Law French
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Law French is a specialized dialect of Anglo-Norman historically used in English legal proceedings, court records, and legal terminology.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Anglo-Norman dialect
→
dialect → historical language → legal language → |
| declineBegan |
14th century
→
15th century → |
| developedFrom |
Anglo-Norman
→
Old French → Old Norman → |
| field |
historical linguistics
→
law → legal history → |
| hasAlternativeName |
Law French
→
surface form: "French of the law"
Law French →
surface form: "Legal French"
|
| hasCharacteristic |
conservative retention of archaic forms
→
highly specialized legal vocabulary → limited non-legal vocabulary → mixture of French and Latin elements → |
| influenced |
English legal terminology
→
modern English law vocabulary → names of English courts → names of legal writs → technical legal phrases in English → |
| influencedBy |
Latin
→
Middle English → Norman language →
surface form: "Norman French"
|
| largelyReplacedBy | English in legal proceedings → |
| legalStatusChangedBy | Proceedings in Courts of Justice Act 1730 → |
| originatedAfter | Norman Conquest of England → |
| primaryFunction |
language of legal proceedings
→
language of legal terminology → language of record in common law courts → |
| remainsInUseAs |
etymological basis of many English legal maxims
→
source of traditional legal terms → |
| subclassOf |
Anglo-Norman
→
surface form: "Anglo-Norman language"
Old French → |
| timePeriod |
Middle Ages
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early modern period → late medieval period → |
| usedBy |
English lawyers
→
clerks of court → judges in England → students of the Inns of Court → |
| usedIn |
England
→
English courts → English legal system → Wales → court records → legal education in medieval England → legal treatises → pleadings → |
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form: "Legal French"
this entity surface form: "French of the law"