Chaucer's Serjeant of the Law and the Year Books

Author / Editor
Baugh, Albert C.

Title
Chaucer's Serjeant of the Law and the Year Books

Published
Mélanges de Langue et de Littérature du Moyen Age et de la Renaissance Offerts á Jean Frappier, 2 vols. (Geneva: Droz, 1970), 1: 65-76.

Description
Explains why the phrase "In termes," in the description of the Man of Law in GP (1.323), means "in Year Books," i.e., in a collection of "medieval law reports."

Chaucer Subjects
Man of Law and His Tale
Language and Word Studies