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Newspaper
Daily Courant
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 29, 1731
Page
2
A Latin grounded plea argues that legal pleadings and records should remain in Latin to preserve fixed legal meanings, citing court hands and chancery rolls. It defends Attornies as necessary officers, warns against hasty legal changes, and urges caution, citing potential chaos, costs, and the risk of perpetual legal fluctuation.
A historical attorney argues that law and practice must be distinguished and urges translating ancient records into modern English at public expense. He contends widespread understanding of legal terms requires common language, comparing old records to hieroglyphics understood by few.
London dispatches report Majesty naming Hon Major James Cholmondeley to succeed the late Brigadier General William Newton as Lieutenant Governor of Chester. Other items note court diversions, royal visits, and local incidents, including a suicide and a street robbery, with stock prices and financials for the day.
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