Wednesday, November 04, 2009

My Favorite (Legal) Words

Just a smattering:

feoffment
escheats
untenantability
consanguinity
tortfeasor

It doesn't even matter what these words mean. They are just fun to say.

And on that note, there are some phrases I like because by virtue of word order they just sound so old and dusty, and you can almost hear the quill pen scratching in the background:

subject to a condition subsequent
within 21 years of a life in being
an action for trespass on the case

OK, so all those are from property...maybe property law is just really old...

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Quill? I was thinking more like a chisel being used on a rock. Thanks for the words, "escheats" might come in handy during Scrabble some day.