Black's Law Dictionary, 8th ed.

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Edited by Bryan A. Garner, a leading legal lexicographer, Black's Law Dictionary is cited more than any other law dictionary in the United States and is a recognized authority in the definition of legal terms.

Features include:

* More than 23,000 meticulously researched new definitions, including 17,000 new entries.

* More than 10,000 entries now contain citations to the West Key Number System[R] and to Corpus Juris Secundum[R], providing a clear map to cases and encyclopedic analysis.

* Expanded coverage of growing practice areas, including intellectual property, family law, and criminal law.

* Broadened and refined terms from civil-law jurisdictions and from such specialized fields of law as admiralty, parliamentary law, oil-and-gas law, and international law.

* A new table of legal abbreviations...