law Latin

English

Noun

law Latin (uncountable)

1. The Latin language as used in law and legal documents, being a mixture of Latin with Old French and Latinized English words.
2. (humorous, obsolete) Barbarous Latin.

Synonyms

• (barbarous Latin): apothecary's Latin, bog Latin, Dog Latin

Translations

barbarous Latin — see dog Latin

References

• [Francis] Grose [et al.] (1811) “Law Latin”, in Lexicon Balatronicum. A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence. […], London: […] C. Chappell, […], →OCLC.