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Giles Jacob

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Giles Jacob (1686 – 8 May 1744) was a British legal writer whose works included a well-received law dictionary that became the most popular and widespread law dictionary in the newly independent United States. [1]

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Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope (21 May 1688 – 30 May 1744) was an 18th-century English poet.

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De Usu Flagrorum

Tractus de usu flagrorum in re Medica et Veneria is a 1639 treatise by Ioannes Henricus Meibomius (1590–1655).

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Dunce

A dunce is a person considered incapable of learning.

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Edmund Curll

Edmund Curll (c. 1675 – 11 December 1747) was an English bookseller and publisher.

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Executive (government)

The executive is the organ exercising authority in and holding responsibility for the governance of a state.

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Farce

In theatre, a farce is a comedy that aims at entertaining the audience through situations that are highly exaggerated, extravagant, and thus improbable.

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Great Britain

Great Britain, also known as Britain, is a large island in the north Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe.

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Hampshire

Hampshire (abbreviated Hants) is a county on the southern coast of England in the United Kingdom.

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John Arbuthnot

John Arbuthnot (baptised 29 April 1667 – 27 February 1735), often known simply as Dr Arbuthnot, was a Scottish physician, satirist and polymath in London.

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John Gay

John Gay (30 June 1685 – 4 December 1732) was an English poet and dramatist and member of the Scriblerus Club.

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Law dictionary

A law dictionary is a dictionary that is designed and compiled to give information about terms used in the field of law.

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Lillian Goldman Law Library

The Lillian Goldman Law Library in Memory of Sol Goldman, commonly known as the Yale Law Library, is the law library of Yale Law School.

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Malt

Malt is germinated cereal grains that have been dried in a process known as "malting".

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Manorial court

The manorial courts were the lowest courts of law in England during the feudal period.

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Romsey

Romsey is a market town in the county of Hampshire, England.

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Staines-upon-Thames

Staines-upon-Thames is a town on the River Thames in Surrey, England.

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Statute

A statute is a formal written enactment of a legislative authority that governs a city, state, or country.

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Stephen Jones (editor)

Stephen Jones (1763–1827) was an English literary editor, best known for his revision of the Biographia Dramatica.

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The Dunciad

The Dunciad is a landmark mock-heroic narrative poem by Alexander Pope published in three different versions at different times from 1728 to 1743.

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The Rape of the Lock

The Rape of the Lock is a mock-heroic narrative poem written by Alexander Pope.

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Thomas Lounsbury

Thomas Raynesford Lounsbury (January 1, 1838 – April 9, 1915) was an American literary historian and critic, born in Ovid, New York, January 1, 1838.

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Three Hours After Marriage

Three Hours After Marriage was a restoration comedy, written in 1717 as a collaboration between John Gay, Alexander Pope and John Arbuthnot, though Gay was the principal author.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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William Blathwayt

William Blathwayt (or Blathwayte) (1649 – 16 August 1717) was a civil servant and politician who established the War Office as a department of the British Government and played an important part in administering the English (later British) colonies of North America.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giles_Jacob

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