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• Principia legis & acquitatis: being an alphabetical collection of maxims, principles or rules, definitions and memorable sayings in law and equity. (Printed by H. Lintot for J. Wozrall, 1753), by Thomas Branch (page images at HathiTrust)
• The principal grounds and maxims, with an analysis and a dialogue and treatise of the laws of England; and on tenures, estates, hereditaments, and chattels, real and personal; and in what manner they may be recovered and conveyed. (S. Sweet; [etc., etc.], 1821), by William Noy, John Doddridge, W. M. Bythewood, and Thomas Hayes (page images at HathiTrust)
• The grounds and maxims, and also an analysis of the English laws. (Printed for Isaac Riley, New-York, 1808), by William Noy, gent. T. H., and John Doddridge (page images at HathiTrust)
• General warrants, The case of (Printed by J. Moore, 1790), by Great Britain. Court of King's Bench, Robert Wood, John Wilkes, Capel Lofft, Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas, and Great Britain. Court of Chancery (page images at HathiTrust)
• The grounds and rudiments of law and equity, alphabetically digested: : containing a collection of rules or maxims, with the doctrine upon them, illustrated by various cases extracted from the books and records, to evince that these principles have been the foundation upon which the judges and sages of the law have built their solemn resolutions and determinations. The whole designed to reduce the knowledge of the laws of England to a more regular science, and to form them into a proper digest, for the service of the professors and students. With three tables. First, of the rudiments and grounds. Second, of the new cases. Third, of principal matters. (Printed by Henry Lintot, (assignee of E. Sayer) for D. Browne [etc.], 1749) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The grounds and rudiments of law and equity, alphabetically digested: containing a collection of rules or maxims, with the doctrine upon them, illustrated by various cases extracted from the books and records, to evince that these principles have been the foundation upon which the judges and sages of the law have built their solemn resolutions and determinations. The whole designed to reduce the knowledge of the laws of England to a more regular science, and to form them into a proper digest, for the service of the nobility, clergy, gentlemen in the commission of the peace, and private gentlemen, as well as the professors and students ... With three tables. First, of the rudiments and grounds. Second, of the new cases. Third, of principal matters ... (Printed for T. Osborne, in Gray's-Inn, 1751), by William C. Aylwin (page images at HathiTrust)
• A selection of legal maxims, classified and illustrated. (T. & J. W. Johnson & co., 1868), by Herbert Broom (page images at HathiTrust)
• A selection of legal maxims, classified and illustrated. (T. & J.W. Johnson & co., 1882), by Herbert Broom (page images at HathiTrust)
• Maxims of equity : collected from and proved by cases, out of the books of the best authority in the High Court of Chancery : to which is added the case of the Earl of Coventry, concerning the defective execution of powers : lately adjudged in the High Court of Chancery (Printed by Henry Watts, 1791), by Richard Francis, Anne Master Coventry Coventry, William Coventry Coventry, and Great Britain. Court of Chancery (page images at HathiTrust)
• Maxims of equity : collected from and proved by cases, out of the books of the best authority in the High Court of Chancery : to which is added, the case of the Earl of Coventry, concerning the defective execution of powers : lately adjudged in the High Court of Chancery (Shepard and Pollard, printers, 1823), by Richard Francis, W. W. Larkin, Anne Master Coventry Coventry, William Coventry Coventry, William Waller Hening, and Great Britain. Court of Chancery (page images at HathiTrust)
• A selection of legal maxims, classified and illustrated. (T. & J.W. Johnson, 1854), by Herbert Broom (page images at HathiTrust)
• The principal grounds and maxims : with an analysis of the laws of England (Printed by T.W. White, 1824), by William Noy, Austin M. Prible, Horace Dunn, and William Waller Hening (page images at HathiTrust)
• Legum leges ; sive Francisci Baconii ... Tractatus de fontibus universi juris : per aphorismos. Extractum ex ejusdem auctoris opere : De dignitate et augmentis scientiarum (apud Fratres Baudouin, 1822), by Francis Bacon and M. Dupin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Elements of the common lawes of England. (Printed by the assignes of J. More, 1639), by Francis Bacon (page images at HathiTrust)
• A selection of legal maxims : classified and illustrated (Sweet and Maxwell, Limited, 1911), by Herbert Broom, Herbert Chitty, and J. G. Pease (page images at HathiTrust)
• A selection of legal maxims, classified and illustrated (T. & J.W. Johnson, 1852), by Herbert Broom (page images at HathiTrust)
• A selection of legal maxims : classified and illustrated (T. & J.W. Johnson, 1864), by Herbert Broom (page images at HathiTrust)
• A selection of legal maxims (T. & J.W. Johnson, 1874), by Herbert Broom (page images at HathiTrust)
