This may be a little off the mark for this group, but could anybody assist with the following enquiry.
I recently read in a history of the eighteenth century that there was , to quote, 'an act of 1731 [which] insisted that legal proceedings should be conducted in English'.
Can anyone point me to relevant literature dealing with history of the language used in the courts in England?
Peter Radan
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Professor Peter Radan
Macquarie Law School
Faculty of Arts
Macquarie University NSW 2109
AUSTRALIA
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