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Law French

Law French proper noun: the body of legal terms used in the United Kingdom descended from the Anglo-Norman dialect of Old French, many now archaic but some still in use in the UK and elsewhere.

Proper noun

Law French

  1. The body of legal terms used in the United Kingdom descended from the Anglo-Norman dialect of Old French, many now archaic but some still in use in the UK and elsewhere.

Questions about Law French

What does Law French mean?
Law French means the body of legal terms used in the United Kingdom descended from the Anglo-Norman dialect of Old French, many now archaic but some still in use in the UK and elsewhere.
What part of speech is Law French?
Law French is a proper noun.

Words near Law French in the dictionary

  1. law enforcement
  2. law enforcer
  3. law enforcers
  4. law firm
  5. law firms
  6. Law French
  7. law Latin
  8. law leather
  9. law list
  10. law lists
  11. law lord

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