Search for: legalism
2621 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 …
2622 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 …
2623 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 …
2624 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 …
2625 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."
2626 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."
2627 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 …
2628 Etymology dictionary, p. league (n.2).2
… a legal measure, and in English it is found more often in poetic than in practical writing.
2629 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 …
2630 Etymology dictionary, p. legalization (n.).1
legalization (n.)
2631 Etymology dictionary, p. legalize (v.).1
legalize (v.)
2632 Etymology dictionary, p. legalize (v.).2
1716, from legal + -ize. Related: Legalized; legalizing .
2633 Etymology dictionary, p. legal (adj.).1
legal (adj.)
2634 Etymology dictionary, p. legal (adj.).2
… French légal "legal" (14c.) or directly from Latin legalis "pertaining to the law," from lex (genitive legis ) "an enactment; a precept, regulation, principle, rule; formal …
2635 Etymology dictionary, p. legal (adj.).3
… . Related: Legally. Not etymologically related to law (n.), q.v. The usual Old French form was leial, loial (see leal, loyal ). Legal tender "money which the creditor is …
2636 Etymology dictionary, p. legality (n.).1
legality (n.)
2637 Etymology dictionary, p. legalese (n.).2
"the language of legal documents," 1914, from legal + language name ending -ese .
2638 Etymology dictionary, p. legalise (v.).1
legalise (v.)
2639 Etymology dictionary, p. legalise (v.).2
chiefly British English spelling of legalize; for suffix, see -ize. Related: Legalisation; legalised; legalising .
2640 Etymology dictionary, p. legalistic (adj.).2
1843, with -ic + legalist "one who advocates strict adherence to the law," especially in theology (1640s); see legal + -ist. Legalism in theology is attested from 1838.