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The Interpreter [1607]

The Interpreter [1607]

Cowell, John

Hardcover

Medical ReferenceGeneral Law

ISBN10: 1584772654
ISBN13: 9781584772651
Publisher: Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
Published: Mar 24 2026
Pages: 590
Weight: 2.10
Height: 1.44 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A Controversial Law Dictionary

The work of one of England's most learned civil lawyers, The Interpreter is considered to be the best law dictionary before Giles Jacob's A New-Law Dictionary (1st ed. 1729). Its publication provoked controversy. At a time when Parliament and crown were vying for power, several influential MPs disapproved of Cowell's royalist sympathies, which were evident in such definitions as King, Parliament, Prerogative, Recoveries and Subsidies. It also angered common lawyers, who objected to Cowell's defense of the jurisdiction of the ecclesiastical and admiralty courts, which were governed by civil law. Sir Edward Coke also resented his strong criticism of Sir Thomas Littleton, whose work on tenures served as the basis of Coke's First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England. Or, a Commentary upon Littleton (1st ed. 1628).

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