court hand
a style of handwriting formerly used in the English law courts.
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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 ThompsonSome 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 AndrewsThe 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
a style of handwriting formerly used in English law courts
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