See also:

• IGNORAMUS (Latin for " we do not know," " we take no notice of ")

IGNORAMUS (Latin for " we do not know," " we take no See also:

• NOTICE

notice of ")  , properly an See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law See also:

• TERM

term for the endorsement on the See also:

• BILL

bill of See also:

• INDICTMENT (from Anglo-Fr. enditernent, enditer, to charge; Lat. in, against, dictare, declare)

indictment made by a See also:

• GRAND

grand See also:

• JURY

jury when they " throw out " the bill, i.e. when they do not consider that the See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case should go to a See also:

• PETTY, SIR WILLIAM (1623-1687)

petty jury . The expression is now obsolete, " not a true bill," " no bill," being used . The expressions " See also:

• IGNORAMUS (Latin for " we do not know," " we take no notice of ")

ignoramus jury," " ignoramus Whig," &c., were See also:

• COMMON

common in the See also:

• POLITICAL

political satires and See also:

• PAMPHLETS

pamphlets of the years following on the throwing out of the bill for high See also:

• TREASON (Fr. trahison, Lat. traditio)

treason against the 2nd See also:

• EARL

earl of See also:

• SHAFTESBURY
• SHAFTESBURY, ANTHONY ASHLEY COOPER, 1ST EARL OF (1621-1683)
• SHAFTESBURY, ANTHONY ASHLEY COOPER, 7TH EARL OF (1801–1885)
• SHAFTESBURY, ANTHONYASHLEY COOPER, 3RD EARL OF (1671-1713)

Shaftesbury in 1681 . The application of the term to an ignorant See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person See also:

• DATES

dates from the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• PART

part of the 17th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . The New English See also:

• DICTIONARY

Dictionary quotes two examples illustrating the early connexion of the term with the law or lawyers . See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George Ruggle (1575–1622) in 1615 wrote a Latin See also:

• PLAY

play with the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title Ignoramus, the name being also that of the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character in it, intended for one See also:

• FRANCIS
• FRANCIS (FRarrcols) OF SALES, ST (1567-1622)
• FRANCIS (Lat. Franciscus, Ital. Francesco, Span. Francisco, Fr. Francois, Ger. Franz)
• FRANCIS, SIR PHILIP (174o-1818)

Francis Brakin, the See also:

• RECORDER
• RECORDER, FIPPLE FLUTE

recorder of See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge . It is a See also:

• SATIRE (Lat. satira, satura; see below)

satire against the See also:

• IGNORANCE (Lat. ignorantia, from ignorare, not to know); want of knowledge, a state of mind which in law has important consequences. A well-known legal maxim runs: ignorantia juris non excusat ("ignorance of the law does not excuse")

ignorance and pettifogging of the common lawyers of the See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day . It was answered by a See also:

• PROSE

prose See also:

• TRACT (from Lat. tractare, to treat of a matter, through Provencal tractat and Ital. trattato)

tract (not printed till 1648) by one See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert Callis, See also:

• SERJEANT

serjeant-at-law . This See also:

• BORE

bore the title of The Case and See also:

• ARGUMENT

Argument against See also:

• SIR

Sir Ignoramus of Cambridge .