Style's Practical Register
by William Style
William Style (c.1599–1679) was admitted to the Inner Temple in 1619, and was called to the bar in 1628. He does not appear to have been overly successful practitioner of law and is predominantly remembered for his legal publications.[1] His Practical Register, first published in 1657, "groups the rules of practice, together with a little information as to the substantive law, under alphabetical heads."[2] It "was a useful guide to modern practice decisions"[3] which was reprinted multiple times. A new edition in 1607 edited by John Lilly preceded Lilly's continuation volume in 1610.[4]
Bibliographic Information
Author: William Style.
Title: Style's Practical Register: Begun in the Reign of King Charles I Consisting of Rules, Orders, and the Principal Observations Concerning the Practice of The Common Law in the Courts at Westminster: Particularly the King's Bench, as Well in Matters Criminal as Civil: Carefully Continued Down to this Time from Modern Reports: Alphabetically Digested Under Several Titles: with a Table for the Ready Finding Out of Those Titles.
Publication Info: ondon: Printed for C. Harper, D. Brown, J. Walthoe and D. Midwinter, 1707.
Edition: Fourth edition; 682 pages.
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Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy
Bound with later calf retaining original boards, raised bands, gilt title and date on spine. Includes signature, "Wm. Cumming" and annotations to preliminaries. Purchased from The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
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References
- ↑ J. H. Baker, "Style, William (c.1599–1679)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008, accessed 30 May 2013. (Subscription required for access.)
- ↑ W. S. Holdsworth, A History of English Law (London: Methuen & Co., Sweet and Maxwell, 1924), 6:598 .
- ↑ Baker, "Style, William."
- ↑ Ibid.
