Termes de la Ley
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Expositiones terminorum legum Angliae (in French
French language
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, translated into English, 1527; reprinted 1629, 1636, 1641, &c., as Les Termes de la Ley) is a book by John Rastell
John Rastell
John Rastell was an English printer and author.-Life:Born in London, he is vaguely reported by Anthony à Wood to have been "educated for a time in grammaticals and philosophicals" at Oxford. He became a member of Lincoln's Inn, and practised successfully as a barrister. He was also M.P...

. It, and The Abbreviacion of Statutis
The Abbreviacion of Statutis
The Abbreviacion of Statutis , of which fifteen editions appeared before 1625, is a book by John Rastell. It, and Termes de la Ley, are the best known of his legal works....

 (1519), are the best known of his legal works.

It is a law dictionary
Law dictionary
A law dictionary is a dictionary that is designed and compiled to give information about terms used in the field of law.Nielsen 1994 discusses different types of law dictionaries. A distinction is made between different types of law dictionaries. A monolingual law dictionary covers one language, a...

.

Lord Kenyon said that it is "a very excellent book".

Duke LJ. said that this book was "a work of very good authority and the application of the common law". He, and Atkin LJ, approved the definition of imprisonment
Imprisonment
Imprisonment is a legal term.The book Termes de la Ley contains the following definition:This passage was approved by Atkin and Duke LJJ in Meering v Grahame White Aviation Co....

 contained in this book.

See also 1 East 459, 4 Reeves 419, 3 Dib Ames 90.

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