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Law and Latin

Legalese – aka the language they use in courts – is a very, very difficult language.  It is English, and yet it isn’t.  Those of you who plan to study law will have to fight linguistic monsters such as the one below.  You don’t have to read it if you don’t want to – I just wanted to show you novices what you will be able to figure out once we learn how to read Latin: 

If the agency determined that the petitioner is an adopted person, if the department of health informed the agency either that the file of releases does not contain a release or releases filed by one or both of the petitioner’s biological parents that authorize the release of identifying information to him and does not contain a release or releases filed by any biological sibling that authorizes the release Continue reading

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