COMPONENTIAL ANALYSIS IN THE TERMINOLOGY OF ROMANIAN CIVIL PROCEDURAL LAW. CASE STUDIES
COMPONENTIAL ANALYSIS IN THE TERMINOLOGY OF ROMANIAN CIVIL PROCEDURAL LAW. CASE STUDIES

Summary/Abstract: This article examines the role of componential analysis in the terminology of Romanian civil procedural law. Starting from the premise that procedural terminology is not merely a technical nomenclature, but a structured system through which civil procedure becomes intelligible and applicable, the study analyses several central terminological families: civil action and its conditions, claims and defences, procedural objections, evidence, judgments and remedies.The theoretical framework combines structural semantics, terminology studies, legal stylistics and integral linguistics. Componential analysis is used to identify the distinctive semantic features that differentiate closely related legal terms, while the interdisciplinary perspective highlights the relationship between common vocabulary, specialized legal meaning and textual actualization in procedural documents.The analysis is based mainly on provisions of the Romanian Code of Civil Procedure, especially those concerning civil action, procedural capacity, legal standing, interest, statements of claim, statements of defence, procedural objections, evidence, judgments, appeal and second appeal. The case studies show that terms such as civil action and claim, defence and procedural objection, evidence and means of evidence, or judgment, appeal and second appeal are organized through clear semantic and functional oppositions.The study demonstrates that componential analysis can clarify the internal organization of civil procedural terminology by distinguishing between general and specific terms, acts and conditions, substantive and procedural aspects, means and results, judicial decisions and mechanisms of review. Therefore, civil procedural terminology appears as an ordered and normative structure of meaning, not as an arbitrary lexical inventory.The article concludes that componential analysis is a useful tool for both linguistic description and legal interpretation, because it helps identify relevant conceptual differences and contributes to a clearer understanding of the terminology through which civil procedure operates.

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