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Shakespeare's Legal Language STUDENT SHAKESPEARE LIBRARY Series Editor Sandra Clark (Birkbeck College, University of London) Shakespeare's Legal Language B.J. Sokol & Mary Sokol Military Language in Shakespeare Charles Edelman Shakespeare's Theatre Hugh Richmond Literature in Shakespeare Stuart Gillespie STUDENT SHAKESPEARE LIBRARY Shakespeare's Legal Language A Dictionary B. J. SOKOL & MARY SOKOL ontinuum L O N D O N NEW YORK Continuum The Tower Building 15 East 26th Street 11 York Road Suite 1703 London SE1 7NX New York 10010 First published in 2000 by THE ATHLONE PRESS This edition 2004 © B. J. Sokol and Mary Sokol 2000 B. J. Sokol and Mary Sokol have asserted their right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1998, to be identified as the authors of this work British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Sokol, B. J. Shakespeare's legal language / B J. Sokol & Mary Sokol. p. cm. — (Athlone Shakespeare dictionary series) Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. ISBN 0 8264 7778 X (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Shakespeare, William, 1564—1616—Knowledge—Law—Dictionaries. 2. English language—Early modern, 1500-1700—Dictionaries. 3. Law—England—History—16th century—Dictionaries. 4. Law—England—History—17th century—Dictionaries. 5. Law in literature—Dictionaries. I. Sokol, Mary, 1945- II. Title, III. Series. PR3028 .S65 2000 822.3'3—dc21 99-043014 Distributed in The United States, Canada and South America by Transaction Publishers 390 Campus Drive Somerset, New Jersey 08873 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, without prior permission in writing from the publisher. Previously published in hardback in the Athlone Shakespeare Dictionary series for Mark, Kate and Anna This page intentionally left blank Contents Series Editor's Preface ix Acknowledgements x Abbreviations xi Introduction 1 A-Z 9 Bibliography of Sources as Cited 429 Index of Shakespeare Passages, Scenes, Works 459 Index of Legal Terms and Concepts 489 This page intentionally left blank Series Editor's Preface The Athlone Shakespeare Dictionaries aim to provide the student of Shakespeare with a series of authoritative guides to the principal subject-areas covered by the plays and poems. They are produced by scholars who are experts both on Shakespeare and on the topic of the individual dictionary, based on the most recent scholarship, succinctly written and accessibly presented. They offer readers a self-contained body of information on the topic under discussion, its occurrence and significance in Shakepeare's works, and its contemporary meanings. The topics are all vital ones for understanding the plays and poems; they have been selected for their importance in illuminating aspects of Shakespeare's writings where an informed understanding of the range of Shakespeare's usage, and of the contemporary literary, historical and cultural issues involved, will add to the reader's appreciation of his work. Because of the diversity of the topics covered in the series, indi- vidual dictionaries may vary in emphasis and approach, but the aim and basic format of the entries remain the same from volume to volume. Sandra Clark Birkbeck College University of London
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