GLANVILLE RANULPH DE. Chief justice under Henry II, and author of one of the earliest legal treatises that appeared in England. Having accompanied Richard I to Palestine, he lost his life at the siege of Acre, 1190. GRATIAN. An Italian monk, who in 1151 made a compilation of the canon law. GROTIUS, HUGO. An eminent Dutch jurist and theologian. His book on international law has been translated into nearly all European languages, and is a work of great merit. He left numerous works on jurisprudence. 15831645.

HALE, SIR MATTHEW. A prominent judge under Cromwell, and lord chief justice under Charles II. He is considered one of the greatest, wisest and best jurists England ever produced- His "History of the Common Law" and "Pleas of the Crown," are esteemed as very high authority. 1609-1676. HAWKINS, WILLIAM. An English lawyer, who wrote on the subject of crown law in 1716.

HENGHAM, SIR Ralph de. Chief justice under Edward I. Wrote a treatise on
English law.

HERMOGENES. A celebrated Greek rhetorician in the second century.
HERODOTUS. The father of Greek History. Fifth century, B. C.

HOBART, SIR HENRY. Chief justice under James I. Author of Reports.

HOLT, SIR JOHN. An eminent English judge under William III.

HOVEDEN, ROGER de. An English historian, lawyer and divine of the twelfth century.

HYDE, NICHOLAS. Chief justice of the king's bench, and uncle of the earl of Clarendon.

1572-1631.

INA. King of the West Saxons. Prominent as a legislator.

JONES, SIR THOMAS. Chief justice of the common pleas under James II.

JONES, SIR WILLIAM. An English judge under Charles I and James I, and the author of several legal works.

JOSEPHUS. tury. JUSTINIAN. The celebrated emperor of the East. The greatest work of his reign was the revision of the Roman law, and the publication of his Codes, Pandects or Digests, and Institutions. He also framed many new laws, which are embraced in his Novels. He was aided in this great labor by the eminent jurist, Tribonian. 483-565.

The most celebrated of Hebrew historians. Lived in the first cen

LAMBARDE, WILLIAM. An eminent English master in chancery, who wrote a work on the Saxon laws. 1536-1601.

LITTLETON, THOMAS. A celebrated English judge. His treatise on tenures, written in Norman French, is regarded as the principai basis of the English law of property. Coke's commentary on Littleton is a widely known volume. 1420-1481.

LOCKE, JOHN A. A famous philosopher, whose most noted work was an "Essay on the Human Understanding." 1632-1704.

LYCURGUS. The renowned Spartan law giver, who introduced into his country

social and political changes of a most radical kind. An equal division or

community of property was ordered, the use of gold and silver as money was prohibited, mechanical and menial employments were assigned to slaves, and the only profession allowed a Spartan was that of arms. Having exacted an oath from his people not to alter their laws until his return, he voluntarily exiled himself. He probably lived in the ninth century, B. C. LYNDEWOOD, WILLIAM. Divinity professor at Oxford, and writer on ecclesiastical law under Henry V.

MONTESQUIEU, BARON. A popular French author, whose most noted work was the "Spirit of Laws," the success ol which has been unprecedented in legai literature. 1689-1755.

MORE, SIR THOMAS.

1535.

Eminent English statesman and chancellor. Beheaded,

MOSES. The great lawgiver, and leader of the children of Israel. He compiled a code of laws, and prescribed to the Hebrew people a theocracy as a form of government. Born, 1560, B.C.

MUNSTER, SEBASTIAN. German theologian and orientalist. 1489-1552.

PAPINIAN. A celebrated Roman jurist of marked integrity. He was executed by the emperor Caracalla in the year 212.

PAPIRIUS. Author of a collection of laws enacted in Rome during the reigns of the kings. He lived in the time of Tarquinius Superbus.

PARIS, MATTHEW. An English chronicler, who enjoyed the patronage of Henry III. He died in 1259.

PATEROULUS. A Roman historian, who wrote a valuable compendium of universal history. He lived under Augustus and Tiberius.

PIGOTT, NATHANIEL. Writer of a valuable work on common recoveries in 1739. PITTACUS. One of the seven wise men of Greece. Died B. B. 569.

PLOWDEN, EDMUND. An eminent lawyer, who died in 1585. He left reports of important cases tried in the reigns of Edward VI, Mary and Elizabeth. His works were in high repute.

POLLEXFEN, SIR HENRY. Chief justice of the common pleas court of England in 1689.

POYNINGS. An Englishman, who, in the reign of Henry VII, aided in the suppression of a rebellion in Ireland. Laws were enacted at the time, termed Poynings' Laws."

