From:                                                       Enrichment - Restitution & Unjust Enrichment Legal Issues <ENRICHMENT@LISTS.MCGILL.CA> on behalf of Andrew Tettenborn <0000027e08c44aae-dmarc-request@LISTS.MCGILL.CA>

Sent:                                                         Monday 23 October 2023 11:40

To:                                                            ENRICHMENT@LISTS.MCGILL.CA

Subject:                                                   Re: [RDG] Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago v Trinsalvage Enterprises Ltd.

 

Also there is lying behind many of these changes in language a rather patronising suggestion by the vinho verde drinking classes that the plebs need help because they can't understand difficult words. A

On 23/10/2023 10:53, Lionel Smith wrote:

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Steven said: “(Speaking for myself, claimant is a superior term to plaintiff, for the same reasons that we now use English rather than Law French.)”

 

But many English words (arguably all of them) come from other languages .. and if the oldest example of “plaintiff” being used in English in the OED is 1325, the oldest “claimant” is only 1747.

 

Moreover if we want to get rid of Law French words and expressions, we will need to get rid of defendant, tort, fee simple, laches, lien, bailiff, attorney, chose in action, chattel, escrow, estoppel, mortgage, jury, cy-près, etc.

Lionel

 

 

 

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