the legal language and the legal english
2007-01-14 20:54:49 · 3 answers · asked by Afeez M 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
There has been a minor revolution recently in England and Wales, instituted by Lord Justice Woolf, in that lawyers are no longer allowed to use Latin words in court (unless they have become part of the English language as commonly spoken). I don't think that anyone would welcome a revolution in legal terminology, as we have got used to the technical meaning of words and expressions and any attempt to change them would lead to trouble not merely within the British Isles but in communicating with lawyers abroad, who still use such expressions. While revolution is not, therefore, on the agenda, we might expect a slow evolution.
2007-01-15 01:24:34 · answer #1 · answered by Doethineb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The law uses elaborate language so that there can be no ambiguity in what words mean. It has simplified considerably over the past 50 years, but the law can never be expressed in current spoken English because the meanings of words change.
2007-01-14 21:01:25 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
This makes no sense...re-word the question?
2007-01-14 20:58:48 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