• Legal maxims, with observations and cases : in two parts, Part I. One hundred maxims, with observations and cases. Part II. Eight hundred maxims, with translations (Law Times Office, 1892), by George Frederick Wharton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Maximes of reason, or, The reason of the common law of England by Edmond Wingate ... (London : Printed by R. & W.L. for W. Lee, A. Crook, D. Pakeman, H. Twiford, G. Bedell, T. Dring, J. Place ..., 1658), by Edmund Wingate (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• A summary of the common law of England as it stood in force, before it was altered by statute or acts of Parliament / extracted (for the most part) out of the French and English copies of Sir Henry Finch, Kt., his learned treatise of the law, and digested into certain tablets for the help and delight of such students as affect method. (London : [s.n.], 1654), by Henry Finch (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• The principles of law reduced to practice.: By W. Phillipps. (London : Printed for Hen. Twyford, Thomas Dring, and Iohn Place, and are to be sold at their shops, 1660), by W. Phillipps (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• Latin maxims and phrases : collected from the institutional writers on the law of Scotland and other sources : with translations and illustrations (W. Green, 1894), by John Trayner (page images at HathiTrust)

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• Sententiæ juris: legal and other epigram (G. Redway, 1896), by William Holloway (page images at HathiTrust)
• Principles and maxims of jurisprudence (Parker, 1856), by John George Phillimore (page images at HathiTrust)
• Latin for lawyers, containing I. A course in Latin (Sweet and Maxwell, limited: [etc., etc.], 1915), by E. Hilton Jackson and Herbert Broom (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Deutsche rechtssprichwörter, unter mitwirkung der professoren J. C. Bluntschli und K. Maurer gesammelt und erklärt von Eduard Graf und Mathias Dietherr. Auf veranlassung und mit unterstützung Sr. Majestät des königs von Bayern, Maximilian ii. hrsg. durch die Historische commission bei der Königl, academie der wissenschaften. (Beck, 1864), by Eduard Graf, Konrad von Maurer, Johann Caspar Bluntschli, Mathias Dietherr, and Munich. Historische commission K. Akademie der wissenschaften (page images at HathiTrust)
• A concise law dictionary for students and practitioners : with summaries of the leading cases and a translation of Roman law terms and Latin maxims (Sweet & Maxwell, 1927), by Percy George Osborn (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Maxims of the laws of England (J. Munsell, 1870), by William Noy and Clifford Stanley Sims (page images at HathiTrust)
• Legal maxims, with observations and cases. (Baker, Voorhis, 1878), by George Frederick Wharton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die deutschen rechtssprichwörter. (Schweighauser, 1876), by Eduard Osenbrüggen (page images at HathiTrust)
• A dictionary of select and popular quotations (New York, 1841), by David Evans Macdonnel (page images at HathiTrust)
• Maxims in law and equity : comprising Noy's maxims, Francis's maxims, and Branch's Principia legis et æquitatis, with a translation of the Latin maxims and references to modern authorities both British and American (Printed by T. W. White, 1824), by William Waller Hening, Thomas Branch, Richard Francis, and William Noy (page images at HathiTrust)
• The law glossary: being a selection of the Greek, Latin, Saxon, French, Norman and Italian sentences, phrases and maxims, found in the works of Lord Coke, Shower, Peere Williams, Sir William Blackstone, Sir Francis Buller, Vezey, Chancellor Kent, Reeves, Durnford and East, Taunton, Sellon, Johnson, Cowen, Sugden, Preston, Bosanquet, Starkie, Tidd, Phillips, Chitty, Moore, Wen dell, and numerous other law writers: with historical and explanatory notes. (W. & A. Gould;, 1833), by Thomas Taylor (page images at HathiTrust)
• The law glossary : being a selection of the Greek, Latin, Saxon, French, Norman, and Italian sentences, phrases, and maxims ... (Lewis & Blood, 1855), by Thomas Tayler (page images at HathiTrust)
• A dictionary of select and popular quotations, which are in daily use : taken from the Latin, French, Greek, Spanish and Italian languages : together with a copious collection of law-maxims and law-terms translated into English, with illustrations historical and idiomatic. (Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1869) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Recueil de maximes et citations latines à l'usage du monde judiciaire : texte latin (Administration et librairie des Annales des justices de paix, 1912), by A. Jouanneau (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Selection of legal maxims ... (T. & J.W. Johnson, 1845), by Herbert Broom (page images at HathiTrust)
• Principia legis & acquitatis: being an alphabetical collection of maxims, principles or rules, definitions and memorable sayings in law and equity. (Printed by H. Lintot for J. Wozrall, 1753), by Thomas Branch (page images at HathiTrust)
• Legal maxims, with observations and cases. ("Law Times" Office, 1903), by George Frederick Wharton (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Law students' vade-mecum (Baldwin Law Publishing Company, 1923), by William Edward Baldwin (page images at HathiTrust)
