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Legal vocabulary/dictionaries

Largely, your ability to learn law and communicate effectively in seminars, assessment task, exams, and in practice, relies on your knowledge and understanding of legal vocabulary. Law is a discipline and profession that is built around words and their precise meanings. Developing a strong legal vocabulary should be central to your study routine and efforts. A good legal dictionary is essential. Some print and online options are listed below.

Peter E. Nygh, Peter Butt. (eds), Butterworths concise Australian legal dictionary (1998)

UniM Law REF – K 126 L3 BUTT *** Recommended legal dictionary

Peter E. Nygh, Peter Butt (eds), Legal Terms (2005)

Law.com Dictionary:
http://dictionary.law.com/

Everybody’s Legal Glossary:
http://www.nolo.com/glossary.cfm

Duhaime's Law Dictionary:
http://www.duhaime.org/diction.htm

Lectric Law Library's Legal Lexicon's Lyceum:
http://www.lectlaw.com/def.htm

WWLIA Legal Dictionary:
http://www.wwlia.org/diction.htm


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