Coke-upon-Littleton

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• LITTLETON, SIR THOMAS —    English jurist of the 15th century; was recorder of Coventry in 1450, judge of Common Pleas 1466, and knighted in 1475; his work on Tenures was the first attempt to classify the law of land rights, and was the basis of the famous Coke upon… …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

• COKE, SIR EDWARD —    Lord Chief Justice of England, born at Milcham, Norfolk; being a learned lawyer, rose rapidly at the bar and in offices connected therewith; became Lord Chief Justice in 1613; was deposed in 1617 for opposing the king s wishes; sat in his… …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

• Thomas de Littleton — This article is about the 15th century jurist; for the 18th century statesman, see Thomas Littleton. Sir Thomas de Littleton (c. 1407 ndash; August 23 1481), was an English judge and legal writer.BiographyEarly lifeHe was born, it is supposed, at …   Wikipedia

• Edward Coke — This article is about the seventeenth century jurist. For other uses, see Edward Coke (disambiguation). Sir Edward Coke …   Wikipedia

• Institutes of Lord Coke — The name of four volumes by Lord Coke, published A.D. 1628. The first is an extensive comment upon a treatise on tenures, compiled by Littleton, a judge of the common pleas, temp. Edward IV. This comment is a rich mine of valuable commonlaw… …   Black's law dictionary

• Institutes of Lord Coke — The name of four volumes by Lord Coke, published A.D. 1628. The first is an extensive comment upon a treatise on tenures, compiled by Littleton, a judge of the common pleas, temp. Edward IV. This comment is a rich mine of valuable commonlaw… …   Black's law dictionary

• Francis Hobler, Jnr — (1796 1869) was a respected attorney and author. He was the son of James Francis Helvetius Hobler and Charlotte Elizabeth Claudon. Solicitor to the Licensed Victualler s Protection Society, he was also Secretary of the Numismatic Society of… …   Wikipedia

• communis opinio — The common opinion. In Coke upon Littleton, the learned author often prefaces the announcement of a legal principle with the words: It is commonly said. By these words is meant: It is commonly the legal opinion. To the expression cited, Littleton …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• Charles Butler (lawyer) — For other people of the same name, see Charles Butler (disambiguation). Charles Butler. Charles Butler KC (14 August 1750 – 2 June 1832) was an English Roman Catholic lawyer and miscellaneous writer. Biography Charles Butler was born in London,… …   Wikipedia

• common law — 1. the system of law originating in England, as distinct from the civil or Roman law and the canon or ecclesiastical law. 2. the unwritten law, esp. of England, based on custom or court decision, as distinct from statute law. 3. the law… …   Universalium