Law Dictionaries. Blacks Law Dictionary is the most widely used of a number of general and specialized law dictionaries consists of one volume identifies.

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Law Dictionaries

Blacks Law Dictionary is the most widely used of a number of general and specialized law dictionaries consists of one volume identifies words in the context of legal usage includes citations to court cases and other sources of a legal definition includes a guide to pronunciation of Latin words includes a table of abbreviations has the database identifier DI in WestMate ® has the database identifier BLACKS in westlaw.com

Words and Phrases Multivolume series Gives only judicial definitions of words and phrases, therefore is not a complete dictionary Words and Phrases definitions can be retrieved in any case law database using a wp field search, such as: wp(social host)