| Black's Law Dictionary, Standard Ninth Edition (Black's Law Dictionary (Standard Edition))
| For more than a century Black's has been the gold standard for the language of law. Today it is the most widely cited law book in the world. Edited by Bryan A. Garner, the world s leading legal lexicographer, the 9th Edition is the most authoritative, comprehensive law dictionary ever published. It contains more than 45,000 terms and includes: 2,000 more terms than the 8th Edition and 19,000 more than the 7th Edition including click fraud, Code Adam, collaborative law, ecoterrorism, environmenta...More
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| The Winning Brief: 100 Tips for Persuasive Briefing in Trial and Appellate Courts
| Good legal writing wins court cases. It its first edition, The Winning Brief proved that the key to writing well is understanding the judicial readership. Now, in a revised and updated version of this modern classic, Bryan A. Garner explains the art of effective writing in 100 concise, practical, and easy-to-use sections. Covering everything from the rules for planning and organizing a brief to openers that can capture a judge's attention from the first few words, these tips add up to the most c...More
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| Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law
| A convenient, comprehensive guide to the language of law for everyone from the homeowner to the legal professional. • Includes more than 10,000 legal words and phrases. • Updated entries taken from recent events that propelled legal terms into our daily lives: • From the financial meltdown—credit default swap, subprime, systemic risk, credit rating agency, moral hazard • From the world of computers and the Internet—cyberbullying, identity fraud, malware, phishing • From crime—Amb...More
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| Black's Law Dictionary (Pocket), 3rd Edition
| For the first time, definitions in this edition have been reviewed by a panel of scholars and expert practitioners under a review process similar to that for the other editions of this reference. Definitions of terms and cross-referencing have also been dramatically improved.
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| Garner's Dictionary of Legal Usage
| This new edition of Garner's Dictionary of Legal Usage discusses and analyzes modern legal vocabulary and style more thoroughly than any other contemporary reference work. Since the first edition, Bryan A. Garner has drawn on his unrivaled experience as a legal editor to refine his position on legal usage. The new Third Edition remains indispensable: Garner has updated entries throughout, while adding eight hundred new entries and new senses of existing entries, as well as thousands of new illus...More
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| Dictionary of Legal Terms
| Updated to include new terms such as "civil union" and to incorporate recent changes in laws and judicial interpretations, this handy dictionary cuts through the complexities of legal jargon and presents definitions and explanations that can be understood by non-lawyers. Approximately 2,500 terms are given with definitions and explanations for the benefit of consumers, business proprietors, legal beneficiaries, investors, property owners, litigants, and all others who have dealings with the law....More
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| Black's Law Dictionary, Pocket Edition, 4th
| Considered the most valuable reference tool available to the legal community, Black's Pocket Dictionary provides more than 13,000 clear, concise, and precise definitions. The essential companion dictionary to the Standard edition and as a stand-alone tool, Black's Pocket Dictionary also includes a dictionary guide and the complete U.S. Constitution. Black's is cited by judges and lawyers more than any other legal dictionary, comes recommended by law faculty, and is available in the pocket format...More
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| Barron's Law Dictionary
| Updated to reflect recent modifications in federal and state law, this book is a quick-reference source for lawyers, law students, legal professionals, and interested laypersons. The author defines more than 5,000 legal terms, using nontechnical language that remains legally accurate. Terms are documented with citations and apply to civil procedure, commercial and contract law, constitutional law, criminal law, property law, and torts. This title is also available in a smaller trim-size and type...More
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| Barron's Law Dictionary: Mass Market Edition (Barron's Legal Guides)
| Updated to reflect recent modifications in federal and state law, this book is a quick-reference source for lawyers, law students, legal professionals, and interested laypersons. The author defines more than 5,000 legal terms, using nontechnical language that remains legally accurate. Terms are documented with citations and apply to civil procedure, commercial and contract law, constitutional law, criminal law, property law, and torts. This is a "mass-market-size" paperback. This Law Diction...More
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| Blacks Law Dictionary, 7th Edition
| The Seventh Edition of Black's Law Dictionary is the premier legal reference resource. The Abridged version provides a compact legal tool for the layman and the legal professional alike. This indispensible work contains helpful extras, which include a dictionary guide and the complete U.S. Constitution.
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| Black's Law Dictionary with Pronunciations, Sixth Edition
| Provides definitions of basic legal terms and phrases used in various branches of law throughout English and American history.
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| Black's Law Dictionary, Abridged, 9th
| Prepared by the acclaimed legal lexicographer Bryan A. Garner, the ninth edition of Black s Law Dictionary is a major advancement for the world s most-cited lawbook. The update was reviewed by a panel of 225 legal practitioners from across the country, as well as 65 renowned law professors. This edition features 20% more content than the abridged eighth edition, with emphasis on emerging fields of law, incorporating new legal terms from ableism, bear hug, and click fraud to X-patent, yank-cheati...More
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| Lawtalk: The Unknown Stories Behind Familiar Legal Expressions (Yale Law Library Series in Legal History and Reference)
| Law-related words and phrases abound in our everyday language, often without our being aware of their origins or their particular legal significance: boilerplate, jailbait, pound of flesh, rainmaker, the third degree. This insightful and entertaining book reveals the unknown stories behind familiar legal expressions that come from sources as diverse as Shakespeare, vaudeville, and Dr. Seuss. Separate entries for each expression follow no prescribed formula but ...More
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| Oran's Dictionary of the Law (West Legal Studies)
| Oran's Dictionary of the Law, Fourth Edition, is the easiest to use introduction to legal terminology and concepts on the market. It contains clear definitions of the words that most paralegals, paralegal students, and persons in related fields need to know. The book precisely explains contracts, laws, court decisions, and lawyers. This new fourth edition includes a CD-ROM that contains all terms and definitions in the book and over a thousand new and revised definitions. It also includes an u...More
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| Legal Terminology
| A huge amount of legal information is contained within this compact and orderly book. All legal terms are easy-to-find and up-to-date, and the book includes definitions, pronunciation, and easily understood explanations. Structured into short, easily digested chapters, Legal Terminology presents the fundamentals of the principal areas of the law, including: terms used in criminal law, tort law, contract law, personal property and agency law, practice and procedure law, will and e...More
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| Burtons Legal Thesaurus, 3/E (1 Vol)
| The "Lawyer's Roget"--described by the "American Bar Association Journal" as "comprehensive, up-to-date, easy to use"--is now available in an updated, enhanced, and augmented third edition.
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| Spanish-English/English-Spanish Pocket Legal Dictionary
| The perfect portable reference for anyone who needs Spanish legal terms at their fingertips, this book is designed to help communicate in real-life situations where it is vital to quickly find a legal term or phrase in another language.
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| Black's Law Dictionary: Definitions of the Terms and Phrases of American and English Jurisprudence, Ancient and Modern
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| Black's Law Dictionary: Definitions of the Terms and Phrases of American and English Jurisprudnce, Ancient and Modern, 5th Edition
| Black's Law Dictionary: Definitions of the Terms and Phrases of American and English Jurisprudnce, Ancient and Modern, 5th Edition
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| Black's Law Dictionary, Eighth Edition (Black's Law Dictionary (Standard Edition))
| Building on the strength of previous editions, this edition includes an extensive appendix on legal abbreviations plus 17000 new definitions, explanation of more than 1000 law-related abbreviations and acronyms, and is enhanced with West Key Numbers for research reference.
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