The intra- and extra-linguistic circumstances in Austria after March 1848, when a changed language situation (and new roles of the national languages) necessitated the formation of technical terms, are today made topical anew by European integration processes. The article presents Fran Miklošič’s contribution to the formation of Slovene legal terminology (1849). His terminological principles (observance of tradition, adherence to linguistic principles in the formation of
terminology) were of relevance at the time, and are also evident in the editorial work done by Šafarík on the Czech dictionary Juridisch-politische Terminologie (1850). The fact that Miklošič’s administrative and legal terms were observed proves that his terminological principles provided a firm basis for their formation.
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