descriptive word index

descriptive word index
An alphabetically arranged aid used in legal research used to locate cases that have discussed a particular topic.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


descriptive word index
An alphabetically arranged aid used in legal research used to locate cases that have discussed a particular topic.

Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.

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