DIVERSITÉ DES COURTS

Diversité des courts (di-v<<schwa>>r-si-tay d<<schwa>> koort). [Law French] A treatise on

courts written in French, supposedly by Fitzherbert during the reign of Edward III. • It was printed

initially in 1525 and again in 1534. — Also spelled Diversité des courtes.

“[F]or  in  the  ancient  treatise,  entitled  diversité  de  courtes…  we  have  a  catalogue  of  the

matters of conscience then cognizable by subpoena in chancery, which fall within a very narrow

compass.” 3 William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England 53 (1768). [Blacks Law 8th]