The nominate reports, also known as nominative reports, named reports and private reports, are the various published collections of

law reports A or is a compilation of judicial opinions from a selection of case law decided by courts. These reports serve as published records of judicial decisions that are cited by lawyers and judges for their use as precedent in subsequent cases. Hi ...

of cases in English courts from the Middle Ages to the 1860s. Most (but not all) are reprinted in the

English Reports The English Reports is a collection of judgments of the higher English courts between 1220 and 1866. Overview The reports are a selection of most nominate reports of judgments of the higher English courts between 1220 and 1873. Glanville Willia ...

. They are described as "nominate" (named) in order to distinguish them from the

Year Books The Year Books are the earliest law reports of England. This name for the later collections of these reports is of modern origin. Substantial numbers of manuscripts circulated during the Late Middle Ages, containing reports of pleas heard befor ...

, which are anonymous. An example of a nominate report is

Edmund F. Moore Moore's Indian Appeals is a 14-volume set of nominate reports by English barrister Edmund F. Moore, published in London London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and ...

's ''Reports of Cases Heard and Determined by the Judicial Committee and the Lords of His Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council on Appeal from the Supreme and Sudder Dewanny Courts in the East Indies,'' published in London from 1837 to 1873, referred to as ''

Moore's Indian Appeals Moore's Indian Appeals is a 14-volume set of nominate reports by English barrister Edmund F. Moore, published in London from 1837 to 1872 under the full title of ''Reports of Cases Heard and Determined by the Judicial Committee and the Lords of ...

'' and cited for example as: ''Moofti Mohummud Ubdoollah'' v. ''Baboo Mootechund'' 1 M.I.A. 383. In the 1860s, law reporting in England was taken over by the

Incorporated Council of Law Reporting The Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales (ICLR) is a registered charity based in London, England, that publishes law reports of English law. The company is widely recognised as a reputable producer of reports (and the only 'o ...

, ending the practice of nominate reports.

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*Acton *Addams *Adolphus and Ellis * Aleyn * Ambler * Anderson *

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Anstruther Anstruther ( ; ) is a coastal town in Fife, Scotland, situated on the north-shore of the Firth of Forth and south-southeast of St Andrews. The town comprises two settlements, Anstruther Easter and Anstruther Wester, which are divided by a st ...

* Atkyns *

Barnardiston's Chancery Reports Reports of Cases in the High Court of Chancery, 13 and 14 Geo. II. from April 25, 1740, to May 9, 1741 is the title of a collection of nominate reports, by Thomas Barnardiston, of cases decided by the Court of Chancery, between approximately 1740 ...

Barnardiston's King's Bench Reports Reports of Cases in the Court of King's Bench, together with some other cases from T. T. 12 Geo. I., to T. T. 7 Geo. II., from 1726 - 31 is the title of a collection of nominate reports, by Thomas Barnardiston, of cases decided by the Court of Kin ...

Barnes Barnes may refer to: People *Barnes (name), a family name and a given name (includes lists of people with that name) Places United Kingdom * Barnes, London, England ** Barnes railway station **Barnes Bridge railway station ** Barnes High Stree ...

*Barnewall and Adolphus *Barnewall and Alderson *Barnewall and Cresswell *Beavan *Bell * Bellewe * Benloe * Benloe and Dalison *Best and Smith *Bingham *Bingham, New Cases * Blackstone, Henry * Blackstone, William *Bligh *Bligh, New Series *Bosanquet and Puller *Bosanquet and Puller, New Reports *Bridgman, Sir J. *Bridgeman, Sir O. *Broderip and Bingham *

Brook's New Cases Ascuns novel cases de le ans et temps le Roy H. VIII., Edv. VI, and la Roygne Mary. Escrie ex la graund Abridgment, compose per Sir Robert Brooke, Chivaler, &c., la, disperse en les Titles; mes icy collect sub ans is the title of a collection o ...

