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Old Polish Legal Vocabulary in Latin Context (The Case of Court Books")

Author(s): Maria Trawińska
Subject(s): History of Law, Historical Linguistics, Western Slavic Languages
Published by: Akademia im. Jakuba z Paradyża
Keywords: medival court books; manuscripts; Old Polish; medival Latin; legal vocabulary;

Summary/Abstract: The article presents preliminary findings concerning the legal vocabulary found in medieval Latin-Polish court books. On the basis of various entries related to the lien law, it has been shown that many Latin fragments of monuments abound in names derived from the Roman law, which then were replaced with the equivalent Polish names. However, the way writers have used them makes it very difficult to determine their contextual meaning.

  • Issue Year: 24/2021
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 171-181
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Polish