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Canadian

  1. Hubert Reid, Dictionnaire de droit québecois et canadien
    3rd ed. (Montral: Wilson & Lafleur, 2004)
    KF 156 R44 2004
  2. John A. Yogis, Canadian law dictionary,
    5th ed. (Hauppauge, N.Y.: Barron's Educational Series, 2003)
    KF 156 Y63 2003 (Reference)
  3. Daphne A. Dukelow, Dictionary of Canadian law
    3rd ed. (Toronto, Ont.: Thomson Carswell, 2004)
    KF 156 D84 2004 (Reference)
  4. Daphne A. Dukelow, Pocket dictionary of Canadian law
    3rd ed. (Toronto, Ont.: Carswell, 2002)
    KF 156 D85 2002 (Reference)
  5. Louis Beaudoin, Les mots du droit : lexique analogique juridique = legal thesaurus
    (Cowansville, Qubec: Éditions Yvon Blais, 2000)
    K 52 F7 B43 2000 (Reference)
  6. Canadian Legal Words and Phrases
    CA0BRW file, available on QuickLaw/LexisNexis
  7. Words & Phrases Judicially Defined in Canadian Courts and Tribunals
    (Toronto: Carswell, 1993-) 8 volumes, with irregularly issued cumulative supplements, and monthly updates
    DIG A285

English

  1. Elizabeth A. Martin and Jonathan Law, A dictionary of law,
    6th ed. (Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006)
    KF 156 D52 2006 (Reference)
  2. Herbert Newman Mozley and George Crispe Whitely, Mozley & Whiteley's law dictionary,
    12th ed. by James E. Penner (London: Butterworths, 2001)
    KF 156 M6 2001 (Reference)
  3. Percy George Osborn, Osborn's concise law dictionary,
    9th ed. by Sheila Bone (London : Sweet & Maxwell, 2001)
    KF 156 O8 2001 (Reference)
  4. Stroud's judicial dictionary of words and phrases,
    6th ed. by Daniel Greenberg and Alexandra Millbrook (London: Sweet & Maxwell, 2000)
    KF 156 S8 2000 (Reference)
  5. Christine Rossini, English as a legal language,
    2nd ed. (London: Kluwer Law International, 1998)
    K 50 R67 1998 (Reference)
  6. Christine Miskin and Nigel Smith, A Legal thesaurus
    (Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire: Legal Information Resources, 1988)
    KF 156 L31 1988 (Reference)
  7. David M. Walker, The Oxford companion to law
    (Oxford; Oxford University Press, 1980)
    K 48 W34 (Reference)
  8. Earl Jowitt and Clifford Walsh, Jowitt's Dictionary of English law,
    2d ed. by John Burke (London: Sweet & Maxwell, 1977-1985), updated by cumulative supplement
    KF 156 J6 1977 (Reference)
  9. Giles Jacob, A New law-dictionary
    10th ed. by J. Morgan (London : Printed by W. Strahan and W. Woodfall, 1782)
    KF 156 J32 1782 OVERSIZE (Special Collections)
  10. John Cowell, The Interpreter, or, booke containing the signification of words : wherein is set foorth the true meaning of all, or the most part of such words and termes, as are mentioned in the lawe writers or statutes of this victorious and renowned Kingdome, requiring any exposition or interpretation ...
    (New York: Da Capo Press, 1970); reprint of (Cambridge: John Legate, 1607)
    KF 156 C68 1607A
  11. John (or William) Rastell, An exposition of certaine difficult and obscure wordes and termes of the lawes of this realme, also known as Termes de la ley, a translation of Expositiones terminorum legum Anglorum, originally composed in French in 1527
    (New York : Da Capo Press, 1969); reprint of the 1579 ed. printed by R. Tottell, London.
    KF 156 R38 1579A

American

  1. Henry Campbell Black, Black's law dictionary
    8th ed. by Bryan A. Garner (St. Paul, Minn.: West Group, 2004)
    KF 156 B53 2004 (Reference)
    BLACKS database (WestlaweCarswell)
  2. Steven H. Gifis, Law dictionary
    5th ed. (Hauppauge, NY : Barron's, c2003)
    KF 156 G53 2003 (Reference)
  3. Gerry W. Beyer and Kenneth R. Redden, Modern dictionary for the legal profession
    3rd ed. (Buffalo, N.Y. : W.S. Hein & Co., 2001)
    KF 156 B463 2001 (Reference)
    MDLP file (LexisNexis)
    Also available on QuickLaw/LexisNexis
  4. James E. Clapp, Random House Webster's dictionary of the law
    (New York : Random House, c2000)
    KF 156 C54 2000A (Reference)
  5. William Cox Cochran, The Law dictionary : pronouncing edition : a dictionary of legal words and phrases with Latin and French maxims of the law, translated and explained, [and] abbreviations found in legal publications
    7th ed. by Amy B. Brann (Cincinnati, Ohio : Anderson Pub., 1997)
    KF 156 C6 1997 (Reference)
    LAWDIC file (LexisNexis)
    Also available on QuickLaw/LexisNexis
  6. Merriam-Webster's dictionary of law
    (Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996)
    KF 156 M47 1996 (Reference)
  7. Bryan A. Garner, A dictionary of modern legal usage
    2nd ed. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1995)
    KF 156 G37 1995 (Reference)
  8. William C. Burton, Legal thesaurus,
    2nd ed. by Steven C. DeCosta (New York: Macmillan, 1992)
    KF 156 B856 1992 (Reference)
  9. Index to legal periodicals : thesaurus
    (New York: H.W. Wilson, 1988)
    KF 8 I 533 1988 (Index)
  10. Bryan A. Garner, A dictionary of modern legal usage
    (New York: Oxford University Press, 1987)
    KF 156 G37 1987 (Reference)
    DMLU file (LexisNexis)
    Also available on QuickLaw/LexisNexis
  11. William P. Statsky, West's legal thesaurus/dictionary : a resource for the writer and computer researcher
    (St. Paul: West Pub. Co., 1985)
    KF 156 S63 1985 (Reference)
  12. James A. Ballentine, Ballentine's law dictionary with pronunciations
    3d ed. by William S. Anderson (Rochester, N.Y. : Lawyers Co-operative Pub. Co., 1969)
    KF 156 B3 1969
    BTINES file (LexisNexis)
    Also available on QuickLaw/LexisNexis
  13. Words and phrases
    (St. Paul: West Pub. Co., 1940-)
    supplemented by annual pocket parts
    Dig. U.S. A22 W67 (U. of Toronto Law Library)

Australian

  1. Enterprise legal thesaurus
    6th ed. (Lindfield, N.S.W.: Enterprise Information Management, 1998)
    KF 156 L32 1998 (Reference)
  2. John M. Bishop, Australian legal words and phrases
    (Bondi Junction, N.S.W.: Blackstone Press, 1990)
    KF 156 B47 1990 (Reference)
  3. Stephen Marantelli and Celia Tikotin, The Australian legal dictionary,
    2nd ed. (Caulfield East, Vic.: Edward Arnold Australia, 1985)
    KF 156 M37 1985 (Reference)


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