Exam 1: Introduction to Legal English

The Statute of Pleading stipulated that legal proceedings should be conducted in French.

New Zealand is a civil law country.

Pow-wow' is a word derived from Old Norse.

The world 'construe' essentially means the same as 'interpret'.

The word 'fault' is derived from Latin.

English is a largely homogeneous language

Inter alia means 'among others'.

Common law concepts have no relevance in most international contracts.

Consideration' has a diffferent meaning when used in a contractual context as compared to its meaning in ordinary usage.

Words which describe legal concepts in English commonly come from Latin or French.