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Vinerian, a.|vaɪˈnɪərɪən|
[f. the name of Charles Viner (1678–1756), English jurist.]
Vinerian Professor, the holder of the chair of English Common Law endowed by Viner at the University of Oxford; so Vinerian Professorship. Also applied to other posts or studentships (and their holders) similarly endowed by Viner at Oxford, or to the fund administered for this purpose.
1759(public notice dated 18 June), The Vinerian Professor gives this public Notice, that he proposes to begin his..Course of private Lectures. 1765Blackstone Commentaries I. (title-page), Vinerian Professor of Law. a1777S. Foote Devil upon Two Sticks (1778) i. 3 Had you toil'd thro' the laborious page of the Vinerian professor. 1810Oxf. Univ. Calendar 34 (heading) Vinerian Professorship of Common Law. 1846Ibid. 58 Vinerian Professorship of Common Law. Charles Viner, Esq by his will..left about 12,000l. to the Chancellor, Masters, and Scholars of the University of Oxford, to establish a Professorship,..of the Common Law. 1934Law Q. Rev. L. 196 Sir William Blackstone, the first Vinerian Professor. 1954Wadham Coll. Gaz. Trinity Term 124 Mr. Gotlieb came as a Rhodes Scholar from Manitoba to Christ Church and took a First Class in the B.C.L., also winning the Vinerian Scholarship. 1980Statutes, Decrees, & Regulations Univ. Oxf. 111 Any surplus income of the Vinerian Fund which remains after paying the emoluments of the scholars shall be applied towards defraying the stipend of the Vinerian Professor of English Law. |