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Common law concepts have no relevance in most international contracts.

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Inter alia means 'among others'.

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Words which describe legal concepts in English commonly come from Latin or French.

The world 'construe' essentially means the same as 'interpret'.

New Zealand is a civil law country.

The word 'fault' is derived from Latin.

Pow-wow' is a word derived from Old Norse.

Consideration' has a diffferent meaning when used in a contractual context as compared to its meaning in ordinary usage.

The Statute of Pleading stipulated that legal proceedings should be conducted in French.

English is a largely homogeneous language