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The "Coutumes de Beauvaisis" of Philippe de Beaumanoir / Philippe de Beaumanoir.
De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- de Beaumanoir, Philippe, Author.
- Series:
- Middle Ages series.
- The Middle Ages Series
- Standardized Title:
- Coutumes de Beauvaisis. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Law, Medieval.
- Law--France--Beauvaisis--Sources.
- Law.
- Customary law--France--Beauvaisis.
- Customary law.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (786 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2015]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- F. R. P. Akehurst provides the first English translation of the complete text of Coutumes, the customary law of Clermont in the Beauvais region as it was practiced and understood in the late thirteenth century. The Coutumes de Beauvaisis provides a unique perspective on thirteenth-century civil and criminal trials.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Map
- Prologue
- 1. Judges
- 2. Summonses
- 3. Permissible Delays
- 4. Attorneys
- 5. Advocates
- 6. Complaints
- 7. Answers
- 8. Latecomers
- 9. Inspections
- 10. Superior Jurisdiction
- 11. Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction
- 12. Wills
- 13. Dower
- 14. Inherited Real Property
- 15. Custodianship
- 16. Minors
- 17. Tutors
- 18. Illegitimacy
- 19. Consanguinity
- 20. Good-Faith Holders
- 21. Partnerships
- 22. Corporations
- 23. Property
- 24. Customs
- 25. Highways
- 26. Measurements
- 27. Prices
- 28. Horses
- 29. Services
- 30. Offenses
- 31. Larceny
- 32. Novel Disseisin
- 33. Fraud
- 34. Contracts
- 35. Writings
- 36. Safekeeping
- 37. Loans
- 38. Rentals
- 39. Proofs
- 40. Auditors
- 41. Arbitrators
- 42. Liquidated Damages
- 43. Sureties
- 44. Redemption
- Notes:
- Translation of: Coutumes de Beauvaisis.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)
- ISBN:
- 9781512800029
- 1512800023
- 9780585196701
- 0585196702
- OCLC:
- 44959256
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