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.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Law French canonical | 11 |
| French of the law | 1 |
| Legal French | 1 |
Statements (51)
| 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
ⓘ
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 (13)
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
subject surface form:
Reader of the Inner Temple