A book or code said to have been compiled under the direction ofAlfred, for the general use of the whole kingdom of England; containing, as is supposed,the principal maxims of the common law, the penalties for misdemeanors, andthe forms of judicial proceedings . It is said to have been extant so late as the reign ofEdward IV., but is now lost. 1 Bl. Comm. 04, 65.
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