Bacon's Abridgement

A New Abridgment of the Law is a legal book compiled by Mathew Bacon.[1] The first edition was published in 1768, with most recent English edition being published in 1832.[2]

The work is an abridgment of English Common Law which was widely used in the United States during the early through mid 19th Century. The work was compiled by Bacon, assembled mainly from the dissertations and treatises of Baron Gilbert, either quoting them in full or providing extracts thereof. Bacon died before completing the abridgment, and the collection was completed by Sergeant Sayer and Owen Ruffhead.[3]

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References

  • Bacon, M. A new Abridgment of the Law. With large additions and corrections, by Sir Henry Gwillim and C. E. Dodd, and with notes and references made to the edition published in 1809, by Bird Wilson; to which notes and references to American and English law and decisions have been added, by John Bouvier. 10 vols. 8v. Philadelphia. 1842.
  1. ↑ Marvin, J.G. Legal Bibliography, or a thesaurus of American, English, Irish and Scotch law books:together with some continental treatises. T & J W Johnson. 1847. Page 85, from Google Books.
  2. ↑ Archbold Criminal Pleading, Evidence and Practice. 1999. Page xv.
  3. ↑ Marvin, J.G. Legal Bibliography, or a thesaurus of American, English, Irish and Scotch law books:together with some continental treatises. T & J W Johnson. 1847. Pages 85 and 86.
  • Bacon et al. A New Abridgment of the Law. Sixth Edition. Dublin. 1793. Vols 2, 3, 4 and 5
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