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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"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 15, 2024.
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WRECK.
Wreck, the Civilians call it Naufragium, no∣thing* 1.1 shall be wreccum maris but such goods only which are cast, or lest upon the Land by the Sea, for wreccum maris significat illa bona quae naufragio ad terram appellantur. It is an estray upon the Sea coming to Land; as an estray of Beasts is upon the Land coming within any priviledg'd place.
The King, by the old custom of the Realm, as* 1.2 Lord of the narrow Sea, is bound to scour the Sea of Pyrats. And because that cannot be done without great charges, it is not unreasonable if he have such goods as be wrecked upon the Sea toward the charge.