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Legal Dictionaries

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Bouvier Law Dictionary
Complete text of the Bouvier Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Edition, 1856. Adapted to the constitution and laws of the United States of America and of the several states of the American Union.

Confused About Law? A legal A-Z
A-Z of more common legal terms and definitions. Jargon explained in plain English.

Duhaime's Law Dictionary
Legal concepts and law terms researched and written in plain language.

Law.com Dictionary
Explanations of over 3000 common legal terms for lawyers.

LegalDictionaries.org
LegalDictionaries.org presents you easy-to-understand legal terms, all explained clearly and concisely. They certainly will help you make sense and interpret a myriad of legal jargons, contracts, judicial statements, and so forth.

Nolo's Free Dictionary of Law Terms and Legal Definitions
Find plain-English definitions for legal terms by searching Nolo's Plain-English Law Dictionary.

The 'Lectric Law Library's Legal Lexicon
On-line law dictionary with thousands of definitions and explanations of legal terms.

The Gallagher Law Library
The Gallagher Law Library has many legal and foreign-language dictionaries. Additional dictionaries are available on LexisNexis and Westlaw (for UW Law School students who have passwords and IDs).

TheFreeDictionary's Legal Dictionary
The main source of TheFreeDictionary's legal dictionary is West's Encyclopedia of American Law, Edition 2, which contains more than 4,000 entries detailing terms, concepts, events, movements, cases, and individuals significant to United States law. The legal dictionary also incorporates The People's Law Dictionary, by renowned authorities Gerald and Kathleen Hill. It includes definitions, context, and usage for more than 3,000 terms. Regarded by scholars, jurists, leading attorneys and reviewers as one of the most practical works of its kind, The People's Law Dictionary is a comprehensive source of meanings and use for thousands of today's most common legal terms.