The origin and development of legal terms in English and Azerbaijani languages

Bayramova N. A.

The article is devoted to the history of the development of legal terms in English and Azerbaijani. The relevance of this article is due to the fact that in studies of various authors only certain aspects of the development of legal terms in these languages are analyzed. This article also gives a brief overview of the most important works on this topic. Since the article is of an overview nature, there is no restriction in the consideration of legal terms to a specific subsystem. The choice of English and Azerbaijani languages for comparing legal terms is determined by the fact that both Great Britain and Azerbaijan are part of the German law group of the Romano-German legal family. The article describes the works devoted to this problem and also describes the stages of development of legal terms in the English language. According to research calculations of scientists, the core of the legal terminology of the English language is composed of words of Old German and Old English origin. Legal terms in English and Azerbaijani languages arose on the basis of commonly used words, which then began to be used as terms in the legal sphere. Since the composition of legal terminology is determined by historical, political, and territorial factors, in the terminology of the languages studied, one can come across terms of a foreign language origin. English and Azerbaijani legal terminology, although they have come a long way, are still in development. In the 21st century, a number of new terms have been formed in the legal terminology of these languages.

Keywords:technical terminology of law, history of the development, borrowing terms, English and Azerbaijan languages.