LL.M.

noun

Master of Laws.

Meanings

noun

alternative LLM · alternative LL.M

Origin

  1. Latinlēgum magister
  2. EnglishLL.M.

Derived from Latin lēgum magister. The "L" is duplicated to indicate that the word lēgum is plural, similarly to pp. (“pages”).

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