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court hand

noun

  1. a style of handwriting formerly used in the English law courts.


court hand

noun

  1. a style of handwriting formerly used in English law courts
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of court hand1

First recorded in 1585–95
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Example Sentences

The leaves are of parchment, with the contents written in a small Court-hand in Latin; and on folio 130 a, is this entry.

Some years before his death a gravestone was ordered, whereon he cut in ancient court hand the epitaph of his wife and children.

The clerk evidently took pains and fashioned his letters after the model of the old court-hand.

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