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Court hand
A modification of the Norman handwriting, as distinguished from the modern or Italian handwriting, in use in the English law-courts from the 16th century until the reign of George II.
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A modification of the Norman handwriting, as distinguished from the modern or Italian handwriting, in use in the English law-courts from the 16th century until the reign of George II.
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| anglo-normannoun | The Old French dialect spoken in England by the ruling classes after the Norman Conquest, or the form of this dialect used in English law until the 17th century. |
| chancery standardnoun | A London-based form of English that became widespread after the Middle English period, aided by the introduction of the printing press. |
| assizesnoun | (historical, law) The regional courts of England and Wales, which were replaced by the Crown Courts in 1971. |
| borough englishnoun | (UK law, historical) Patrilineal ultimogeniture; inheritance by the youngest surviving male child. |
| wardholdingnoun | (now historical) A form of land tenure in Scotland, equivalent to knight service in England. |
| lawrightmannoun | (historical) A lay judge in Orkney. |
| custos rotulorumnoun | The chief magistrate and representative of the Governor-General in a Jamaican parish. |
| roundheadnoun | (informal, historical) A supporter of parliament during the English Civil War (in the 17th century). |
| anglo-latinnoun | Latin language as used in Britain, especially Medieval as well as Ecclesiastical and legal Latin. |
| lathenoun | (tools, metalworking, woodworking) A machine tool used to shape a piece of material, or workpiece, by rotating the workpiece against a cutting tool. |
| bourlawnoun | Obsolete form of bylaw. [A local custom or law of a settlement or district.] |
| historic countynoun | (historical) Any of the subdivisions of England established for administration by the Normans. |
| churchwardnoun | A surname originating as an occupation. |
| normanismnoun | (uncountable) The (mainstream) belief that Kievan Rus was established by the Varangians. |
| bookmannoun | A studious or learned man; a scholar; a student of books. |
| churchmannoun | A person (originally a man) of authority in a Christian religious organization (a church). |
| law frenchnoun | (law) 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. |
| late modern englishnoun | The form of the English language written and spoken in the 18th and 19th centuries. |
| custumalnoun | (historical) A survey of a medieval English manor, listing each tenant and the customs under which the tenancy was held. |
| old englishnoun | (linguistics, history) The ancestor language of Modern English, also called Anglo-Saxon, spoken in most of Britain from about 400 to 1100. |
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