Oleron

Concept of Oleron

Traditional meaning of oleron [1] in the English common law history: A code of maritime laws published at Oleron, an island off the French coast, in the twelfth century, under Richard I. or his mother. Queen Eleanor; see 1st Book (“The Rights of Persons”), Blackstone’s Commentaries on the Laws of England 418; 4 id. 423. [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, “Oleron”, 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 Oleron.

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