ABSTRACT
It has been noted earlier that in France the major bodies of law are grouped together in codes. They have a language of their own, which has perhaps survived longer than it would have done had the laws in question been structured less cohesively. There is also the fact that these codes, and therefore also their language, were incorporated into several countries other than France – this again is a factor which has contributed to the specific nature of the legal language used in these codes being maintained for longer than would otherwise have been the case.
