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Home Dictionary Name: latinateLatin
Latin, the language of the ancient Romans. There are three sorts of law Latin: (1) Good Latin, allowed by the grammarians and lawyers. (2) False or incongruous Latin, which in times past would abate original writs; though it would not make void any judicial writ, declaration, or plea, etc.(3) Words of art, known only to the sages of the law, and not to grammarians; called lawyers'Latin.English superseded Latin as the courts' language by virtue of 4 Geo. 2, c. 26....
False latin
False latin. When law proceedings were written in Latin, if a word were significant though not good Latin, yet an indictment, declaration, or fine should not be made void by it; but if the word were not Latin, nor allowed by the law, and it were in a material point, it made the whole vicious, 5 Rep. 121; 2 Nels. 830....
Latinism
A Latin idiom a mode of speech peculiar to Latin also a mode of speech in another language as English formed on a Latin model...
Latin
Of or pertaining to Latium or to the Latins a people of Latium Roman as the Latin language...
Latinity
The Latin tongue style or idiom or the use thereof specifically purity of Latin style or idiom...
Latinize
To give Latin terminations or forms to as to foreign words in writing Latin...
Latinly
In the manner of the Latin language in correct Latin...
Latin American
Of pertaining to or characteristic of Latin America...
latinate
derived from or imitative of Latin...
Latinization
The act or process of Latinizing as a word language or country...
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