Egyptians — Law Dictionary

Egyptians

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Commonly called "Gypsies," (in old English statutes,) are counterfeit rogues, Welsh or English, that disguise themselves in speech and apparel, and wander up and down the country, pretending to have skill in telling fortunes, and to deceive the common people, but live chiefly by filching and stealing, and, therefore, the statutes of 1 & 2 Mar. c. 4, and 5 Eliz. c. 20, were made to punish such as felons if they departed not the realm or continued to a month. Termes de la Ley.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

commonly called “Gypsies,” are counterfeit rogues, Welsh or English, that disguise themselves in speech and apparel, and wander up and down the country, pretending to have skill in telling fortunes, and to deceive the common people, but live chiefly by filching and stealing, and, therefore, the statutes of 1 & 2 Mar. c. 4, and 6 Eliz, ¢, 20, were made to punish such as Hi incumbit probatio, qui dicit, nen qui negat; cum per rerum naturam factum negantis probatio nulla sit. The proof lics upon him who affirms, not upon him who denies; since, by the nature of things, he who denies a fact cannot produce any proof. Hi nihil turpe, cui nihil satis. Tohim to whom nothing is enough, nothing is base. 4 Insb. 83.