{"product_id":"a-compendious-and-comprehensive-law-dictionary-1816-elucidating-the-terms-and-general-principles-of-law-and-equity-hardcover","title":"A Compendious and Comprehensive Law Dictionary [1816]: Elucidating the Terms and General Principles of Law and Equity - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eThomas Walter Williams\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBryan A. Garner\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a New Introduction by Bryan A. Garner\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne of several English dictionaries published in the early nineteenth century, Williams's stands out for three reasons. Unlike its predecessors and, presumably, its competitors, this dictionary was designed as a practical everyday reference work. It has a smaller physical size, more entries and, for many of these, shorter definitions.This dictionary marks an important stage toward the evolution of the modern law dictionary: it is half dictionary, half encyclopedia. (...) Williams may have been ahead of his time in producing a handy quarto edition of a law dictionary. Apart from various editions of \u003cem\u003eTermes de la Ley\u003c\/em\u003e, huge folios, such as those by Jacob and Cunningham, seem to have been the order of the day. It wasn't until precisely a century after Williams - with the publication of James A. Ballentine's \u003cem\u003eLaw Dictionary\u003c\/em\u003e - that short, small law dictionaries gained popularity. In some sense, Williams's work might be considered a predecessor of today's pocket law dictionaries.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBryan A. GarnerFrom the Introduction to this EditionThomas Walter Williams [1763-1833] was a barrister of the Inner Temple. He didn't have much success as a pleader, so he established himself, with considerable success, as a legal writer. In addition to his dictionary, he wrote manuals for justices of the peace, compiled abridgments and digests and edited an edition of William Sheppard's \u003cem\u003ePrecedent of Precedents\u003c\/em\u003e.Unpaginated [1022] pp.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1036\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2.13 x 10 x 7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 06, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54053503959315,"sku":"9781584776802","price":136.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0965\/6300\/3667\/files\/bFvAAmlEGE9781584776802.webp?v=1776275398","url":"https:\/\/finduslaw.com\/products\/a-compendious-and-comprehensive-law-dictionary-1816-elucidating-the-terms-and-general-principles-of-law-and-equity-hardcover","provider":"FindUSlaw Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}