*Browning and Lushington *Brown's Chancery Cases (Belt) *Brown's Parliament Cases *Brownlow and Goldsborough *Bulstrode *Bunberry *Burrell *Burrow *Calthorpe *Campbell *Carrington and Kirwan *Carrington and Marsham * Carrington and Payne *Carter *Carthew *Cary *Cases in Chancery *Choyce Cases in Chancery *Clark and Finelly *

Coke's Reports Sir Edward Coke ( , formerly ; 1 February 1552 – 3 September 1634) was an English barrister, judge, and politician. He is often considered the greatest jurist of the Elizabethan era, Elizabethan and Jacobean era, Jacobean eras. Born into a ...

*Colles *Collyer *Comberbach *The Common Bench Reports *The Common Bench Reports, New Series *Comyns *Cooke *Cooper's Practice Cases *Cooper, G *Cooper, temp Brougham *Cooper, temp Cottenham *Cowper *Cox *Craig and Phillips *Croke, Eliz. *Croke, Jac. *Croke, Car. *Crompton and Jervis *Crompton and Meeson *Crompton, Meeson and Roscoe *Cunningham *Curteis *Daniell *Davis, Ireland *Deane and Swabey *Dearsly *Dearsly and Bell *De Gex, Fisher and Jones *De Gex, Jones and Smith *De Gex, M'Naghten and Gorden *De Gex and Smale *Denison *Dickens *Dodson *Donnelly *Douglas *Dow *Dow and Clark *Dowling and Ryland *Drewry *Drewry and Smale *Dyer *East *Eden *Edwards *Ellis and Blackburn *Ellis and Blackburn and Ellis *Ellis and Ellis *Equity Cases Abridged *

Espinasse's Reports ''Espinasse's Reports'', formally titled ''Reports of Cases argued and ruled at Nisi Prius, in the Courts of King's Bench and Common Pleas, from E. T., 33 Geo. III, to T. T. 47 Geo. III'', is a collection of nominate reports The nominate reports ...

*The Exchequer Reports (Welsby, Hurlstone and Gordon) *Fitzgibbon *Forrest *Fortescue *

Foster's Crown Cases ''A Report of Some Proceedings on the Commission for the Trial of the Rebels in the Year 1746, in the County of Surry; And of Other Crown Cases: to which are Added Discourses Upon a Few Branches of the Crown Law'', usually called simply ''Crown L ...

*Foster and Finlason *Freeman's Chancery Reports *Freeman's King's Bench Reports *Giffard *Gibert's Cases in Law and Equity *Gilbert *Godbolt *Gouldsborough *Gow *Haggard's Admiralty Reports *Haggard's Consistory Reports *Haggard's Ecclesiastical Reports *Hall and Twells *Hardes *Hardwicke, cases temp *Hare *Hay and Marriott *Hemming and Miller *Hetley *Hobart *Holt, Nisi Prius *Holt, Equity *Holt, King's Bench *House of Lords Cases (Clark) *Hurlstone and Coltman *Hurlstone and Newman *Hutton *Jacob *Jacob and Walker *Jenkins (Eight centuries of cases) *Johnson *Johnson and Hemming *Jones, T *Jones, W *Kay *Kay and Johnson *Keble *Keen *Keilway *Kelyng *Kenyon *Knapp *Lane *Latch *Leach *Lee *Leigh and Cave *Leonard *Levinz *Lewin's Crown Cases on the Northern Circuit *Ley *Lilly-Assize *Littleton *Lofft *Lushington *Lutwyche *Maclaen and Robinson *M'Cleland *M'Cleland and Younge *M'Naghten and Gordon *Maddock *Manning and Granger *March, New Cases *Maule and Selwyn *Meeson and Welsby *Merivale *The Modern Reports *Moody's Crown Cases Reserved *Moody and Malkin *Moody and Robinson *Moore, King's Bench *Moore, Privy Council *Moore, Privy Council, New Series *

*Mosely *Mylne and Craig *Mylne and Keen *Nelson *Noy *Owen *Palmer *Parker *Peake *Peake, Additional Cases *Peere Williams *Philimore *Phillips *

Plowden's Commentaries Edmund Plowden (1519/20 – 6 February 1585) was an English lawyer, legal scholar and theorist during the late Tudor period. Early life Plowden was born at Plowden Hall, Lydbury North, Shropshire. He was the son of Humphrey Plowden (1490– ...

