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Legal Dictionary
A law dictionary is a dictionary designed to provide information about terms used the legal field.
This glossary of terms is limited in scope, and the definitions of words are restricted in meaning to their legal or legal research context. Words whose meanings conform to general usage and are obvious are omitted from the list, e.g., Index.
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