Norm and variativity of legal terms (on lexicographical sources of material)

The article deals with the notion of language norm and it's correlation with variativity from the point of general language and terminology. The correlation of norm and variativity of terms is presented on the basis of lexicographical analysis of legal terminology. The article presents a comparative analysis of the stated phenomena in the English and Russian languages. The analysis of lexicographical sources proved that the types of variativity and their representation in the system of legal terms in both languages are isomorphic. However, there are certain differences, based on the typological differences of the stated languages. By all means, the history of foundation and development of legal terminology of both languages, different political events, language contacts, as well as the modern development of international relationships, have influenced the current state of the systems of legal terms in English and Russian.