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Definition of Maitland
1. Noun. English historian noted for his works on the history of English law (1850-1906).
Definition of Maitland
1. Proper noun. (surname A=An English and Scottish from=Old French) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Maitland
Literary usage of Maitland
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Quarterly Review by George Walter Prothero, John Gibson Lockhart, William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, Baron Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, Sir William Smith (1907)
"Translated, with an introduction, by FW Maitland. Cambridge: University Press, 1900.
7. English Law and the Renaissance. By the same. ..."
2. The Cambridge History of English Literature by Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller (1907)
"Maitland has shown good reason for concluding that this note book was used by
Bracton in writing his great treatise. Some portions of these Year Books have ..."
3. The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin and an Account of Its Progress Down by Alexander William Kinglake (1875)
"Maitland said he yet VI hoped that our people would drive the enemy back ; zd
Period. ... Maitland entreated them to form a blended line without regard to ..."
4. Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1901)
"In Went Maitland (much (he more populous part) are ... the work of Maitland.
In spite of all ki« o- deavours, however, tliis party was unable to Iwis its ..."
5. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York Public Library (1897)
"Gift of Mr. Maitland. National Intelligencer, and Washington Advertiser. ...
Gift of Mr. Maitland. Englishman (The). Being the Sequel of the Guardian. ..."
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