Search for: legalism
2801 Etymology dictionary, p. rescue (v.).3
… from legal custody." Related: Rescued; rescuing; rescuable. Rescuer is from 1530s; Ogden Nash has rescuee (1950) for the sake of a rhyme. The legal language, based …
2802 Etymology dictionary, p. reset (v.).4
… Scottish legal language. It is unrelated, from Old French receter, from Latin receptare, frequentative of recipere "to hold, contain" (see receive ).
2803 Etymology dictionary, p. resort (n.).3
The meaning "place people go for recreation" is recorded by 1754. Phrase in the last resort "ultimately" (1670s) translates French en dernier ressort, originally a last court of legal appeals.
2804 Etymology dictionary, p. restaurant (n.).3
Italian spelling ristorante attested in English by 1925. Middle English had similar words in legal language, such as restaurance "restitution." The railroad restaurant car (1872) was one adapted to afford meals to passengers while travelling.
2805 Etymology dictionary, p. reversion (n.).2
… , a legal word used in reference to the return of an estate to the heirs of a grantor on the expiration of the grant, from Old French reversion and directly from …
2806 Etymology dictionary, p. rightful (adj.).2
Old English rihtful "disposed to do right;" see right (adj.1) + -ful. By late 13c. of actions, "in conformity to what is just or right." The sense of "legal, lawful, legitimate" is from early 14c. Related: Rightfully; rightfulness .
2807 Etymology dictionary, p. right (adj.1).3
Compare slang straight (adj.1) "honest, morally upright," and Latin rectus "right," literally "straight," Lithuanian teisus "right, true," literally "straight." Greek dikaios "just" (in the moral and legal sense) is from dik ē "custom."
2808 Etymology dictionary, p. right (n.).2
… "a legal entitlement (to possession of property, etc.), a privilege," from Proto-Germanic *rehtan (see right (adj.1)). In Middle English often contrasted to might or …
2809 Etymology dictionary, p. right (n.).3
… the legal use for "title or claim to something possessed by one or more" (12c.).
2810 Etymology dictionary, p. right of way (n.).2
1767, "legal right, established by usage, to pass across grounds or property belonging to another." Of the path itself from 1805. By 1913 as "legal right of a pedestrian or vehicle to have precedence at a crossing or convergence."
2811 Etymology dictionary, p. robe (n.).4
… "the legal profession" is attested from 1640s.
2812 Etymology dictionary, p. rout (n.).3
… a legal term in this meaning. A rout-cake (1807) was one baked for use at a reception.
2813 Etymology dictionary, p. rule (v.).3
The legal sense "establish by decision, lay down authoritatively" is recorded from early 15c. The meaning "mark with parallel straight lines" (with or as with …
2814 Etymology dictionary, p. runner (n.).3
… , or legal restrictions" is by 1721; the sense of "police officer" is from 1771. The botanical meaning "rooting stem of a plant" is from 1660s. The sense of "embroidered …
2815 Etymology dictionary, p. Sabbath (n.).5
… a legal violation in parts of the old U.S., "immoral, disturbing, or unnecessary labors or practices" [Century Dictionary]. Sabbath-school is by 1798.
2816 Etymology dictionary, p. sake (n.1).2
… , dispute; legal dispute; blame, sin, guilt;" from Old English sacu "a cause at law, crime, dispute, guilt," from Proto-Germanic *sako "affair, thing, charge, accusation …
2817 Etymology dictionary, p. scienter (adv.).2
legal Latin, "knowingly, intentionally," from sciens, present participle of scire "to know" (see science ) + adverbial suffix -ter .
2818 Etymology dictionary, p. scrivener (n.).3
… of legal documents, is attested by 1680s.
2819 Etymology dictionary, p. secretary (n.).4
As a type of handwriting used on old legal documents, 1570s. The carnivorous South African secretary bird is said to be so called (1786) in reference to its crest, which, when smooth, resembles a pen stuck over the ear.
2820 Etymology dictionary, p. security (n.).4
The meaning "something which secures, that which makes safe" is from 1580s. The specific legal sense of "something pledged as a guarantee of fulfillment of an obligation" is from mid-15c. (originally a guarantee of good behavior).