Sterling in United States
Sterling Definition
Current money of Great Britain, but anciently a small coin worth about one penny, and so called, as some suppose, because it was stamped with the figure of a small star, or, as others suppose, because it was first stamped in England in the reign of King John by merchants from Germany, called “Esterlings.” “Pounds sterling” originally signified so many pounds in weight of these coins. Thus, we find in Matthew Paris, A. D. 1242, the expression, Accepit a rege pro stipendio tredecim libras esterlingoruTn. The secondary or derived sense is a certain value in current money, whether in coins or other currency. Lowndes, 14; Watts.
Sterling in Foreign Legal Encyclopedias
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| Sterling | Sterling in the World Legal Encyclopedia. |
| Sterling | Sterling in the European Legal Encyclopedia. |
| Sterling | Sterling in the Asian Legal Encyclopedia. |
| Sterling | Sterling in the UK Legal Encyclopedia. |
| Sterling | Sterling in the Australian Legal Encyclopedia. |
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Browse the American Encyclopedia of Law for Sterling
Scan Sterling in the appropriate area of law:
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| Sterling | Sterling in the Family Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Sterling | Sterling in the IP Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Sterling | Sterling in the Commercial Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Sterling | Sterling in the Criminal Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Sterling | Sterling in the Antritrust Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Sterling | Sterling in the Bankruptcy Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Sterling | Sterling in the Constitutional Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Sterling | Sterling in the Tax Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Sterling | Sterling in the and Finance and Banking Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Sterling | Sterling in the Employment and Labor Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Sterling | Sterling in the Personal Injury and Tort Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Sterling | Sterling in the Environmental Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
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| Sterling in the Dictionaries | Sterling in our legal dictionaries |
| http://lawi.us/sterling | The URI of Sterling (more about URIs) |
| Sterling related entries | Find related entries of Sterling |
Legal Issue for Attorneys
Current money of Great Britain, but anciently a small coin worth about one penny, and so called, as some suppose, because it was stamped with the figure of a small star, or, as others suppose, because it was first stamped in England in the reign of King John by merchants from Germany, called “Esterlings.” “Pounds sterling” originally signified so many pounds in weight of these coins. Thus, we find in Matthew Paris, A. D. 1242, the expression, Accepit a rege pro stipendio tredecim libras esterlingoruTn. The secondary or derived sense is a certain value in current money, whether in coins or other currency. Lowndes, 14; Watts.
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This definition of Sterling is based on The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary. This entry needs to be proofread.
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