridging Qf a complaint (by omitting part of the demand without vitiating the whole).

abesser = ABASSER.

abet, abetting, encouragement, instigation. 24 SS 126; 15 Edw. III (RS), 263; 2 RP 99, 189.

abettement, abetting, encouragement, instigation, (writ of) abetment [L. abettamentum].

abetter, to abet, to encourage [L. abettare].

abevrour, watering-place. Brit.i, 106.

abilite, ability (usu. in legal sense), capacity [L. habilitas].

abilments de guerre, habiliments of war [L. habilimenta guerrae]. 11 Edw. IV, 4.

abit, habit (i.e. regular professional costume) [L. habitus]. 21-22 Edw. I, 199 (abyt de relygiun, of a nun); 32-33 Edw. I, 359 (abit de religion); 33 SS 142 (of a nun); 17 Edw. III (RS), 537 (of a monk); 64 SS 190 (of a Serjeant at law); 65 SS 53 (of a nun).

abjuracion, I, abjuration (of the realm). 2, banishment. 3 RP 478 (abjuration de la courte). [L. abjuratio.]

able, capable, fit, suitable [L. habilis].

ablester = BLESTER. 7 Ass. 17.

abri, shelter. Brit.ii, 211.

abrocour = BROCHUR. Stat. Civ. Lond., I SR 103.

abstenir, -iner, to refrain (from), to abstain [L. abstinere]. 3 RP 163, 339; 8 Edw. IV, 12.

abundance = HABONDANCE. Cf. 105 SS 205 (abundaneye).

abusion, abuse (of authority) [L. abusio].

acater = ACHATER. 61 SS 124; 85 SS 25.

acceptable, admissible, receivable. 29 SS 190; 11-12 Edw. III (RS), 163; 12 Ric. II, 25.

acceptation, 1, acceptance, admission, approval. 2, meaning, received sense (of words). [L. acceptatio.]

acceptance, 1, receipt (e.g. of rent). 2, estoppel (by receipt of rent etc.). 3 = ACCEPTACION.

accepter, to accept [L. acceptare]: I, to receive. 2, to admit, to concede, to approve.

accessarie, accessory: 1, something attached but subsidiary to another thing. 19 SS 188. 2, subsidiary or dependent matter or issue. 20-21 Edw.I, 341; 21-22 Edw. I, 115; 19 SS 138; 27 SS 54. 3, accessory to an offence. 7 SS 63.

accion = ACTION.

accombrer = ENCOMBRER. 9 Hen. VI, 17v.

accomplir, to fulfil (e.g. a condition). 14 & 15 Edw. III (RS), 137, 167.

accomplish, fulfilled (past part. of ACCOMPLIR).

accomprer, -ier, to pay for (incl. fig. senses). 20-21 Edw. I, 275; 27 SS 140 (acompr-).

accompt, account [L. compotus]: I, accounting. 2, action of account, recever pur accompt rendre, to receive (money) accountably, i.e. with the obligation of accounting for it [L. recipere ad computandum].

accompter, to account [L. computare].

accordant, in accordance, agreeing, consistent [L. accordant].

accorder, to accord [L. accordare]: I, to accord with, to be consistent with (e.g. of writings). 2, to agree. 3, to compromise a suit, to make concord.

accoupler, to join in matrimony, to be joined in marriage [L. copulare]. ne unques accouple, (plea of) Never joined in lawful matrimony.

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Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Preface to the second edition
• Preface to the first edition
• Introduction to law French
• Bibliography of aids to interpretation
• Note on the glossary
• The glossary
• Index of persons (including authors cited or listed)