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From: Bob Cunningham <exw6sxq@earthlink.net>
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Subject: Re: Latin in legal English
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Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 01:27:46 -0700
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On Sun, 11 Mar 2007 22:56:41 -0800, Miss Elaine Eos
<Misc@your-pants.PlayNaked.com> said:
> In article <45eeaabd$0$10618$4fafbaef@reader2.news.tin.it>,
> "Valentina" <aganva@alice.it> wrote:
>
> > Hi, I am an Italian student and i need some suggestions for my thesis.
> > I am conducting a research about the influence of latin in English, mainly
> > from the legal point of view. For this reason I am looking for a legal text
> > ( it could be of any kind, an act, a bill...) which could be of help and
> > which I can use as an example for my theory.
> > Could any of you give me recommendations about where I could find it or
> > interesting details about this subject?
>
> What's your theory?
>
> Btw, in English, it's called a "hypothesis" until you have collected
> your data, conducted research, formulated a proof and your proof has
> passed peer review. Then you have a "theory" -- like the theory of
> gravity or the theory of evolution.
But you still have a hypothesis. In describing the
evolution of the theory, you first state the hypothesis,
then you explain how that hypothesis was proven to be true.
The hypothesis hasn't disappeared.
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