law-hand
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of law-hand
Example Sentences
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"Is it what you people call law-hand?" she asks, looking full at him in her careless way again and toying with her screen.
From Bleak House by Charles Dickens
Some of the inscriptions I have enumerated were written in law-hand, like the papers I had seen in Kenge and Carboy's office and the letters I had so long received from the firm.
From Bleak House by Charles Dickens
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