Book Description
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.
About the Author
Acknowledged by linguists and lawyers alike as THE authority in legal language and usage, his influence is both far-reaching and profound. Mr. Garner has has a hand in editing the most important legal references produced in the last decade, as well as in training lawyers and judges on sharpening and clarifying their own legal writing. In short, no one better bridges the worlds of law and language--nor is better suited to take on the classic work and make it better.
Black's Law Dictionary FROM OUR EDITORS
An essential for every lawyer's library, this venerable 1891 classic has been completely revised and updated by Bryan Garner, a lawyer with a lifetime passion for language, and includes almost 5,000 new definitions with quotations from important cases.
FROM THE PUBLISHER
For the first time since the original 1891 edition, this classic legal resource has enjoyed a complete cover-to-cover revision. Last updated in 1990, more than 30,000 definitions have been honed, sharpened and made more concise. Over 4,500 terms appear for the first time in any legal dictionary. Each definition conveys more information than ever. With the new 7th edition, readers will stay up-to-date on every nuance of emerging terminology. Quotations from important cases and respected scholars allow readers to see how a term is used in context and to grasp the meaning instantly.
Features include:
Headwords showing whether the word I upper or lower case, roman or italic type
Easy to understand pronunciation symbols
Over 2,000 illustrative quotations
Specialized vocabularies
Cross referencing among related terms
Summary of Contents:
Preface
The Pronunciation of Latin
Outline of Latin Pronunciation
Guide to Pronunciation Symbols
Text of Definitions
Appendices
Table of Abbreviations
The Constitution of the United States
Time Chart of the United States Supreme Court
Organizational Chart of United States Government
Table of British Regnal Years