A treatise of the principal grounds and maximes of the lawes of this nation very usefull and commodious for all students and such others as desire the knowledge and understandings of the laws / written by that most excellent and learned expositor of the law, W.N.

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Title: A treatise of the principal grounds and maximes of the lawes of this nation very usefull and commodious for all students and such others as desire the knowledge and understandings of the laws / written by that most excellent and learned expositor of the law, W.N.
Author: Noy, William, 1577-1634.
Publication: London :: Printed by T.N. for W. Lee, D. Pakeman, R. Best and G. Bedell ...,; 1651.
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Subject terms: Law -- Great Britain.; Real property -- Great Britain.; Conveyancing -- Great Britain.
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Generoso.

Generosus, in English we read Gentleman, which some derive from the two French words, Gentil-houme, denoting such a one as is made known by his birth, stock, and race. Sir Tho. Smith calleth all those Gentlemen that are above the degree of Yeomen, whence it may be concluded, that every Noble-man may be rightly termed a Gentleman, sed non vid versd. Master Cowel conceiveth the rea∣son of the appellation to grow, because they observe Gentilitatem suam, the propagation of their blood, by giving or bearing of armes, wherby they are differenced from others, and shew from what Family they are descended.