Pufendorf

[ poo-fuh n-dawrf, -dohrf ]

/ ˈpu fənˌdɔrf, -ˌdoʊrf /

noun

Sa·mu·el von

[zah-moo-uh l fuh n] /ˈzɑ mu əl fən/, Severinus de Monzambano,1632–94, German jurist and historian.

Example sentences from the Web for pufendorf

Pufendorf said that slavery was originally established by contract.

The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) |Robert G. Ingersoll
Grotius and Pufendorf may be taken as types of the older natural-law theories of property.

An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law |Roscoe Pound
I believe that it was Pufendorf who said that slavery was originally founded on contract.

The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 12 (of 12) |Robert G. Ingersoll
Pufendorf had taken the ground that slavery was, in part, founded on contract.

The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 3 (of 12) |Robert G. Ingersoll

Among the German historians in whom he took a great interest, he had the greatest esteem for Pufendorf.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 |Various

British Dictionary definitions for pufendorf

Pufendorf

/ (German ˈpuːfəndɔrf) /

noun

Samuel von (ˈzamuəl fon). 1632–94, German jurist and philosopher, who lived in Sweden and Denmark. His De Jure naturae et gentium (1672) was an important contribution to the philosophy of natural and international law

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