The englishgreek and greekenglish dictionary of legal terms constitutes a. English common law is the basis of state legal systems in the u. Dictionary of legal terms englishgreek greekenglish. It contains over 20,000 entries that define the major terms and concepts of both greek and anglosaxon legal systems. Many translated example sentences containing legal terms greek english dictionary and search engine for greek translations. Translate texts with the worlds best machine translation technology, developed by the creators. Marta chroma has written that legal translation implies both a comparative study of different legal systems and an awareness of the problems created by the absence of equivalent concepts, legal institutions, terms and other linguistic units. The easiesttoread, most userfriendly guide to legal terms. Hardcover this second, updated edition of the englishgreek greekenglish dictionary of legal terms remains the most authoritative legal dictionary of its kind. Not the whole english vocabulary but only one technical subvocabulary, legal terminology.
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