Nomo-Lexikon: A Law-Dictionary : Interpreting Such Difficult and Obscure Words and Terms, As Are Found Either in Our Common or Statute, Ancient or Modern Lawes by Thomas Blount - 2004-04-01

2004. ISBN-13: 9781584774150; ISBN-10: 1584774150. Blount, Thomas. Nomo Lexikon: A Law-Dictionary. Interpreting Such Difficult and Obscure Words and Terms, as are Found Either in Our Common or Statute, Ancient or Modern, Laws. With References to the Several Statutes, Records, Registers, Law-Books, Charters, Ancient Deeds, and Manuscripts, Wherein the Words are Used: And Etymologies, Where They Properly Occur. Originally published: London: Printed by Tho. Newcomb for John Martin and Henry Herringman, 1670. Unpaginated (284 pp.). Text printed in double columns. Folio (8" x 12"). Reprinted 2004 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584774150; ISBN-10: 1584774150. Hardcover. New. $75. * Reprint of first edition. Blount [1618-1679] was a member of the Inner Temple. Prohibited to practice at the Bar because he was a Catholic, Blount turned to legal scholarship and lexicography. Blount aimed to correct the defects he found in Cowell's Interpreter (1607) and Rastell's Termes de la Ley (1523). In his… Read More