Black’s Law Dictionary

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Black’s Law Dictionary, 8th Edition


	Format	Hardcover
	Catalogue No.	0-314-15199-0
	Pages	1810
	Language	English only
	Price	$67.75

Editor in Chief: Bryan A. Garner.
Published by West Group (U.S.), 2004.

Description:

Need a legal definition of cyberpiracy? How about viatical settlement?

Black’s Law Dictionary has more than 43,000 definitions, plus almost 3,000 quotations. Alternative spellings or equivalent terms and expressions are provided for more than 5,300 terms and senses, serving a thesaurus-like function. The extensive appendix on legal abbreviations is a major addition. It’s the first time such a comprehensive guide has been included in a modern law dictionary, and is an invaluable aid to the legal researcher. Some of the new terms appearing for the first time include “Amber Alert,” “antispamming law,” “Child Online Protection Act,” “cyberpiracy,” “cyberterrorism,” “chad,” “repressed-memory syndrome,” “ethnic cleansing,” “Strategic National Stockpile,” and “grandparent rights.”

Features and Benefits:

17,000 more definitions than the 7th Edition
Newly enhanced with West Key Numbers for research reference
Includes changes made since the creation of the department of Homeland Security
Almost 3,000 quotations from authorities drawn from sources over at least five centuries
More than 1,000 law-related abbreviations and acronyms are defined
Cited more than any other law dictionary
Extensive appendix on legal abbreviations

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