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French left its mark on the legal system and the tradition lives on in America. Several phrases use both the French and English word: * cease and desist * ai
by dockd 3y ago
French left its mark on the legal system and the tradition lives on in America. Several phrases use both the French and English word:
* cease and desist
* aiding and abetting
* assault and battery
- canjobear 3y agoThose words are all French origin, none of them are English origin.
- maximinus_thrax 3y agoWhat a coincidence that I'm reading your comment on the day I learned about the origin of 'culprit' https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/culprit https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/culprit > From Anglo-Norman cul. prit, contraction of culpable: prest (d'averrer nostre bille) 'guilty: ready (to prove our case)', words used by prosecutor in opening a trial, mistaken in English for an address to the defendant.