{"product_id":"a-compendious-and-comprehensive-law-thomas-walter-williams-9781584776802","title":"A Compendious and Comprehensive Law Dictionary [1816]: Elucidating the Terms and General Principles of Law and Equity","description":"With a New Introduction by Bryan A. Garner\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne of several English dictionaries published in the early nineteenth century, Williams's stands out for three reasons. Unlike its predecessors and, presumably, its competitors, this dictionary was designed as a practical everyday reference work. It has a smaller physical size, more entries and, for many of these, shorter definitions.This dictionary marks an important stage toward the evolution of the modern law dictionary: it is half dictionary, half encyclopedia. (...) Williams may have been ahead of his time in producing a handy quarto edition of a law dictionary. Apart from various editions of \u003cem\u003eTermes de la Ley\u003c\/em\u003e, huge folios, such as those by Jacob and Cunningham, seem to have been the order of the day. It wasn't until precisely a century after Williams - with the publication of James A. Ballentine's \u003cem\u003eLaw Dictionary\u003c\/em\u003e - that short, small law dictionaries gained popularity. In some sense, Williams's work might be considered a predecessor of today's pocket law dictionaries.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBryan A. GarnerFrom the Introduction to this EditionThomas Walter Williams [1763-1833] was a barrister of the Inner Temple. He didn't have much success as a pleader, so he established himself, with considerable success, as a legal writer. In addition to his dictionary, he wrote manuals for justices of the peace, compiled abridgments and digests and edited an edition of William Sheppard's \u003cem\u003ePrecedent of Precedents\u003c\/em\u003e.Unpaginated [1022] pp.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas Walter Williams\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1584776803\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781584776802\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/06\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 1036\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 4.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.00w x 2.13d","brand":"Thomas Walter Williams","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48450283438335,"sku":"9781584776802","price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8f5389f6-f123-4f01-9ae8-529c2bd46861.jpg?v=1777266980","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-compendious-and-comprehensive-law-thomas-walter-williams-9781584776802","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}