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Can you please expatiate on ohwilleke's answer? She asseverated My suspicion is that the Latin/French word for a writing instrument ends up being used for the act of using a writing instrument t...
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2021-11-08T18:29:53Z (about 3 years ago)
- Can you please expatiate on [ohwilleke's answer](https://law.stackexchange.com/a/26069)? She asseverated
- >My suspicion is that the Latin/French word for a writing instrument ends up being used for the act of using a writing instrument to place a name upon something, which in turn comes to mean the name written as a result of this act, which in turn comes to mean any name.
- 1. But how does the Old French noun *stile* semantically shift to signify "the act of using a writing instrument to place a name upon something"?
- 2. Then how does "the act of using a writing instrument to place a name upon something" semantically shift to signify "the name written as a result of this act"?
- These semantic shifts haven't happened to common English nouns for writing instruments, like pencil or pen, both of which don't signify names.
- >### Style of Cause (Rule 3.3)
- >The style of cause is the title of the case or the names of the parties involved in the action.
- Maureen F. Fitzgerald, [BComm (Univ. Alberta), JD (Univ. Western Ontario), LLM with Merit (London School of Economics), PhD (University of British Columbia)](https://www.linkedin.com/in/maureen-f-fitzgerald-phd-b1972518/). _Legal Problem Solving – Reasoning, Research and Writing_ (2019 8e), p 223.
- Can you please expatiate on [ohwilleke's answer](https://law.stackexchange.com/a/26069)? She asseverated
- >My suspicion is that the Latin/French word for a writing instrument ends up being used for the act of using a writing instrument to place a name upon something, which in turn comes to mean the name written as a result of this act, which in turn comes to mean any name.
- 1. But how does the Old French noun *stile* semantically shift to signify "the act of using a writing instrument to place a name upon something"?
- 2. Then how does "the act of using a writing instrument to place a name upon something" semantically shift to signify "the name written as a result of this act"?
- These semantic shifts haven't happened to common English nouns for writing instruments, like pencil or pen, both of which don't signify names.
- >### Style of Cause (Rule 3.3)
- >
- >The style of cause is the title of the case or the names of the parties involved in the action.
- Maureen F. Fitzgerald, [BComm (Univ. Alberta), JD (Univ. Western Ontario), LLM with Merit (London School of Economics), PhD (University of British Columbia)](https://www.linkedin.com/in/maureen-f-fitzgerald-phd-b1972518/). _Legal Problem Solving – Reasoning, Research and Writing_ (2019 8e), p 223.
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PSTH
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2021-08-11T07:11:37Z (over 3 years ago)
How did 'style' signify names of court cases?
Can you please expatiate on [ohwilleke's answer](https://law.stackexchange.com/a/26069)? She asseverated >My suspicion is that the Latin/French word for a writing instrument ends up being used for the act of using a writing instrument to place a name upon something, which in turn comes to mean the name written as a result of this act, which in turn comes to mean any name. 1. But how does the Old French noun *stile* semantically shift to signify "the act of using a writing instrument to place a name upon something"? 2. Then how does "the act of using a writing instrument to place a name upon something" semantically shift to signify "the name written as a result of this act"? These semantic shifts haven't happened to common English nouns for writing instruments, like pencil or pen, both of which don't signify names. >### Style of Cause (Rule 3.3) >The style of cause is the title of the case or the names of the parties involved in the action. Maureen F. Fitzgerald, [BComm (Univ. Alberta), JD (Univ. Western Ontario), LLM with Merit (London School of Economics), PhD (University of British Columbia)](https://www.linkedin.com/in/maureen-f-fitzgerald-phd-b1972518/). _Legal Problem Solving – Reasoning, Research and Writing_ (2019 8e), p 223.