Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Herbert Broom′s text of 1858 on legal maxims lists the phrase under the heading ″Rules of logic″, stating: Reason is the soul of the law, and when the reason of any particular law ceases, so does the law itself. [9] ceteris paribus: with other things the same More commonly rendered in English as "All other things being equal."
Archaic vocabulary: legal writing employs many old words and phrases that were formerly quotidian language, but today exist mostly or only in law, dating from the 16th century; English examples are herein, hereto, hereby, heretofore, herewith, whereby, and wherefore (pronominal adverbs); said and such (as adjectives). [5]
Words with specific British English meanings that have different meanings in American and/or additional meanings common to both languages (e.g. pants, cot) are to be found at List of words having different meanings in American and British English. When such words are herein used or referenced, they are marked with the flag [DM] (different meaning).
A Law Reference Collection, 2011, ISBN 1624680003 and ISBN 978-1-62468-000-7 Trinxet, Salvador. Trinxet Reverse Dictionary of Legal Abbreviations and Acronyms , 2011, ISBN 1624680011 and ISBN 978-1-62468-001-4 .
Legal English, also known as legalese, [1] is a register of English used in legal writing.It differs from day-to-day spoken English in a variety of ways including the use of specialized vocabulary, syntactic constructions, and set phrases such as legal doublets.
A. Ab initio; Abjuration; Accessio (Roman law) Actio Pauliana; Actio personalis moritur cum persona; Actus reus; Ad colligenda bona; Ad idem; Ad litem; Ad quod damnum
Saunders, John B. Words and Phrases Legally Defined; 3rd ed. London: Butterworths ISBN 978-0-406-08044-8. 1988 - 1990. Volumes 1, 2, and 4. Snippet view from Google Books. Saunders, John B (general editor). Words and Phrases Legally Defined. Second Edition. Butterworths. London. 1969 - 1970. SBN 406 08030 5 (for the complete set). Volumes 1, 2 ...
Law Latin, sometimes written L.L. or L. Lat., [1] and sometimes derisively referred to as Dog Latin, [2] is a form of Latin used in legal contexts. While some of the vocabulary does come from Latin, many of the words and much of the vocabulary stem from English. [ 1 ]