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Matthew Hale, English lawyer and jurist, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales (born 1609)

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Matthew Hale (jurist)

English jurist and scholar (1609–1676)

Sir Matthew Hale was an influential English barrister, judge and jurist most noted for his treatise Historia Placitorum Coronæ, or The History of the Pleas of the Crown.
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Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales

Head of the judiciary of England and Wales

The Lord or Lady Chief Justice of England and Wales is the head of the judiciary of England and Wales and the president of the courts of England and Wales.
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