Fleta

The title of an ancient law book, supposed to have been written by a judge while confined in the Fleet prison. It is written in Latin, and is divided into six books. The author lived in the reigns of Edward II. and Edward III. See liber 2, c. 66, § Item quod nullus; liber 1, c. 20, § Qui coeperunt; 10 Coke, pref. Edward II. was crowned A. D. 1306. Edward III. was crowned 1326, and reigned till A. D. 1377. During this period the English law was greatly improved, and the lawyers and judges were very learned. Hale, Hist. Com. Law, 173. Blackstone (4 Comm. 427) says of this work "that it was for the most part law until the alteration of tenures took place." The same remark he applies to Britten and Hingham,

The title of an ancient lawbook, supposed to have been written by a judge while confined in the Fleet Prison; written about 1290. It Is written in Latin, and is divided into six books. The author lived in the reigns of Edward II. and Edward III. See lib. 2. cap. 66, { Item quod nullua; lib. 1, cap. 20, S Que cceperunt; 10 Coke, pref. Edward II. was crowned A. D. 1806. Edward

A general treatise on English law, supposed to have been writ-ten in the reign of Edward L; so called, as the author says, because written during his confinement in the Fleet prison.

In old English law. An estuary; a stream, canal or ditch, where the tide ebbs and flows; hence the name of Fleet ditch in London and' of the Fleet prison which stood near it

A treatise on the law founded chiefly posed to have been written tempo Edward lawyer at that time confined in the Fleet is a small French tract entitled Fet assavoir.

The title of an ancient treatise on English law, written in the reign of Edward I. 2 Reeves' Hist. of Law, 280. Crabb's Hist. 198. Its full title is Fleta, seu Commentarius Juris Anglicani; the name of Fleta being given to it, according to the author's explanation, because it was written during his confinement in the Fleet prison, from which circumstance it has been conjectured that he was one of those judges who fell under the displeasure of the king. Id. ibid. It is a general treatise on the law, in six books, written in Latin in the method of Bracton, from whom and Glanville the author copies largely. Mr. Reeves indeed calls him a mere imitator, and his work is obviously a compendium of Bracton, with considerable additions, however, showing what alterations had taken place in the law since Bracton's time. Mr. Selden has written a learned Dissertation on Fleta, which is annexed to most of the editions of this work.

The title of an ancient law-book, supposed to have been written by a judge who was confined in the Fleet prison. It is written in latin, and is divided into six books.