Laws of Oleron in United Kingdom

Meaning of Laws of Oleron

The following is an old definition of Laws of Oleron [1]: A code of maritime laws, promulgated during the twelfth century from the island of Oleron, off the coast of France. The code was greatly improved, if not indeed wholly compiled, by Richard the First (1189-99), the island being then a possession of England, and became the substructure of the maritime constitutions of all the nations in Europe.

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1. Concept of Laws of Oleron provided by the Anderson Dictionary of Law (1889) (Dictionary of Law consisting of Judicial Definitions and Explanations of Words, Phrases and Maxims and an Exposition of the Principles of Law: Comprising a Dictionary and Compendium of American and English Jurisprudence; William C. Anderson; T. H. Flood and Company, Law Publishers, Chicago, United States)