Latin

<p >Latin:

The language of the ancient Romans.&nbsp;

There are three sorts of law Latin:&nbsp;

(1) Good Latin, allowed by the grammarians and lawyers;

(2) false or incongruous Latin, which in times past would abate original writs, though it would not make void any judicial writ,&nbsp;<a href="http://thelawdictionary.org/declaration/" title="In pleading. Thefirst of the pleadings on the part of the plaintiff in an action at law, being a formal andmethodical specification of the facts [...]" >declaration</a>, or plea, etc.;

(3)&nbsp;<a href="http://thelawdictionary.org/words-of-art/" title="A skilled PR actioner's words with specific meaning independent of context." >words of art</a>, known only to the sages of the law, and not to grammarians, called "Lawyers' Latin."

&nbsp;Wharton.

• Black's Law Second</p>