Abstract: Terminological standardization is the important content of terminological work. With the constant development and deepening of the research on legal language, more and more scholars coms to know the significance of the standardization of legal terms to the research in its field and to the unification of socialist legal system. The selection and nomenclature should: 1. persist in one sense for one term; 2. combine popularity with scientific principle laying emphasis on the latter; and 3. connect national language habit to stability putting stress on the latter. In describing a legal term, attention should be paid to the prescriptive principle as well as that of succinctness. In the course of standardization, it is preferable to classify the terms so as to facilitate the application.

Key words: legal terms, standardization, definition