BOUVIER, JOHN (1787-1851), American jurist, was born in Codogno, France in 1787. In 1802 his family emigrated to America and settled in Philadelphia. He became a citizen of the United States in 1812 and was admitted to the bar in 1818. He is best known for his able legal writings. His Law Dictionary Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States of America and of the Several States of the American Union (1839, revised and brought up to date by Francis Rawle, under the title of Bouvier's Law Dictionary, 1897), has always been a standard, a later edition of which was issued in 1916.