fleta

FLETA. The title of an ancient law book, supposed to have been written by a 
judge who was confined in the Fleet prison. It is written in Latin, and is 
divided into six books. The author lived in the reigns of Ed. II. and Ed. 
III. See lib. 2, cap. 66, Sec.  Item quod nullus; lib. 1, cap. 20, Sec.  qui 
coeperunt, pref. to 10th Rep. Edward II. was crowned, A. D. 1306. Edward 
III. was crowned 1326, and reigned till A. D. 1377. During this period the 
English law was greatly improved, and the lawyers and judges were very 
learned. Hale's Hist. C. L. 173. Blackstone 4 Com. 427, says, of this work, 
"that it was for the most part law, until the alteration of tenures took 
place." The same remark he applies to Britton and Bingham.