Legal Register

Abstract

This paper is intended to give an overview of legal register . Legal register will be dealt with in terms of historical development , i . e . , the stages of evolution through which it goes to get the way that it is now . In this paper , a distinction is made blw register and other concepts like dialect , and jargon . In addition , the linguistic features of this variety are introduced as well as its types whether they are written or spoken . This paper will be ended with the legal texts which will be explained in terms of historical development , creation structure and language .