Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases and Maxims of the Common Law.

by F.J. Stimson

Stimson, Frederic Jesup. Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1881. iv, 305pp. Reprinted 1999 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 98-50813. ISBN 1-886363-70-6. Cloth. $60. The terms in this glossary include those relating to civil and canon law, and provide precise definitions based on the common law of England. By the author of American Statute Law and several works on private rights and state and federal constitutions.

305 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

Frederic Jesup Stimson American writer and lawyer, who served as the first United States Ambassador to Argentina from 1915 to 1921.

He was a Harvard Law graduate and writer of several influential books on law, and also a novelist specializing in historical romances, sometimes writing under the pen name J.S. of Dale.