David Dudley Field II

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David Dudley Field II was a prominent 19th-century American lawyer and legal reformer best known for drafting influential civil procedure codes that shaped modern legal practice in the United States and abroad.

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instanceOf American politician
human
lawyer
legal reformer
burialPlace Stockbridge Cemetery
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1805-02-13
dateOfDeath 1894-04-13
educatedAt Williams College
familyName Field
father David Dudley Field I
fieldOfWork civil procedure
codification of law
legal reform
givenName David
influenced civil procedure in England
civil procedure in the United States
civil procedure in various U.S. states
code pleading systems
languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned English
memberOf New York State Bar
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party
mother Submit Dickinson Field
nativeLanguage English
notableFor drafting influential civil procedure codes
leading role in codification movement in the United States
notableWork Draft Civil Code for the State of New York
Draft Code of Criminal Procedure for the State of New York
Draft Code of Criminal Procedure for the State of New York
surface form: Draft Penal Code for the State of New York

Draft Political Code for the State of New York
Field Code
New York Civil Practice Law and Rules
surface form: New York Code of Civil Procedure

New York Civil Practice Law and Rules
surface form: New York Code of Civil Procedure of 1848
occupation lawyer
legal scholar
politician
placeOfBirth Haddam, Connecticut
placeOfBurial Stockbridge, Massachusetts
placeOfDeath New York City
positionHeld Member of the United States House of Representatives
U.S. Representative from New York
religion Congregationalism
residence New York City
sexOrGender male
sibling Cyrus West Field
Henry Martyn Field
Stephen Johnson Field
workLocation New York City

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Stephen J. Field sibling David Dudley Field II