Education
Born in Delft, he studied law in Leiden, practiced as an advocate in Den Haag and was since about 1645 city clerk of Delft.
Born in Delft, he studied law in Leiden, practiced as an advocate in Den Haag and was since about 1645 city clerk of Delft.
He gained renown as a commentator of Grotius and for his Tractatus de legibus abrogatis et inusitatis in Hollandia vicinisque regionibus, a censura that indicated which parts of Roman law still applied in Holland. lieutenant remains the leading work on Roman law in the Netherlands.