Thomasius, Christian, a German jurist, born at Leipzig; was the first to prelect on jurisprudence in the German tongue, on which account, as on account of his advanced theological views, he encountered no small persecution; became at length professor of Jurisprudence at Halle, his influence on the study of which was considerable (1655‒1728).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Thomas the Rhymer * Thomism