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- Court_hand abstract "Court hand (or common law hand) was a style of handwriting used in medieval English law courts. Originally used by the official courts, it later came into use by professionals such as lawyers and clerks. "It is noticeably upright and packed together with exaggeratedly long ascenders and descenders, the latter often and the former occasionally brought round in sweeping crescent shaped curves".The hand took its name from the fact that it was particularly associated with formal records of the courts of Common Pleas and King's (or Queen's) Bench, although its use was not confined to them. In the 17th and 18th centuries the writing became increasingly stylised, to the point that it was virtually illegible to any reader unfamiliar with its conventions. The hand was banned from English law courts in 1731 by the Proceedings in Courts of Justice Act (4 Geo. II, c. 26), which required that, with effect from 25 March 1733, court proceedings "shall be written in such a common legible Hand and Character, as the Acts of Parliament are usually ingrossed in ... and not in any Hand commonly called Court Hand, and in Words at Length and not abbreviated". Even in the 19th century, however, an ability to read court hand was considered useful for anyone who had to deal with old court records.".
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- Court_hand hasPhotoCollection Court_hand.
- Court_hand subject Category:Latin_calligraphy.
- Court_hand subject Category:Medieval_scripts.
- Court_hand subject Category:Writing.
- Court_hand type Abstraction100002137.
- Court_hand type Communication100033020.
- Court_hand type DramaticComposition107007684.
- Court_hand type MedievalScripts.
- Court_hand type Script107009946.
- Court_hand type Writing106362953.
- Court_hand type WrittenCommunication106349220.
- Court_hand comment "Court hand (or common law hand) was a style of handwriting used in medieval English law courts. Originally used by the official courts, it later came into use by professionals such as lawyers and clerks.".
- Court_hand label "Court hand".
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- Court_hand wasDerivedFrom Court_hand?oldid=546539777.
- Court_hand isPrimaryTopicOf Court_hand.