Legal terminology is the primary jurisprudence source, from the point of linguistic
view, expresses legal norms with the symbol help, signs and in a phonetic way. This is the
primary basis for creating a proper legal communication system, in which legal
terminologicy plays a significant role. In this aspect, we should note that one of the most
important features inherent in legal terminology is its close connection with a number of
political and legal doctrines, traditions and practice.
An important feature of legal terminologiy is its peculiarity that although it arises
and exists in jurisprudence, it is not fully reflected in normative legal acts. This feature
reflects the scientific nature of the terminological base. Thus, in the scientific works of a
great ammoun of authors, it is possible to trace the formation process of legal terminologyl,
which reflect scientific approaches to the legal category understanding.
Modern terminology characterizes the differential term properties, which in general
distinguish it from general vocabulary system: systematicity, accuracy, formal definiteness,
formalism, standardization, brevity, normativeness, stylistic neutrality, lack of
expressiveness, accuracy. Therefore, legal terminology is a dynamic system. This system is
constantly in motion, evolving, which entails the need for constant comprehensive studies
of the terminological system, both by lawyers on the one hand, and by linguists on the
other.
When studying legal terminology, one should pay attention to such a feature as
belonging to two systems at once: legal and linguistic. On the one hand, as noted, legal
terminological acts as the primary basis, the original jurisprudence element, which finds its
expression in a symbolic form. At the same time, the internal meaning of the term appears
in the definition form that combines the main legal category features. On the other hand, a
term is a type of lexical united use, not a special type of a lexical unit. So, the peculiarity of
the legal term lies in its dual affiliation, in its position as a unit of scientific knowledge and
universal knowledge. From the point of scientific view, the meaningful side of the term is
limited to its absolute value, that is, the scientific definition of the concept that this term
denotes. From the point of vocabulary view, legal term meaning is determined from the
point of absolute value view, i.e. the relationship with a scientific concept, as well as the
place of the term in the lexical-semantic language system.