{"id":1179,"date":"2020-03-09T11:51:25","date_gmt":"2020-03-09T15:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/lawlibrary\/?p=1179"},"modified":"2020-03-09T11:51:25","modified_gmt":"2020-03-09T15:51:25","slug":"legal-dictionaries-through-the-centuries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/lawlibrary\/legal-dictionaries-through-the-centuries\/","title":{"rendered":"Legal dictionaries through the centuries"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>A new exhibition is on display at the Nahum Gelber Law Library. Legal dictionaries through the centuries.<\/em><\/p>\n

It presents items from its Wainwright and Canadiana Rare Books collections published between 1616 and 1882.<\/p>\n

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A very unique dictionary is the Vocabvlarivm ivrisprvdentiae romanae<\/em> from 1718, a handwritten small book that provides a quick and simple reference guide to the principle terms and concepts of Roman civil law. Aspects covered are from inheritance and property rights through to contracts and martial law. A section also deals with “Iuris Primordia”, detailing the structure and development of the Corpus Iuris Civilis.<\/p>\n

Another interesting work is the Dictionnaire de cas de conscience : ou, De\u0301cisions des plus conside\u0301rables dificultez touchant la morale et la discipline ecclesiastique. Tire\u0301es de l’Ecriture, des Conciles, des Decretales des papes, des peres, et des plus ce\u0301lebres the\u0301ologiens et canonistes<\/em>. A three volumes set published in Paris in 1730 donated to the Library by Paul-Andre\u0301 Cre\u0301peau.<\/p>\n

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A work dedicated to the French King and dealing with feudal Law in France is the Dictionnaire des fiefs et des droits seigneuriaux utiles et honorifiques : contenant les de\u0301finitions des termes, & un ample recueil des de\u0301cisions choisies, fonde\u0301es sur la jurisprudence des arre\u0302ts, la disposition des diffe\u0301rentes coutumes, & la doctrine des meilleures feudistes<\/em> … by Joseph Renauldon, published in Paris, in 1788.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>A recent donation to our Rare Books also presented in this exhibition is the New law-dictionary: containing the interpretation and definition of words and terms used in law…<\/em> by Giles Jacob, published in London, in 1782. It was donated and restored thanks to the generosity of Penny Polk and Gordon Echenberg.<\/p>\n

The exhibition was curated by Sonia Smith.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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