LEGAL ENGLISH AND ITS MAIN FEATURES
Keywords:
and phrases: legal English, lawyer, law, historical background, language aspects.Abstract
Whether you are a lawyer or a law student or an employee who works in this sphere as English second language learner, you will know that Legal English is significantly different from English that you have learned before.
As you work in the field of legal system you will have to deal with different kind of legal terms and it may cause various kinds of obstacles if you do not know English language as well. It is really important to use Legal English in a high proficiency to become a high quality specialist. Legal English is generally used in English speaking countries like United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and in a plenty of countries of commonwealth nations. This article will provide the significant features of Legal English.
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Bhavna Singh
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David Mellinkoff "distinctive words, meanings, phrases, and modes of expression" (The Language of the Law, 1963).
