The Law in ShakespeareThis work consists of definitions obtained from existing law dictionaries illustrated with annotations and, most important, by hundreds of quotations from Shakespeare's 37 plays, poems & sonnets. |
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accused action of battery answer Antonio appear arrest attainder Bacon Bass bond Bouv Cade Cæsar called cause charge claim Comm commission committed common court crown Cymbeline death deed Dogb dost doth drown Duke England father fee-simple felony forfeit give guilty Hamlet hand hath hear heir Henry VI Henry VIII honour husband judge judgment justice king's lady lands lawyer Lear learned letters-patent Litt lord Love's Labour's Lost Macbeth marg marriage Marry Master constable Measure for Measure ment Merchant of Venice mercy oath offender officer person plea Quarto queen Rape of Lucrece recovery Richard Richard II Romeo and Juliet Salique Scene seal Shakespeare Shylock slander Sonnet stand statute suit tell tenant tender thee things thou hast tion Titus Andronicus Tomlin's Law Dict treason trial unto Venice Winter's Tale witness word writ writing