court hand


noun
  1. a style of handwriting formerly used in the English law courts.

Origin of court hand

1
First recorded in 1585–95

Words Nearby court hand

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How to use court hand in a sentence

  • The leaves are of parchment, with the contents written in a small Court-hand in Latin; and on folio 130 a, is this entry.

    Chronicles of London Bridge | Richard Thompson
  • Some years before his death a gravestone was ordered, whereon he cut in ancient court hand the epitaph of his wife and children.

    Curious Epitaphs | William Andrews
  • The clerk evidently took pains and fashioned his letters after the model of the old court-hand.

    The Parish Clerk (1907) | Peter Hampson Ditchfield

British Dictionary definitions for court hand

court hand

noun
  1. a style of handwriting formerly used in English law courts

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