Template:RQ:Hale Common Law

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This template may be used in Wiktionary entries to format quotations from Matthew Hale's work The History of the Common Law of England (1st edition, 1713). It can be used to create a link to online versions of the work at Google Books and the HathiTrust Digital Library:

• The History of the Common Law of England (1st edition, 1713; archived at the Internet Archive).
• The Analysis of the Law published together with The History of the Common Law of England in a work entitled The History and Analysis of the Common Law of England (1713; archived at the Internet Archive).

The template takes the following parameters:

The Analysis of the Law

• |part= – mandatory: if quoting from The Analysis of the Law, specify |part=Analysis. If this parameter is omitted, the template defaults to The History of the Common Law of England.
• |chapter= – if quoting from the preface, specify |chapter=Preface.
• |section= and |sectionname= – The Analysis of the Law is divided into sections. Use |section= to specify the section number quoted from in uppercase Roman numerals, and |sectionname= to specify the name of the section.

Both parts of the work

• |1= or |page=, or |pages= – mandatory in some cases: the page or range of pages quoted from. If quoting a range of pages, note the following:
  • Separate the first and last page number of the range with an en dash, like this: |pages=10–11.
  • You must also use |pageref= to indicate the page to be linked to (usually the page on which the Wiktionary entry appears).

This parameter must be specified to have the template determine the name of the chapter (I–XII) quoted from in The History of the Common Law of England, and to link to an online version of the work.

• |2=, |text=, or |passage= – the passage to be quoted.
• |footer= – a comment on the passage quoted.
• |brackets= – use |brackets=on to surround a quotation with brackets. This indicates that the quotation either contains a mere mention of a term (for example, "some people find the word manoeuvre hard to spell") rather than an actual use of it (for example, "we need to manoeuvre carefully to avoid causing upset"), or does not provide an actual instance of a term but provides information about related terms.

The History of the Common Law of England

• Wikitext:
  • {{RQ:Hale Common Law|page=24|passage=Novv the Municipal Lavvs of this Kingdom, vvhich I thus call ''Leges non Scriptæ'', are of a vaſt Extent, and indeed include in their '''Generalty''' all thoſe ſeveral Lavvs vvhich are allovved, as the Rule and Direction of Juſtice and Judicial Proceedings, and vvhich are applicable to all thoſe various Subjects, about vvhich Juſtice is converſant.}}; or
  • {{RQ:Hale Common Law|24|Novv the Municipal Lavvs of this Kingdom, vvhich I thus call ''Leges non Scriptæ'', are of a vaſt Extent, and indeed include in their '''Generalty''' all thoſe ſeveral Lavvs vvhich are allovved, as the Rule and Direction of Juſtice and Judicial Proceedings, and vvhich are applicable to all thoſe various Subjects, about vvhich Juſtice is converſant.}}
• Result:
  • 1713, [Matthew Hale], “Concerning the Lex non Scripta, i.e. the Common or Municipal Laws of This Kingdom”, in The History of the Common Law of England: , : J Nutt, assignee of Edw Sayer Esq; for J. Walthoe, , →OCLC, page 24:

    Novv the Municipal Lavvs of this Kingdom, vvhich I thus call Leges non Scriptæ, are of a vaſt Extent, and indeed include in their Generalty all thoſe ſeveral Lavvs vvhich are allovved, as the Rule and Direction of Juſtice and Judicial Proceedings, and vvhich are applicable to all thoſe various Subjects, about vvhich Juſtice is converſant.

• Wikitext: {{RQ:Hale Common Law|pages=255–256|pageref=256|passage= daily in Term-time Converſe and Conſult vvith one another; {{...}} and by this Means their Judgments and their Adminiſtrations of Common Juſtice carry a Conſonancy, Congruity, and Uniformity one to another, vvhereby both the Lavvs and the Adminiſtrations thereof are preſerved from that Confuſion and Diſparity that vvould unavoidably enſue, if the Adminiſtration vvas by ſeveral '''incommunicating''' Hands, or by provincial Eſtabliſhments: {{...}}}}
• Result:
  • 1713, [Matthew Hale], “Touching Trials by Jury”, in The History of the Common Law of England: , : J Nutt, assignee of Edw Sayer Esq; for J. Walthoe, , →OCLC, pages 255–256:

    daily in Term-time Converſe and Conſult vvith one another; […] and by this Means their Judgments and their Adminiſtrations of Common Juſtice carry a Conſonancy, Congruity, and Uniformity one to another, vvhereby both the Lavvs and the Adminiſtrations thereof are preſerved from that Confuſion and Diſparity that vvould unavoidably enſue, if the Adminiſtration vvas by ſeveral incommunicating Hands, or by provincial Eſtabliſhments: […]

The Analysis of the Law

• Wikitext: {{RQ:Hale Common Law|part=Analysis|section=XLIII|sectionname=Concerning Wrongs which Carry with Them an Amotion of Possession|page=131|passage=''Diſſeiſin'' is a large Title, and is an unlavvful Entry and Ouſter of him that has an actual '''Seiſin''' and Freehold.}}
• Result:
  • 1713, [Matthew Hale], “.] Sect. XLIII. Concerning Wrongs which Carry with Them an Amotion of Possession.”, in The History and Analysis of the Common Law of England: , : J Nutt, assignee of Edw Sayer Esq; for J. Walthoe, , →OCLC, page 131:

    Diſſeiſin is a large Title, and is an unlavvful Entry and Ouſter of him that has an actual Seiſin and Freehold.