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| − | }}''[[Media:WytheCaseUponTheStatuteForDistribution1796.pdf|Case upon the Statute for Distribution]]''<ref>George Wythe, [[Media:WytheCaseUponTheStatuteForDistribution1796.pdf|''Case upon the Statute for Distribution'']] (Richmond, VA: Thomas Nicolson, 1796).</ref> is an essay by [[George Wythe]], a [[Case upon the Statute for Distribution|discourse concerning a 1705 Virginia statute]] for the distribution of a dead person's property. It was published in pamphlet form in 1796 by Thomas Nicolson of Richmond, Virginia, who had published [[Decisions of Cases in Virginia, by the High Court of Chancery|Wythe's Reports]] in 1795, and at least seven other supplements for Wythe, in 1796 and after.<ref>Charles Evans, in his ''[[American Bibliography]],'' vol. 11 (1942).</ref> The essay was included in the second edition of [[Decisions of Cases in Virginia by the High Court of Chancery (1852)|Wythe's Reports]], in 1852, | + | }}''[[Media:WytheCaseUponTheStatuteForDistribution1796.pdf|Case upon the Statute for Distribution]]''<ref>George Wythe, [[Media:WytheCaseUponTheStatuteForDistribution1796.pdf|''Case upon the Statute for Distribution'']] (Richmond, VA: Thomas Nicolson, 1796).</ref> is an essay by [[George Wythe]], a [[Case upon the Statute for Distribution|discourse concerning a 1705 Virginia statute]] for the distribution of a dead person's property. It was published in pamphlet form in 1796 by Thomas Nicolson of Richmond, Virginia, who had published [[Decisions of Cases in Virginia, by the High Court of Chancery|Wythe's Reports]] in 1795, and at least seven other supplements for Wythe, in 1796 and after.<ref>Charles Evans, in his ''[[American Bibliography]],'' vol. 11 (1942).</ref> The essay was included in the second edition of [[Decisions of Cases in Virginia by the High Court of Chancery (1852)|Wythe's Reports]], in 1852, and is summed up by the editor, B.B. Minor: |
[[File:WytheCaseUponTheStatuteForDistribution1796Title.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Title page from [[George Wythe|Wythe's]] pamphlet, ''Case upon the Statute for Distribution'' (Richmond, VA: Thomas Nicholson, 1796). Copy at the [http://www.americanantiquarian.org/ American Antiquarian Society].]] | [[File:WytheCaseUponTheStatuteForDistribution1796Title.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Title page from [[George Wythe|Wythe's]] pamphlet, ''Case upon the Statute for Distribution'' (Richmond, VA: Thomas Nicholson, 1796). Copy at the [http://www.americanantiquarian.org/ American Antiquarian Society].]] | ||
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| − | At one point in his discussion, Wythe invokes an argument of logic in Latin, ''ignoratio elenchi,'' "A mistake | + | At one point in his discussion, Wythe invokes an argument of logic in Latin, ''ignoratio elenchi,'' "A mistake of the question": |
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| − | [A]n absurdity, by the second example, attributed to the exposition, admitting representation of collateral kindred, who were not brothers and sisters of the intestate, is a consequence of two sophisms, already detected in the argument of North, one ''ignoratio elenchi,'' or a mistake of the question, the other a ''pelitio principii,'' or a supposition of what is not granted.<ref>Wythe 309 (1796); | + | [A]n absurdity, by the second example, attributed to the exposition, admitting representation of collateral kindred, who were not brothers and sisters of the intestate, is a consequence of two sophisms, already detected in the argument of North, one ''ignoratio elenchi,'' or a mistake of the question, the other a ''pelitio principii,'' or a supposition of what is not granted.<ref>Wythe 309 (1796); pp. 15-16 in the pamphlet.</ref> |
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| − | The [https://archive.org/stream/cyclopediaoflawp21mack#page/1726/mode/2up/ ''Cyclopedia of Law and Procedure''] (1901) cites Wythe's | + | The [https://archive.org/stream/cyclopediaoflawp21mack#page/1726/mode/2up/ ''Cyclopedia of Law and Procedure''] (1901) cites Wythe's usage of ''ignoratio elenchi'' in 1796 as the earliest derivation.<ref>William Mack, ed., [https://archive.org/stream/cyclopediaoflawp21mack#page/1726/mode/2up/ ''Cyclopedia of Law and Procedure,''] vol. 21 (New York: American Law Book Company, 1901), 1727.</ref> It was also cited in the second edition of [https://archive.org/stream/bub_gb_R2c8AAAAIAAJ_3/bub_gb_R2c8AAAAIAAJ#page/n599/mode/2up/ Black's ''Law Dictionary''] (1910).<ref>Henry Campbell Black, [https://archive.org/stream/bub_gb_R2c8AAAAIAAJ_3/bub_gb_R2c8AAAAIAAJ#page/n599/mode/2up/ ''A Law Dictionary Containing Definitions of the Terms and Phrases of American and English Jurisprudence, Ancient and Modern''] (St. Paul, MN: West Publishing, 1910), 590.</ref> |
