Court hand
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title:
Court hand
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Court hand was a style of handwriting used in medieval English law courts, and later 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 Bench, although its use was not confined to
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Style of handwriting used in medieval English law courts
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_hand
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2024-03-25T23:46:25Z
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