NCJ Number
78259
Date Published
1980
Length
582 pages
Annotation
This legal glossary provides definitions and background information for more than 3,000 legal terms and related concepts.
Abstract
Citations are also included for names of popular cases and statutes, famous trials, classic law books, foreign expressions, ancient codes, biographies of outstanding people in the field of policies and law, abbreviations, and slang and jargon terms. Users of this reference work will also find descriptions of professional organizations concerned with the law, selected government agencies, and international organizations and conventions. Citations vary in length from a single sentence to almost a page. All listings are arranged in alphabetical order. Approximately 150 historical and literary quotations on the law are appended.