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| + | *[http://indexvirginiaprinting.org/imprint/1796.027/ Index to Virginia Printing.] | ||
*[http://lccn.loc.gov/22003053 Library of Congress catalog record.] | *[http://lccn.loc.gov/22003053 Library of Congress catalog record.] | ||
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015033648109?urlappend=%3Bseq=222 Sowerby Catalogue,] at HathiTurst. | *[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015033648109?urlappend=%3Bseq=222 Sowerby Catalogue,] at HathiTurst. | ||
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Latest revision as of 12:53, 21 September 2018
by George Wythe
| Case upon the Statute for Distribution | ||
 at the College of William & Mary. |
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| Author | George Wythe | |
| Published | Richmond, VA: Printed by Thomas Nicolson | |
| Date | 1796 | |
| Language | English | |
| Pages | 38 | |
| Desc. | 8vo (21 cm.) | |
Case upon the Statute for Distribution[1] is an essay by George Wythe, a discourse concerning a 1705 Virginia statute for the distribution of a dead person's property. It was published in pamphlet form in 1796 by Thomas Nicolson of Richmond, Virginia, who had published Wythe's Reports in 1795, and at least seven other supplements for Wythe, in 1796 and after.[2] The essay was included in the second edition of Wythe's Reports, in 1852, and is summed up by the editor, B.B. Minor:
Title page from Wythe's pamphlet, Case upon the Statute for Distribution (Richmond, VA: Thomas Nicholson, 1796). Copy at the American Antiquarian Society.
At one point in his discussion, Wythe invokes an argument of logic in Latin, ignoratio elenchi, "A mistake of the question":
The Cyclopedia of Law and Procedure (1901) cites Wythe's usage of ignoratio elenchi in 1796 as the earliest derivation.[5] It was also cited in the second edition of Black's Law Dictionary (1910).[6]
Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library
Upon his death, a copy of this pamphlet which had belonged to Wythe was bequeathed with his books to Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson had the pamphlet bound into a volume with seven of Wythe's other Chancery decisions which were published as supplements.[7] Subsequently, the volume became part of the collection at the Library of Congress, titled on the spine: Wythe's Reports. Supplement. Virginia. 1796-99.[8] The pamphlet for Case upon the Statute for Distribution has a handwritten notation, "no. 1," on the first page.[9]
The copy at the Library of Congress contains "Several corrections in the text inserted in ink by Wythe."[10]
See also
- American Bibliography
- Between Fowler and Saunders
- Between Wilkins and Taylor
- Between Yates and Salle
- The Case of Overtons Mill: Prolegomena
- Case upon the Statute for Distribution
- Decisions of Cases in Virginia by the High Court of Chancery with Remarks upon Decrees by the Court of Appeals, Reversing Some of Those Decisions
- Love against Donelson
- Report of the Case between Aylett and Aylett
- Report of the Case between Field and Harrison
- Wythe's Library
References
- ↑ George Wythe, Case upon the Statute for Distribution (Richmond, VA: Thomas Nicolson, 1796).
- ↑ Charles Evans, in his American Bibliography, vol. 11 (1942).
- ↑ George Wythe, Decisions of Cases in Virginia by the High Court of Chancery with Remarks upon Decrees by the Court of Appeals, Reversing Some of Those Decisions, 2nd ed., ed. B.B. Minor (Richmond: J.W. Randolph, 1852), 302.
- ↑ Wythe 309 (1796); pp. 15-16 in the pamphlet.
- ↑ William Mack, ed., Cyclopedia of Law and Procedure, vol. 21 (New York: American Law Book Company, 1901), 1727.
- ↑ Henry Campbell Black, A Law Dictionary Containing Definitions of the Terms and Phrases of American and English Jurisprudence, Ancient and Modern (St. Paul, MN: West Publishing, 1910), 590.
- ↑ "Six tracts originally bound together in calf for Jefferson by Milligan on June 30, 1807 (cost $1.00). Rebound in Buckram for the Library of Congress." E. Millicent Sowerby, comp., Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson (Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1953), 2:208[1760].
- ↑ Library of Congress catalog record. This volume contains pamphlets for: Case upon the Statute for Distribution (1796); Field v. Harrison (1794); Fowler v. Saunders and Goodall v. Bullock (1798, together in the same pamphlet); Wilkins v. Taylor (1799); Yates v. Salle (1792); and Love v. Donelson (1801). See also: Aylett v. Aylett (1793), and Overton v. Ross (1803).
- ↑ For the pamphlet numerations, see WorldCat.
- ↑ Sowerby, 2:208.
