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Black’s Law Dictionary

Dave Wilton, Saturday, May 22, 2010

Garner, Bryan A., ed. Black’s Law Dictionary. Eighth ed. St. Paul, Minn.: Thomson West, 2004.

The standard American reference for legal jargon. There is a 2009 ninth edition.

Filed under: Jargon

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