摘要：Foreign law system (especially the Dutch system) which is mostly used as theIndonesian law system has also influenced a typical use of the Indonesian languagein law. The use of key terms,sentences,and the law discourse is closely related to itssource. To interprete the language use in law;therefore,one needs to know severalstrategies. The interpretation of language use in law may function to determine themeaning and purpose of law rgisters. Besides,the inerpretion can also be doneby determining the linguistic elements phrases and clauses_ as sentence formerand by determining key words to identify the content of law discourse..
