Text extracted from opening pages of book: CONCISE LAW DICTIONARY
FOR STUDENTS AND PKACTITIONEBS WITH SUMMARIES OF THE LEADING CASES
AND A TRANSLATION OF ROMAN LAW TERMS AND LATIN MAXIMS. BY P. G.
OSBORN. LL. B. Of University College, London, of Oray's Inn,
Barri& ter-at-Law and of the Inland Revenue Department. LONDON:
SWEET & MAXWELL, LIMITED, 2 & 3 CHANCERY LANE, W. C. 2.
TORONTO: THE CAR8WELL COMPANY, LIMITED. SYDNEY, MELBOURNE,
BRISBANE: THE LAW BOOK COMPANY OP AUSTRALASIA, LIMITED. 1927; (
Printed in England.) PREFAB. VVP THIS book is an attempt to
provicre a concise law dictionary for the use of the practitioner
and the student, in which the words and phrases, the rules and
doctrines of the law of England, are defined and explained. Matter
of mere antiquarian interest has been excluded, and space has been
found to give on subjects of importance fuller notes than are
usually attempted. For instance, in addition to the ordinary
definition of an infant, I have endeavoured to state concisely his
liability in contract and tort, with a reference to the cases. To
assist the student in his reading, the more important terms of the
Roman Law have been included. To write a law book without cases is
like building a house without foundations. This Dictionary is
unique in my experience in. giving a summary of the leading cases
in all the important branches of the law. The principle laid down
or exemplified by the case is stated together, where necessary,
with a brief statement of the facts, and the decision. References
to the cases are made throughout under the proper headings. The
student has to become familiar with a good many cases, and these
notes, in a convenient form for reference, should prove of
assistance. As the titles are arranged in strict alphabetical
order, no references are of course given to pages. iv PREFACE. The
effect of the new Property Acts and other recent statutes has been
noted. I am under a particular obligation to Mr. Byrne for the free
use I have made of his monumental Law Dictionary, and to Mr. J. L.
Montrose, LL. B., Barrister at-Law, for reading the proofs and
making many suggestions. I am indebted to my brother Mr. Harold
Osborn and to Miss Helene Ross, B. A,, of University College, for
their invaluable assistance. Any imper fections which may appear I
very much regret, but the sacrifice of many leisure hours will not
have been in vain if I am able to help the student along his
interest ing but intricate way. P. G. 0. Work, work while it is yet
day, and in your lives let there be no misspent hours. ( WiLLis,
Law of Negotiable Securities, 4th ed., p. 171.) ( y ) LATIN FOR
LAWYERS. ACCENT AND PRONUNCIATION. Accent. ( 1) In words of two
syllables the accent is always on the first. E. g., bo-na, ju'-ris,
/ 6-rum. ( 2) In words of three or more syllables, the accent falls
on the last syllable but one ( penultimate) if its vowel sound is
long, but otherwise on the last but two ( ante-penultimate). E. g.,
tnan-da'-ta, per-so-tice, wa-tri-wio-m-um, cd-ve-at, Jwe-re-dt-tas.
Pronunciation. The Latin alphabet is the same as the English except
that it has no w. On the whole, the letters and combinations of
letters ( e. g., er, or, oh, th) are pronounced as in English. I.
VOWELS. The vowel sounds, as in English, may be either long or
short. If short they are frequently indeterminate in unaccented
syllables. For instance a, unless in the final syllablebefore a
consonant, often has the sound of the final a in America. E. g.,
men-set, a-cu-ttts. Such indeterminate vowels are left unmarked in
the examples given. THE LONG VOWELS ( a as in / ate, e in mete, I
in pine, 6 in note, u in tube, y in type) are used in the following
cases: ( 1) In final syllables ending in a vowel. E. g.,
con-di-ti-o ( kondfehio), / i-de-i ( fidel), si-tu ( situ). ( 2) In
all syllables before a vowel or a diphthong. E. g., re-us ( reus).
( 3) Generally in accented syllables, other than final, before a
single consonant, especially if it is f
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