• The law glossary : being a selection of the Greek, Latin, Saxon, French, Norman and Italian sentences, phrases, and maxims, found in the leading English and American reports, and elementary works ; with historical and explanatory notes ; Alphabetically arranged, and tr. into English ... (Baker, Voorhis & Co., 1869), by Thomas Tayler (page images at HathiTrust)
• The cyclopedic law dictionary : comprising the terms and phases of American jurisprudence : including ancient and modern common law, international law, and numerous select titles from the civil law, the French and the Spanish law, etc, etc. : with an exhustive collection of legal maxims (Callaghan and Company, 1922), by Walter A. Shumaker, James C. Cahill, and George Foster Longsdorf (page images at HathiTrust)
• A dictionary of quotations, in most frequent use. : Taken chiefly from the Latin and French, but comprising many from the Greek, Spanish, and Italian languages; translated into English. With illustrations historical and idiomatic. (Printed for G. and J. Robinson ..., 1803), by David Evans Macdonnel (page images at HathiTrust)
• Augustini Barbosae I.V.D. lusitani ... Tractatus varii (sumptibus Lavrentii Arnavd, 1644), by Agostinho Barbosa (page images at HathiTrust)
• An English version of legal maxims : with the original forms, alphabetically arranged, and an index of subjects (R. Clarke & Co., 1878), by Appleton Morgan (page images at HathiTrust)
• The law glossary: being a selection of the Greek, Latin, Saxon, French, Norman, and Italian sentences, phrases, and maxims, found in the leading English and American reports and elementary works : with historical and explanatory notes (Lewis & Blood, 1860), by Thomas Tayler (page images at HathiTrust)
• The law glossary : being a selection of the Greek, Latin, Saxon, French, Norman, and Italian sentences, phrases, and maxims, found in the leading English and American reports, and elementary works, with historical and explanatory notes : alphabetically arranged, and tr. into English (Gould, Banks & co. ; [etc., etc.], 1845), by Thomas Tayler (page images at HathiTrust)
• The law glossary : being a selection of the Greek, Latin, Saxon, French, Norman, and Italian sentences, phrases, and maxims, found in the leading English and American reports and elementary works, with historical and explanatory notes : alphabetically arranged, and translated into English, for the use of the members of the legal profession, law students, sheriffs, justices of the peace, etc. etc. (J.S. Voorhies, 1843), by Thomas Tayler (page images at HathiTrust)
• The law glossary : being a selection of the Greek, Latin, Saxon, French, Norman and Italian sentences, phrases, and maxims, found in the leading English and American reports, and elementary works, with historical and explanatory notes : alphabetically arranged, and tr. into English ... (Baker, Voorhis & Co., 1877), by Thomas Tayler (page images at HathiTrust)
• Latin phrases and maxims: collected from the institutional and other writers on Scotch law; with translations and illustrations. (W. Paterson, 1861), by John Trayner Trayner (page images at HathiTrust)
• Legal maxims, with observations and cases. (Law Times Office, 1865), by George Frederick Wharton (page images at HathiTrust)
• A dictionary of select and popular quotations which are in daily use : taken from the Latin, French, Greek, Spanish, and Italian languages : together with a copious collection of law-maxims and law-terms (Lippincott, Grambo & Co., 1854) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Deutsche rechtssprichwörter gesammelt und erläutert. (Meyer und Zelle, 1858), by Julius Hubert Hillebrand (page images at HathiTrust)
• The cyclopedic law dictionary : comprising the terms and phrases of American jurisprudence, including ancient and modern common law, international law, and numerous select titles from the civil law ... : with an exhaustive collection of legal maxims (Lawbook Exchange, 2001), by Walter A. Shumaker, James C. Cahill, and George Foster Longsdorf (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A collection of Latin maxims and phrases literally translated : Intended for the use of students for all legal examinations (Stevens and Haynes, 1913), by John Nicholas Cotterell (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The primer of principles, the organic maxims of all systems of procedure; codes and their construction. (The author, 1921), by William T. Hughes (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wit, wisdom and philosophy (Nixon-Jones Printing Co., 1918), by Henry Lamm, Fred C. Mullinix, and Fred C. Mullinix (page images at HathiTrust)
• Principios de legislación universal (L. García, 1897), by Hilarión Romero Gil (page images at HathiTrust)
• The law glossary : being a selection of the Greek, Latin, Saxon, French, Norman and Italian sentences, phrases, and maxims, found in the leading English and American reports, and elementary works, with historical and explanatory notes (Baker, Voorhis & Co., 1889), by Thomas Tayler (page images at HathiTrust)
