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PRONUNCIATION OF COURT HAND

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COURT HAND

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Court hand is a noun.
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WHAT DOES COURT HAND MEAN IN ENGLISH?

court hand

Court hand

Court hand was a style of handwriting used in medieval English law courts. Originally used by the official courts, it later came into use by professionals such as lawyers and clerks. "It is noticeably upright and packed together with exaggeratedly long ascenders and descenders, the latter often and the former occasionally brought round in sweeping crescent shaped curves". The hand took its name from the fact that it was particularly associated with formal records of the courts of Common Pleas and King's Bench, although its use was not confined to them. In the 17th and 18th centuries the writing became increasingly stylised, to the point that it was virtually illegible to any reader unfamiliar with its conventions. The hand was banned from English law courts in 1731 by the Proceedings in Courts of Justice Act, which required that, with effect from 25 March 1733, court proceedings "shall be written in such a common legible Hand and Character, as the Acts of Parliament are usually ingrossed in... and not in any Hand commonly called Court Hand, and in Words at Length and not abbreviated".

Definition of court hand in the English dictionary

The definition of court hand in the dictionary is a style of handwriting formerly used in English law courts.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COURT HAND

court action
court appearance
court card
court case
court circular
court correspondent
court cupboard
court dress
court hearing
court martial
Court of Appeal
Court of Arches
court of chancery
Court of Claims
Court of Common Pleas
court of competent jurisdiction
Court of Exchequer
court of first instance
court of honour
court of inquiry

WORDS THAT END LIKE COURT HAND

a free hand
a heavy hand
at first hand
at hand
at second hand
by hand
come to hand
first hand
from hand to hand
hand
hand in hand
hat in hand
helping hand
in hand
on hand
out of hand
second hand
take in hand
the upper hand
to hand
upper hand

Synonyms and antonyms of court hand in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «court hand» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COURT HAND

Find out the translation of court hand to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of court hand from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «court hand» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

法院的手
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mano tribunal
570 millions of speakers

English

court hand
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अदालत हाथ
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يد المحكمة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

суд рука
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tribunal mão
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আদালত হাত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

main de justice
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tangan mahkamah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Gericht Hand
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

裁判所の手
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

법원의 손
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pengadilan tangan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tay tòa án
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நீதிமன்றம் கை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

न्यायालयीन हात
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Mahkeme eli
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

corte mano
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

sąd rękę
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

суд рука
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mână tribunal
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δικαστήριο χέρι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hof hand
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

domstol handen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

retten hånd
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of court hand

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COURT HAND»

The term «court hand» is used very little and occupies the 166.319 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «COURT HAND» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about court hand

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COURT HAND»

Discover the use of court hand in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to court hand and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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palaeography and the practical study of court hand
COURT HAND 5 The Court Hand thus displaced was a very slovenly and decadent form The real indeed; but by this time the Courts had established in their Court Hand more formal Records a limit of currency beyond which their handwritings ...
2
Court-Hand Restored Or, the Student's Assistant in Reading ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Andrew Wright (of the Inner Temple ), 2011
3
Annotated Indian Criminal Court Hand-book: Minor acts
India, Nrisinha Das Basu. of the record to the Central Government for transmission to that Court through the proper authority of the reciprocating territory, and may adjourn the proceedings. (6) Where a provisional order has been confirmed ...
India, Nrisinha Das Basu, 1951
4
The Chief Sources of English Legal History
It is as well here to distinguish between "court hand" and "book hand." Both these varieties of script spring from what is known as the "Caroline Minuscule" of the ninth and tenth centuries, but they do not acquire distinctive characters until about ...
Percy Henry Winfield, 2000
5
Learned Hand: The Man and the Judge
Such men are . . . not accustomed patiently to accept opinions which seem to them mischievous and deadly.210 Hand now modified a proposal by Senator William Borah, the maverick Idaho progressive: the Supreme Court, Hand suggested, ...
Gerald Gunther, 2011
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The Language of the Law
In this sense it was used in William the Conqueror's Domesday Book.17 The now standard ss is a formalized version of a running style symbol, which in court hand resembled several letter combinations but was not the same as any of them.
David Mellinkoff, 2004
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Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court, ...
The State. however, that during this period legal proceedings were all entered in court-hand, with numerous abbreviations, quite as unintelligible to the uninitiated as the Roman numerals themselves. The statute 4 Geo. 2, c. 26, enacts, that ...
New Jersey. Supreme Court, Andrew Dutcher, Peter Dumont Vroom, 1851
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studies in english official historical documents
The "Chancery" hand which runs a parallel course with this Court- hand in the 16th and 17th centuries may probably be distinguished from the Gothic before the middle of the 1 5th century1. Its structural resemblance to that form of writing is in ...
9
Court-Hand Restored, Or, the Student's Assistant in Reading ...
: Neatly Engraved on Twenty-Three Copper Plates, Describing the Old Law Hands, With Their Contractions and Abbreviations: With an Appendix Containing the Ancient Names of Places in Great Britain and Ireland: an Alphabetical Table of Ancient ...
Andrew Wright, 2009
10
Court-Hand Restored; Or, the Student's Assistant
This book an EXACT reproduction of the original book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.
Andrew Wright, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COURT HAND»

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1
Korea's first ever equal marriage lawsuit has begun
They walked into the court hand-in-hand on Monday, wearing rainbow badges. They said Monday was “a crucial day” for Korea. However the ... «PinkNews, Jul 15»
2
NFCorp's chairman Salleh sues businessman for defamation
Shamsubahrin is currently appealing the conviction which saw the Sessions Court hand down an eight-year jail term, RM611,895.94 fine and ... «New Straits Times Online, Jul 15»
3
Supreme Court hands down disasters
Many people are looking at the recent Supreme Court decisions about ObamaCare and same-sex marriage in terms of whether they think ... «Daily Mining Gazette, Jul 15»
4
Northern Marianas' Fitial to be sentenced today
The Office of the Public Auditor's legal counsel George Hasselback, recommends the court hand down a two-year imprisonment with no parole, ... «Radio New Zealand, Jun 15»
5
Tennis heads to grass roots: Nadal to Stuttgart, Federer to Halle …
... Novak Djokovic, has to show his grass-court hand, and for the last couple of years, he has played only a couple of exhibition matches in his ... «The Sport Review, Jun 15»
6
Actuaries Outline Implications of Policy Proposals to Address …
... Academy of Actuaries today released an issue brief examining possible changes to the Affordable Care Act should the Supreme Court hand ... «MarketWatch, May 15»
7
Penzance man leaves court hand-in-hand with girl he was just …
A Penzance man who was banned by magistrates from seeing a woman he is accused of assaulting landed himself in hot water after leaving ... «The Cornishman, May 15»
8
Court hears DJ Neil Fox allegedly forced himself on a girl, 13, and …
He was granted bail and left court hand in hand with his wife, Vicky, making no comment. Fox, from Fulham, southwest London, was first ... «Glasgow Evening Times, Apr 15»
9
Mother bailed after teenage daughter falls to death in Hong Kong
Herminia Garcia emerged from court hand in hand with her British partner Nick Cousins, a businessman, who was also arrested after the ... «AsiaOne, Apr 15»
10
Hong Kong mother on neglect charge after girl's fatal fall
A leading British business executive left a Hong Kong court hand in hand with his partner yesterday after she was charged with wilful neglect ... «The Times, Apr 15»

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