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: