Latin in legal English

[Valentina]

Hi, I am an Italian student and i need some suggestions for my thesis.
I am conducting a research about the influence of latin in English, mainly
from the legal point of view. For this reason I am looking for a legal text
( it could be of any kind, an act, a bill...) which could be of help and
which I can use as an example for my theory.
Could any of you give me recommendations about where I could find it or
interesting details about this subject?
Many thanx

[Miss Elaine Eos]

Post by Valentina
Hi, I am an Italian student and i need some suggestions for my thesis.
I am conducting a research about the influence of latin in English, mainly
from the legal point of view. For this reason I am looking for a legal text
( it could be of any kind, an act, a bill...) which could be of help and
which I can use as an example for my theory.
Could any of you give me recommendations about where I could find it or
interesting details about this subject?

What's your theory?

Btw, in English, it's called a "hypothesis" until you have collected
your data, conducted research, formulated a proof and your proof has
passed peer review. Then you have a "theory" -- like the theory of
gravity or the theory of evolution.

[Bob Cunningham]

On Sun, 11 Mar 2007 22:56:41 -0800, Miss Elaine Eos

Post by Miss Elaine Eos

Post by Valentina
Hi, I am an Italian student and i need some suggestions for my thesis.
I am conducting a research about the influence of latin in English, mainly
from the legal point of view. For this reason I am looking for a legal text
( it could be of any kind, an act, a bill...) which could be of help and
which I can use as an example for my theory.
Could any of you give me recommendations about where I could find it or
interesting details about this subject?

What's your theory?
Btw, in English, it's called a "hypothesis" until you have collected
your data, conducted research, formulated a proof and your proof has
passed peer review. Then you have a "theory" -- like the theory of
gravity or the theory of evolution.

But you still have a hypothesis. In describing the
evolution of the theory, you first state the hypothesis,
then you explain how that hypothesis was proven to be true.
The hypothesis hasn't disappeared.

[Philip Baker]

Post by Miss Elaine Eos
Btw, in English, it's called a "hypothesis" until you have collected
your data, conducted research, formulated a proof and your proof has
passed peer review. Then you have a "theory" -- like the theory of
gravity or the theory of evolution.

That's a rather narrow definition of 'theory' and anyway theorems in
mathematics have proofs but scientific theories rarely do.