Fitzherbert

Concept of Fitzherbert

Traditional meaning of fitzherbert [1] in the English common law history: A law writer, tempo Henry VIII.; author of a Grand Abridgment of the year-books and of the new Natura Brevium [F. N. B.], a treatise on the writs then existing; see REGISTRUM BREVIUM; NATURA BREVIUM. [rtbs name=”history-of-english-law”]

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Notes and References

1. Based on A concise law dictionary of words, phrases and maxims, “Fitzherbert”, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1911, United States. This term and/or definition may be absolete. It is also called the Stimson’s Law dictionary, based on a glossary of terms, included Fitzherbert.

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