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Legal English

Legal English, also known as legalese, 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.

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Education

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Legal English

Nodes56
Edges55
Triples110
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.035714
Components1

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Legal English

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related to Historical development · 28
Legal English → AD, Anglo-Norman, Anglo-Norman French, Anglo-Saxon, Britain, Celtic, England, English, English Act, Following, Germanic, In, Language, Latin, Law, Law French, Medieval Latin, Norman, Old English, Pleading
related to Key features · 27
Legal English → Another, As, English, Examples, For, French, In England, John Smith, Lack, Latin, Law, Much, Old, Operation, Other, Oxford Dictionary, Phrasal, Punctuation, The, Their
related to External links · 20
Legal English → Akron Tax Journal, Avoidance, Clarity, English, English Style Guide, ESP Today, European Commission, Legal Correspondence, Oxford Handbook, Oxford University Press, Pasternak, Planning, Rico, Rupert Haigh, Ruth Breeze, Some Linguistic Analysis, Strategies, Tax Interpretation, Teaching, The
related to Style · 17
Legal English → David Crystal, During, English, English-only, English/French, English/Latin, Examples, French, Germanic, In, Latin, Modern English, Sometimes, These, This, Thus, To
related to Education · 7
Legal English → An, As, Because, English, Global Legal Skills Conference, The, The UK TOLES
see also · 3
Legal English → Form, Legal English CertificateLegal, Writing Act

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Important terminology

english legal latin language used use french words law often punctuation lawyers also period terms example writing vocabulary doublets style

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legal doublets.Legal English has traditionally been the preserve of lawyers from English-speaking countriesinstance ofand set phrases0.80text
ad hocinstance ofThe influence of Latin can be seen in a number of words and phrases0.80text
de factoinstance ofThe influence of Latin can be seen in a number of words and phrases0.80text
de jureinstance ofThe influence of Latin can be seen in a number of words and phrases0.80text
bona fideinstance ofThe influence of Latin can be seen in a number of words and phrases0.80text
inter aliainstance ofThe influence of Latin can be seen in a number of words and phrases0.80text
and ultra viresinstance ofThe influence of Latin can be seen in a number of words and phrases0.80text
which remain in current use in legal writinginstance ofThe influence of Latin can be seen in a number of words and phrases0.80text
Legal Englishrelated to EducationBecause0.60section
Legal Englishrelated to EducationEnglish0.60section
Legal Englishrelated to EducationThe0.60section
Legal Englishrelated to EducationAs0.60section

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