practicks

practicks (prak-tiks). Hist. Scots law. (usu. pl.) An old collection of notes about points of practice, decisions of the Court of Sessions, statutes, and forms, compiled by members of the court. • An example is Balfour’s Practicks (1469–1579). A precursor of law reports, the notes remain historical legal literature of some authority.

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资深译员姚坚，毕业于一所培养高级翻译以及跨文化事务专家的精英大学，专注翻译各种与私募资本有关的法律文件。