Ireland Law Libraries

Introduction

Records in a Law Library

Nominate Reports

Nominate reports are similar to the Case Reporters in the United States. The term "nominate" came from the Latin nōmināri meaning "name" and was used to describe the summary judgments. It referred to the name of the person who actually wrote the reports.

Indexes

All Courts

Appeals and Writs of Error

Chancery

Report Vols. Year Published Period Covered Availability Howard's Chancery 1 vol. 1772 SLU Wallis' Chancery 1 vol. 1839 1766-1791 KI; SLU Irish Equity Reports (Chancery) 13 vols. 1839-52 SLU

Circuit Cases

Common Law

Common Pleas

Crown Cases

Ecclesiastical

Exchequer

King's/Queen's Bench

Land Cases

Nisi Prius (see also King's/Queen's Bench above)

Registry Cases

Rolls Court

Miscellaneous

Irish Statutes

Inns of Court - Admission Registers

  • Society of King's Inn, Dublin -
  • The Middle Temple, London -
  • Lincoln's Inn, London -
  • Gray's Inn, London -
  • The Inner Temple, London -
  • Inns of Chancery -
  • Law Lists -

Source Citations for Legal Materials

Abbreviations for Nominate Reports - The name of the report is always abbreviated. The more common abbreviations are listed in the following table:


Websites

Bibliography