NORMAN FRENCH

The tongue in which several formal proceedings of state are still carried on. The language, having remained the same since the date of the Conquest, at which it was introduced into the seventh day of the month. So called be- | England, is very different from the French cause, counting inclusively, they were nine days from the ides. Adams, Rom. Ant. 355, 857.

‘The tongue in which several formal proceedings of state in England are still carried on. The language, having remained the same since the date of the Conquest, at which it was introduced into England, is very different from the French of this day, retaining all the pe cultarities which at that time distinguished every province from the rest. A peculiar mode of pronunciation (considered authentic) is handed down and preserved by the officials who have, on particular occasions, to speak the tongue. Norman French was the language of English legal procedure till the 36 Edw.

A dialect of Old French spoken in medieval Normandy, and in England following the Norman Conquest.