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/vʌɪˈnɪərɪən/ 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.
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Vinerian Professor1759
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Vinerian Professorship1810
1759 (public notice dated 18 June) The Vinerian Professor gives this public Notice, that he proposes to begin his..Course of private Lectures.
1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. (title page) Vinerian Professor of Law.
a1777 S. Foote Devil upon Two Sticks (1778) i. 3 Had you toil'd thro' the laborious page of the Vinerian professor.
1810 Oxf. Univ. Cal. 34 (heading) Vinerian Professorship of Common Law.
1846 Oxf. Univ. Cal. 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.
1934 Law Q. Rev. L. 196 Sir William Blackstone, the first Vinerian Professor.
1954 Wadham 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.
1980 Statutes, 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.
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