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Index and Paraphrase of
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The Ames Foundation is sponsoring a project to create a free,
publicly-searchable database containing an index and paraphrase of all
printed Year Book reports (cases argued and determined in English law courts
between 1268 and 1535). There are now 22,004 records in this database,
which includes all case reports printed in the entire chronological series of
Year Books. All records in the database identify the opening line of
text (incipit), the length of the
report, a full citation, and a unique identifying number, and, where
possible, the type of lawsuit (writ), the names of parties, names of other
persons and places mentioned, cross-references to the Abridgements and to
related cases, and statutes cited or quoted. All cases before 1481 name
every justice and lawyer who spoke or was mentioned in the report. All
cases before 1481 that have never before been translated from the original
Anglo-Norman law French have been substantially paraphrased. Full lists
of keywords and descriptions of the process and pleading are given for all
case reports from 1399 through 1481. Some records index and paraphrase
cases that are only printed in the Abridgements under alphabetical headings,
and more of these Abridgement cases will be added over the coming years.
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This page last modified:
11/03/10. Contact Rosemary Spang with comments. |