A philologicall commentary, or, An illustration of the most obvious and useful words in the lavv with their distinctions and divers acceptations, as they are found as well in reports antient and modern as in records and memorials never printed : usefull for all young students of the law / by Edward Leigh ...
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A philologicall commentary, or, An illustration of the most obvious and useful words in the lavv with their distinctions and divers acceptations, as they are found as well in reports antient and modern as in records and memorials never printed : usefull for all young students of the law / by Edward Leigh ...
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Leigh, Edward, 1602-1671.
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London :: Printed by A.M. for Charles Adams, and are to be sold at his shop ...,
1658.
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Law -- Terminology.
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"A philologicall commentary, or, An illustration of the most obvious and useful words in the lavv with their distinctions and divers acceptations, as they are found as well in reports antient and modern as in records and memorials never printed : usefull for all young students of the law / by Edward Leigh ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A50063.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 8, 2024.
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PEACE.
Peace, The Law of our Land useth the word Peace diversly: Sometimes it is taken for pro∣tection* 1.1 or defence, so Bracton calleth the Writs of protection Brevia de pace. Sometimes it is ta∣ken for Rrights, Priviledges, and Liberties, as in the Oath of the King at his Coronation: He swear∣eth servare ecclesiae Dei, cleri & populi pacem ex in∣tegro, that he will maintain each degree, and estate of his Subjects, as well Ecclesiasticall as Temporall. according to their severall Customes, Laws and Priviledges, sometimes for an abstinence from
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injurious force and violence, so it is commonly* 1.2 taken, menacing beginneth the breach of the Peace, assaulting increaseth it, and battery accomplish∣eth it.