Legal Dictionary

Tag: Legal Research

  • Practitioner Materials

    These are treatises and form books which provide a basic explanation of an area of law–often with step by step approaches and advice for handling a case along with recommended forms (find out more about legal research). They provide references to the basic authority such as leading cases or […]

  • Legal Dictionaries

    A legal dictionary defines terms relevant to law (find out more about legal research). While there are several dictionaries to choose from, Black’s Law Dictionary and Ballentine’s Legal Dictionary and Thesaurus (there is some information about it in this Lawi Project) are the two most […]

  • Treatises

    Treatises in the One-L Dictionary A text that provides critical, interpretative, evaluative or foundational material on an area of law. A treatise is often less detailed and critical than a law review article, but more in-depth than a legal encyclopedia entry.Note: This Treatises […]

  • Looseleafs

    Looseleafs in the One-L Dictionary A frequently supplemented tool that specializes in a particular area of law and often contains primary legal sources, finding aids, and secondary source material. There are two major kinds of looseleaf services. cumulating and interfiling. Cumulating […]

  • Blue Book

    See alsoSee american law reports (in U.S. law) …. (Read more)…

  • Abridgment

    An epitome or compendium of another and larger work, wherein the principal ideas of the larger work are summarily contained. …

  • Descriptive Word Index

    See alsoAn alphabetical list of topics with references to the place these topics… (Read more)…

  • Index To Foreign Legal Periodicals

    See alsoAn index to legal periodicals used as a secondary source by the… (Read more)…

  • Index To Legal Periodicals

    See alsoAn index to legal periodical publications by law schools and professional associations… (Read more)…

  • Federal Reporter

    See alsoSee national reporter system (in U.S. law) … (Read more)…

  • Federal Rules Decisions

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  • Federal Tax Citator

    See alsoA loose-leaf publication that gives a complete judicial history of every federal… (Read more)…

  • Corpus Juris Secundum

    See alsoA complete statement of the body of American law in encyclopedic form…. (Read more)…

  • Citators

    See also Significance A citator is a book, or set of… (Read more)…

  • The Business Law Articles

    See alsoA loose-leaf periodical used as a secondary source; useful in the law… (Read more)…