law-hand

law-hand — 名詞

1. a formal style of handwriting that English legal clerks used from the 1500s to t

1.名詞C2
釋義

法律書體

英國舊式法律文書專用字體

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

例句

The museum displayed a deed written in law-hand alongside a modern typed copy.

博物館展示了一份以法律書體寫成的契約，旁邊還有現代打字版本。

collocation: written in law-hand

Few people today can read law-hand without taking a special course first.

現在很少有人不先上專門課程就能讀懂法律書體。

同義詞
  • 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.

常見錯誤

❌The lawyer wrote today's contract in law-hand.
✅The original 1650 deed was written in law-hand.
💡Law-hand refers to a specific historical script, not to modern legal handwriting.