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Lingua Latina


Have you wondered about the meaning of some legal Latin word or phrase?


Now you can find on-line an historical guide to the technical language of the law. The surviving Latin and French fragments of departed legal systems, like pieces of pottery that turn up in a building excavation, provide evidence of a continuous 900-year-old legal tradition, some of whose roots go back twice that far and more. The language can help to uncover legal history, and the historical study illuminates contemporary law.

Daniel Williman's handbook

Legal Terminology

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