• The cyclopedic dictionary of law : comprising the terms and phrases of American jurisprudence, including ancient and modern common law, international law, and numerous select titles from the civil law, the French and the Spanish law, etc, etc. ; with an exhaustive collection of legal maxims (Keefe-Davidson Law Book Co., 1901), by Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf (page images at HathiTrust)
• The cyclopedic law dictionary : comprising the terms and phrases of American jurisprudence, including ancient and modern common law, international law, and numerous select titles from the civil law, French and the Spanish law, etc. ... with an exhaustive collection of legal maxims (Callaghan, 1922), by Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf (page images at HathiTrust)
• A collection of legal maxims in law and equity, with English translations. (George S. Diossy, 1880), by Seymour S. Peloubet (page images at HathiTrust)
• An English version of legal maxims : with the original forms, alphabetically arranged, and an index of subjects (Robert Clarke & Co., 1878), by Appleton Morgan (page images at HathiTrust)
• A collection of legal maxims in law and equity, with English translations. (S. S. Peloubet, 1884), by S. S. Peloubet (page images at HathiTrust)
• Legal maxims with observations and cases. (Baker, Voorhis, 1878), by George Frederick Wharton (page images at HathiTrust)
• A selection of legal maxims : classified and illustrated (Sweet and Maxwell, Limited, 1911), by Herbert Broom, Herbert Chitty, and J. G. Pease (page images at HathiTrust)
• The law glossary: being a selection of the Greek, Latin, Saxon, French, Norman and Italian sentences, phrases, and maxims found in the leading English and American reports, and elementary works, with historical and explanatory notes ; alphabetically arranged, and translated into English (J.S. Voorhies, 1864), by Thomas Tayler (page images at HathiTrust)
• A selection of legal maxims, classified and illustrated (T. & J.W. Johnson, 1852), by Herbert Broom (page images at HathiTrust)
• A selection of legal maxims : classified and illustrated (T. & J.W. Johnson, 1864), by Herbert Broom (page images at HathiTrust)
• A selection of legal maxims (T. & J.W. Johnson, 1874), by Herbert Broom (page images at HathiTrust)
• A juridical glossary : being as exhaustive compilation of the most celebrated maxims, aphorisms, doctrines, precepts, technical phrases and terms employed in the Roman, civil, feudal, canon and common law, expressed in foreign languages, and quoted in the standard elementary works and reports of the British and American courts : and also an exhaustive compilations of adages, axioms, proverbs, mottoes, etc., alphabetically arranged and carefully translated into English, with explanatory notes and citations, for the use of the legal profession and the intelligent laity. Vol. 1. A. to E. (Weed, Parsons, 1886), by Henry C. Adams (page images at HathiTrust)
• The technology of law : a condensus of maxims, leading cases and elements of law. Leading questions and propositions of the law adjusted to its technics ... (Adams, 1893), by William T. Hughes (page images at HathiTrust)
• A selection of legal maxims, classified and illustrated. (A. Maxwell & son, 1845), by Herbert Broom (page images at HathiTrust)
• Legal maxims, with observations and cases : in two parts, Part I. One hundred maxims, with observations and cases. Part II. Eight hundred maxims, with translations (Law Times Office, 1892), by George Frederick Wharton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Illustrations for argumentation (M. Green, 1937), by Mark J. Green (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The law glossary : being a selection of the Greek, Latin, Saxon, French, Norman, and Italian sentences, phrases, and maxims, found in the leading English and American reports and elementary works, with historical and explanatory notes : alphabetically arranged, and translated into English (Lewis & Blood, 1860), by Thomas Tayler (page images at HathiTrust)
• The cyclopedic law dictionary : comprising the terms and phrases of American jurisprudence : including ancient and modern common law, international law, and numerous select titles from the civil law, the French and the Spanish law, etc., etc. : with an exhaustive collection of legal maxims (Callaghan & Co., 1912), by Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Dictionary of select and popular quotations which are in daily use: taken from the Latin, French, Greek, Spanish, and Italian languages: together with a copious collection of law-maxims and law-terms (Lippincott, 1861) (page images at HathiTrust)
• A dictionary of select and popular quotations which are in daily use : taken from the Latin, French, Greek, Spanish, and Italian languages ; together with a copious collection of law maxims and law terms translated into English with illustrations historical and idiomatic. (Hurst, 1800) (page images at HathiTrust)
• A collection of Latin maxims & rules, in law and equity : selected from the most eminent authors, on the civil, canon, feudal, English and Scots law, with an English translation, and an appendix of reference to the authorities from which the maxims are selected, by Peter Halkerston (Gutenberg ebook)
• A collection of Latin maxims and phrases literally translated: Intended for the use of students for all legal examinations, by John N. Cotterell (Gutenberg ebook)

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