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law-hand

American  
[law-hand] / ˈlɔˌhænd /

noun

  1. a style of handwriting used in old legal documents, especially in England.

Etymology

Origin of law-hand

First recorded in 1725–35; law 1 + 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 Dickens, Charles

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 Dickens, Charles

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