Glanvill

Concept of Glanvill

Traditional meaning of glanvill [1] in the English common law history: The author of the treatise De Legibus et Consuetudinibus Anglioe, the most ancient book in the English law, written about 1181, and containing the forms of writs as they then existed. [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, “Glanvill”, 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 Glanvill.

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