law-hand
law-hand — noun
1. a formal style of handwriting that English legal clerks used from the 1500s to t
a formal style of handwriting that English legal clerks used from the 1500s to the 1700s when producing official copies of deeds, contracts, and court records
The museum displayed a deed written in law-hand alongside a modern typed copy.
collocation: written in law-hand
Few people today can read law-hand without taking a special course first.
The clerk's law-hand was so clear that the judge praised his work.
Historians study law-hand to make sense of property records from the 1600s.
A short course in law-hand is offered each year for students of legal history.
- court hand
a related but slightly less formal script used in English court records; sometimes confused with law-hand
- engrossing hand
the general term for any clear, formal script used for official documents; law-hand was one type of engrossing hand
文法句型
law-hand + verb (singular)
written in law-hand
read / study law-hand
用法筆記
A historical term referring specifically to English legal documents from the 16th–18th centuries. Not used for modern handwriting or for legal scripts outside England.