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Chapter 1: A COLLECTION OF LATIN MAXIMS & RULES, IN LAW AND EQUITY, SELECTED FROM THE MOST EMINENT AUTHORS, ON THE CIVIL, CANON, FEUDAL, ENGLISH AND SCOTS LAW, WITH AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION, AND AN APPENDIX OF REFERENCE TO THE AUTHORITIES FROM WHICH THE MAXIMS ARE SELECTED.
By Peter Halkerston
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The work assembles Latin legal maxims and rules drawn from authoritative civil, canon, feudal, English, and Scots sources, presenting each maxim in the original language with an English translation and brief explanatory notes. A prefatory discussion reflects on the function of maxims in legal reasoning, and an appended reference section cites the authorities from which entries are taken. The collection emphasizes practical application, organizing succinct principles that summarize rules of law and equity for ready consultation.

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Title: A collection of Latin maxims & rules, in law and equity

selected from the most eminent authors, on the civil, canon, feudal, English and Scots law, with an English translation, and an appendix of reference to the authorities from which the maxims are selected

Author: Peter Halkerston

Release date: November 27, 2023 [eBook #72240]

Language: English

Original publication: Edinburgh: John Anderson and Co, 1823

Credits: Linda Cantoni and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

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A

COLLECTION

OF

LATIN MAXIMS & RULES,

IN LAW AND EQUITY,

SELECTED FROM THE MOST EMINENT AUTHORS, ON THE
CIVIL, CANON, FEUDAL, ENGLISH AND SCOTS LAW,

WITH

AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION,

AND

AN APPENDIX

OF REFERENCE TO THE AUTHORITIES FROM WHICH
THE MAXIMS ARE SELECTED.

BY

PETER HALKERSTON, L.L.D.
AUTHOR OF “THE COMPENDIUM OF THE FACULTY COLLECTION
OF DECISIONS, &C.”

PRINCIPLES, CAUSES, AND ELEMENTS, BEING UNKNOWN, THE SCIENCE WHEREOF THEY ARE, IS ALTOGETHER UNKNOWN.

Fortescue b. 8.

EDINBURGH:

PRINTED FOR JOHN ANDERSON AND CO. ROYAL EXCHANGE;
MACREDIE, SKELLY, AND CO. 34, PRINCES STREET; AND
CHARLES HUNTER, LAW BOOKSELLER, LONDON.

1823.

Wm. Bayne, Printer,
James’s Court, Edinburgh.