fleta seu commentarius juris anglicani
Fleta seu Commentarius Juris Anglicani (flee-t[schwa] syoo kom-[schwa]n-tair-ee-[schwa]s joor-is ang-gl[schwa]-kay-nI). Hist. The title of an ancient treatise on English law, composed in the 13th century and first printed in 1647. • The work is largely derivative, being based on Bracton’s De Legibus et Consuetudinibus. The unknown author may have been a judge or lawyer who wrote the treatise while in London’s Fleet prison. — Often shortened to Fleta.