# Administration of Justice (Language) Act (Ireland) 1737 (repealed) 11 Geo. 2 c. 6 · revised to 26 February 2025 An Act that all Proceedings in Courts of Justice within this Kingdom shall be in the English Language. ## Introductory text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## I All proceedings in courts of justice, patents, charters, pardons, commissions, &c. shall be in English. and in legible character, not in court-hand,and with usual abbreviations in English, and figures.Penalty £20 to prosecutor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## II But names of writs, process or technical words, may be expressed as commonly used, so as not in court-hand. Prosecutions to be in three months. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## III, IV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## V Commissions and proceedings in admiralty may be certified in Latin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## VI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## VII,VIII . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aip/Geo2/11/6 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/administration-of-justice-language-act-ireland-1737-repealed Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.