Search for: legalism
2621 Etymology dictionary, p. judicature (n.).2
1520s, "legal power of administering judgment," from Medieval Latin iudicatura, from iudicat-, past participle stem of Latin iudicare "to judge" (see judge (v.)). For …
2622 Etymology dictionary, p. jural (adj.).2
"legal, juristic," 1630s, from Latin iur- (see jury (n.)) + -al (1).
2623 Etymology dictionary, p. jurisdiction (n.).3
… a legal or judicial authority extends" is from late 14c. Meaning "judicial authority, right of making and enforcing laws" is from early 15c. The form in English …
2624 Etymology dictionary, p. jurist (n.).2
… , "a legal writer, one who professes the science of the law," from Old French juriste (14c.), from Medieval Latin iurista "jurist," from Latin ius (genitive iuris ) "a right …
2625 Etymology dictionary, p. just (adj.).2
… ," especially "legal right, law" (see jurist; from Latin ius also come English jury (n.), injury, etc.).
2626 Etymology dictionary, p. just (adj.).3
… . as "legal, lawful, right in law." Also "exact, precise; marked or characterized by precision; having correct dimensions" (late 14c.); of narrations, calculations, etc …
2627 Etymology dictionary, p. justice (n.).2
… "justice, legal rights, jurisdiction" (11c.), from Latin iustitia "righteousness, equity," from iustus "upright, just" (see just (adj.)).
2628 Etymology dictionary, p. justice (n.).4
… punishment, legal vengeance." As a title for a judicial officer, c. 1200. Justice of the peace is attested from early 14c. To do justice to (someone or something …
2629 Etymology dictionary, p. justly (adv.).2
… of "legally, legitimately, rightfully" is early 15c.
2630 Etymology dictionary, p. kin (n.).3
… akin. Legal next of kin (1540s) does not include the widow, "she being specifically provided for by the law as widow" [Century Dictionary], and must be a blood relation …
2631 Etymology dictionary, p. knothead (n.).3
… knotty legal questions, but which phrase, it adds, "is believed not to be in use among gentlemen in the north part of the State." [Appendix to the Journal of the Ohio …
2632 Etymology dictionary, p. laches (n.).2
… of legal duty," 1570s, earlier simply "slackness, negligence, want of zeal" (late 14c.), from Anglo-French laches, Old French lachesse "lawlessness, remissness," from …
2633 Etymology dictionary, p. lapse (n.).2
… a legal right" due to some failure or non-action by the holder, from Old French laps "lapse," from Latin lapsus "a slipping and falling, a landslide; flight (of time …
2634 Etymology dictionary, p. law (n.).2
… "right, legal privilege," from Old Norse *lagu "law," collective plural of lag "layer, measure, stroke," literally "something laid down, that which is fixed or set."
2635 Etymology dictionary, p. law (n.).6
It is more common for Indo-European languages to use different words for "a specific law" and for "law" in the general sense of "institution or body of laws," for example Latin lex "a law," ius "a right," especially "legal right, law."
2636 Etymology dictionary, p. lawyer (n.).2
… on legal rights," from Middle English lawe "law" (see law ) + -iere. Spelling with -y- predominated from 17c. (see -yer ). In the New Testament (Luke xiv.3, etc.) "interpreter of …
2637 Etymology dictionary, p. league (n.2).2
… a legal measure, and in English it is found more often in poetic than in practical writing.
2638 Etymology dictionary, p. lease (n.).2
… 14c., "legal contract conveying property, usually for a fixed period of time and with a fixed compensation," from Anglo-French les (late 13c.), Old French lais, lez …
2639 Etymology dictionary, p. *leg- (1).3
… ;" legacy; legal; legate; legend; legible; legion; legislator; legitimate; lesson; lexicon; ligneous; ligni-; logarithm; logic; logistic; logo-; logogriph; logopoeia …
2640 Etymology dictionary, p. legalization (n.).1
legalization (n.)