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The word 'legal'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
legalOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus26.48640
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 30.4 12 4
WCE - West Central 27.6 6 3
DUN - Dundee 95.6 9 2
EDN - Edinburgh 31.3 5 4
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 53.1 40 16
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 41.7 3 2
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 42.2 3 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of legal in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
ill she deposited it with the legal firm where I work. The day sh on page 24

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Tait, John M Lallans 58 - Sheltie Prattle an da Blue Lowe (a Pantomime) , (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, prose
icial and she didn't have any legal standing or claim on anything on page 35

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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
ammit. This bairn wis wintit, legal, hid aa its life afore it –
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General Northern

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - A hame is a hame is a hame, is it nae?, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
at an Lemonade lang afore the legal age, on page 33

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Robertson, Sine Lallans 58 - .. an the SLRC, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
we'll a be wiser and (if it's legal and decent) we can publicise on page 111

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@cligeey tweeted
erson878 Got a neep the nicht legal 75 p(2020)

(South) East Central

Peffers, Bob Whit Aboot Ma Ceevil Richts?, (peffers50.freeserve 2002) Central - Fife, poetry
Ah mibbie wad get legal aid.
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Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
spreid ruther an the tynin o legal richts.
“Ay he’s aw legal,” Maistres Stein telt him,
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 114, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
tae gie Gaelic an Scots equal legal staundin wi English. Thair ma
eids, she pyntit oot hou, for legal raisons, it wisna possible ta
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 116, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
hat micht weel conter ony sic legal complaint on behauf o the Sco
this an it will constitute a legal foond that we can hing on tae
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 125, (self-published 2004) Central, newspaper
minority an haes stertit up a legal challenge in London's High Co
ework Convention an there nae legal justification for thon. A sol
e dae wi hooses an jobs. This legal ongaun is like tae gie a rid
tae the Cooncil o Europe. The legal ongaun speirs the Hame Office
4 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@RyanMusselburgh legal clarification makes me laugh (2021) twitter link

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
e wi ma auntie. She became ma legal guardian. She'd aw the powers on page 191

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
An legal minds, trained tae dissect, P on page 31
'Perfeckly legal!' said the feck o the fowk. G on page 112
coort. Ah huvnae a clue aboot legal ongauns, on page 125

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Hodgart, John Scots Language Act: Oor weans hae richt tae see mither tung respectit, (The National 2021) Central - North Ayrshire, newspaper
genous languages has the same legal status an protection as oor i
aft ayont belief if Scots had legal status etc in Northern Irelan
2 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
s an English law that had nae legal staunin in Scotland. Did oor on page 17
it took fer the laws tae hae 'legal staunin' here afore the setti on page 18
sic an extent that it his nae legal pouer left. The notion that w on page 45
reenge o peacefu an perfeckly legal protest groups ower the past on page 79
erally peyin nae mair nor the legal minimum) an, Help Ma Boab, 'p on page 90
Also on pages 138
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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
it's a legal addiction? on page 18

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
kennt members o the Edinburgh legal profession. Howivver Sterling on page 27
ack in thae days it wis still legal tae buy guns withoot a licenc on page 104

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Edinburgh

Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Some bitty of paper scrap wi legal significance. Thelonious scra
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Smith, Jamie William Playfair: faither o data visualisation, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
century’s maist kenspeckle legal battles. The’ war allegatio
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Smith, Jamie Effeirin tae the formal: Laitinate lendwirds in Scots, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
Apart from Scots legal terms, most Latin loans into
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
family, but she’ll never be legal no matter what she does.”
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 5, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
But that doesn’t sound very legal?.’’ He whispers cautiousl
1 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
For takkin lines that warna legal, on page 121

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Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
glish soil... He gruppit this legal strae like a drounin man, low on page 31

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General Central

Hershaw, William Lallans 102 - Editorial: Jean Tamson’s Bairns, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
rs anent its ongaun progress. Legal status for Scots in law wad b on page 6

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Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
it in their ilkaday work. The legal profession, tae, wis aince a on page 13

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
o a parent," he said. "It's a legal term and it applies tae Coont on page 66
ishes. "He kens aw thae Latin legal phrases." on page 79
at's how we've got tae fund a legal reason tae caw aff the play," on page 86
she's got permission aff her legal guairdian, actin in loco pare on page 97
Nuptial Law for Numpties. "'A legal husband," he read oot lood, " on page 98
Also on pages 100, 143, 145, 146, 147, 149, 152
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Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
han slawly grinds the rueless legal mill, on page 31

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Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
: stamps are (or were then) a legal requirement on receipts: nae on page 72

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Robinson, Christine Lallans 73 - Historical Lexicography and the Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1700, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
, a glossary in Scots o Scots legal terms, that set a stannard in on page 14

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Robertson, Colin Lallans 73 - Auld Scots law, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
guid, an the tairm coud mean legal securitie or guarantee (see w on page 25

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Law, John Lallans 56 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
mair worth the darg, an it's legal. It's weel worth the peyin th on page 4

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 56 - Cauld Kail Fae Embro, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
ots - she wes tellt it wesna legal for haein Scots alang wi it. on page 121

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Eagle, Andy Lallans 74 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
n the Unitit Kinrick acause o legal fankles, wis lenched as a riv
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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
35. The maitter o siccar (or legal) status for Gaelic an Scots i
has backit ettles tae win tae legal recognition for the leid as a
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Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
sauffins for tae be haed fae legal, human resoorces, finance an
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Robertson, Colin Lallans 81 - Wildlaw, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
, wha pyntit oot that monie a legal an poleitical seistem ackwall
. In Inglis, lawers refers ti legal philosophie as ‘jurispruden
we - the people - have the legal authority to enforce these ri
, sikkart bi the courts i the legal sphere, at cheynge taks place
rrit’ throu re-exeminin the legal seistems an weys in whilk leg
6 matches

Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
legal documents,
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McClurg, Fernando Tae see oorsels as we see ithers, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
s tae mak it hairder tae haud legal strikes (requirin a threshaud
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Votin isna Democracy. But..., (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
in activist time an siller on legal action for the richt tae exis
intae community awnership – legal saufgairds an pairliamentary
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@gordimhor1 tweeted
A We should gie wir ain leids legal status(2020)

@DABArbuckle tweeted
Jist came across a Scottish legal case fae 2015 where a laddie (2020)

South West (Galloway)

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
o English legal eagles tryin on page 29

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@StuartPoet tweeted
k tae 19th. Wisnae a Royal an legal Coort leid. Didnae need owres(2020)
Nup. Outwith is an auld Scots legal term fae when maist Scots Law(2020)

General Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
s in education bit dusnae hae legal text settin oot the pooers o' on page 26

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