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PRIDEAUX, HUMPHREY D.D. English ecclesiastical writer at the beginning of the 18th century.

PRYNNE, WILLIAM. Author of several volumes of records, and of a scurrilous pamphlet, for which he was sentenced to the pillory. He was a member of the long parliament, and an opponent of Cromwell.

PUFFENDORF, BARON SAMUEL. An eminent German jurist, and writer on international law. His works gave him a durable reputation throughout Europe. 1632-1694.

QUINTILIAN, MARCUS FABIUS. A celebrated Roman rhetorician in the reign of

Domitian.

ROLLE, HENRY. An English judge, who refused to preside at the trial of Charles I. He compiled a digest, with the title of "Rolle's Abridgment."

RUSHWORTH, JOHN. An English compiler of materials for history.

1607-1690.

SAUNDERS, SIR EDWARD. Chief justice of the court of king's bench under Charles II, and writer of reports.

SELDEN, JOHN. A prominent lawyer and law writer. He was a member of the long parliament, in which he pursued a moderate course. He wrote a work on international law, and also a commentary upon English law. 1584-1654. SENECA. An eminent Roman philosopher, who committed suicide, A. D. 65. SMITH, SIR THOMAS. An English statesman and scholar, and for a time professor at Cambridge. He was the author of a work entitled, "The English Commonwealth." 1512-1577.

SOLON. An illustrious Athenian legislator. Both parties in the city tendered him the titie of king, but he refused to accept supreme power. He repealed the sanguinary laws of Draco, and is ranked among the seven sages of Greece. Died 558 B. C.

SOPHOCLES. Greek tragic poet. Fifth century B. C.

SPELMAN, SIR HENRY. An eminent English antiquary, who wrote a valuable work on ecclesiastical decrees and laws. 1562-1641.

ST. GERMAIN, CHRISTOPHER. Author of the "Doctor and Student," or dialogues between a doctor of divinity and a student on the laws of England. Died 1540.

STATHAM, NICHOLAS. Author of an abridgement of the year books, published during the reign of Edward IV.

STAUNDEFORDE, SIR WILLIAM. This writer published in queen Mary's reign a work on the pleas of the crown.

SULPICIUS. A prominent Roman jurist, and author of legal works. Lived in the first century, B. C.

TACITUS.

A celebrated Roman historian. His famous annals record the history of the empire from the death of Augustus to the death of Nero. His style is concise and vigorous. He lived at the close of the first century. TALBOT, LORD CHARLES. A prominent jurist and an eloquent debater in parliament. He afterwards became lord chancellor. 1684-1737.

TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM. A celebrated statesman, diplomatist and writer during the reign of Charles II. He was offered the position of secretary of state by William III, but declined the office.

THEODOSIUS II, the Younger. Emperor at Constantinople. The most important event of his reign was the compilation of the Theodosian code of laws. 401-450.

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TRIBONIAN. An eminent Roman jurist, who, with nine other commissioners aided the emperor of the east in framing the famous Justinian code. 545.

ULPIAN. Roman author of several legal treatises, which were highly esteemed. He was secretary of the emperor Alexander Severus, and was killed in a mutiny of the praetorian guards.

VACARIUS. The first teacher of the civil law in England. He compiled an abstract of the Justinian code and digests. He lived in the twelfth century.

VAUGHAN, SIR JOHN. Chief justice of the common pleas court, and writer of reports. 1608-1674.

VERNON, THOMAS. Author of reports of chancery cases. Died, 1726.

VINER, CHARLES. An English lawyer and compiler, who published in 1751 an "Abridgement of Law and Equity," in twenty-four voiumes. He bequeathed 12,000l. to establish a professorship of common law at Oxford, which chair was first filled by Blackstone.

WALSINGHAM, SIR FRANCIS. A statesman and diplomatist under queen Elizabeth. He was one of the commissioners in the trial of Mary, queen of Scots. WILLIAM OF MALMESBURY. An early English historian, whose history of his country from 450 to 1137 is highly prized. 1095–1143.

WRIGHT, SIR MARTIN. Author of an excellent work on the law of tenures, which was largely cited by Blackstone in the second book of the Commentaries.

ZENO. A famous Greek philosopher, who founded the school of Stoics. Lived in the fourth century B. C.

Abjuration-allegiance renounced by Ad studendum et orandum-for study

Ac etiam-" and also; " term used in Advancement-gift by parent, in anpleading.

Ad exhaeredationem-to disinherit-Agnati-relations on the father's side.

Adjudication-a judgment in a cause. A latere at the side; attendants.