*Pollexfen *Popham *Port *Precedents in Chancery (T Finch) *Price *The Queen's Bench Reports *Lord Raymond's Reports *Raymond, Sir T *Reports in Chancery *Reports, temp Finch *Ridgeway, temp Hardwicke *Robertson *Robinson, C *Robinson, W *Rolle *Russell *Russell and Mylne *Russell and Ryan *Ryan and Moody *Salkfield *Saunders (edition by Peere Williams is called William's Saunders) *Saville *Sayer *Searle and Smith *Select Cases, temp King *Session Cases *Shower, House of Lords *Shower, King's Bench *Siderfin *Simons *Simons, New Series *Simons and Stuart *Skinner *Smale and Giffard * Spelman *Spinks *Spinks' Prize Cases *Starkie *The State Trials (Cobbett and Howell) *The

State Trials, New Series In English law, the term ''state trials'' primarily denotes trials relating to offences against the state. In practice it is a term often used of cases illustrative of the law relating to state officers or of international or constitutional law. ...

(Macdonell) *Strange *Style *Swabey *Swabey and Tristram *Swanston *Talbot, cases temp *Tamyln *Taunton *The

Term Reports Term may refer to: Language *Terminology, context-specific nouns or compound words **Technical term (or ''term of art''), used by specialists in a field ***Scientific terminology, used by scientists *Term (argumentation), part of an argument in d ...

(Durnford and East) *Tothill *Turner and Russell *Vaughan *Ventris *Vernon *Vesey Senior *Vesey Senior, supplement by Belt *Vesey Junior *Vesey Junior, supplement by Hovenden *Vesey and Beams *West *West, temp Hardwicke *Wightwick *Willes *Wilmot *Wilson *Wilson, Chancery *Wilson, King's Bench *WinchNamed after Sir

Humphrey Winch Sir Humphrey Winch (1555–1625) was an English-born politician and judge. He had a distinguished career in both Ireland and England, but his reputation was seriously damaged by the Leicester witch trials of 1616, which resulted in the hanging ...

, but includes, in particular, reports of judicial decisions made after his death that cannot possibly have been reported by him. Some of the decisions might have been reported by Richard Allestree, who died in 1655. (Baker, An Introduction to English Law, 3rd Ed, p 209). *Yelverton *Younge *Younge and Collyer *Younge and Collyer C C *Younge and Jervis

References

*Wallace, John William. ''The Reporters''. Third Edition Revised. T & J W Johnson. Philadelphia. 1855
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from Google Books. * J. W. Wallace, '' The Reporters'', 4th ed., 1882 * John Charles Fox, ''Handbook of English Law Reports'', 1913
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William Thomas Shave Daniel William Thomas Shave Daniel, Queen's Counsel, QC (1806–1891) was vice-chairman of the Incorporated Council of Law Reporting. Life He was the eldest son of William Daniel, of Stapenhill, then part of Derbyshire. W T S Daniel was born on 17 March ...

, ''History and Origin of the Law Reports'' (London, 1884

*

Clarence Gabriel Moran Clarence Gabriel Moran (died 15 May 1953), barrister and writer, was educated at Wadham College, Oxford, where he obtained a third in Mods in 1897, and graduated BA in 1899 (in the second class in History)."Moran, Clarence Gabriel". Oxford and Ca ...

. The Heralds of the Law. London. 1948. *Van Vechten Veeder, "The English Reports, 1292-1865" (1901) 15 Harvard Law Revie
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reprinted at 2 Select Essays in Anglo American Legal History 123 *L W Abbott. Law Reporting in England 1485-1585. (University of London Legal Series No 10). The Athlone Press. London. 1973. *William Searle Holdsworth. "Law Reporting in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries". Anglo-American Legal History Series, No. 5 (1941). Reprinted in Goodhart and Hanbury (eds) ''Essays in Law and History, by Sir William S Holdsworth'', Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1946, reprinted by The Lawbook Exchange Limited (Union, New Jersey) 1995
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