ABSTRACT
This chapter presents some aspects of the juridical terminology in the Second Bulgarian Empire: the appellations of the titles of the hierarchical system and those of the administrative services. The choice of the institutional system of a state, as well as the choice of its political doctrine, is and has always been a choice of cultural affiliation, a sign of belonging to the civilisation. The First Bulgarian Empire preserved both its institutions, related to the traditions of the Eurasian Steppes, and its Turk state terminology. Taken together with the results of our research in the practice of giving names to government and local offices, this short review confirms the dominance of Greek terminology in the state institutions of mediaeval Bulgaria. The terminology was imposed not only by the number of terms borrowed, but also by the importance of the offices they designated.
