hornbook

hornbook
noun abstract on the law, analysis, analyzation, annotated text, capitulation, capsule, commentary, compendium, condensation, desk book, digest of the law, discourse on the law, dissection, dissertation on the law, encyclopedia, excursus, exposition, manual, manual of instruction, pandect, primer, recapitulation, review, run-through, study, study book, text, textbook, topical outline, treatise, treatise on the law

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006


hornbook
n.
A short treatise that summarizes the fundamental principles of a branch of law; a primer.

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.


hornbook
(USA) a student textbook, as opposed to a treatise for practitioners.

Collins dictionary of law. . 2001.


hornbook
n. Colloquial. A law textbook, often one relied upon as authoritative in the field.
@ hornbook law
adj. A term used to characterize a proposition of law that is so basic and well-known that it is accepted without further proof or citation.
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Webster's New World Law Dictionary. . 2000.


hornbook
A primer; a book explaining the basics, fundamentals, or rudiments of any science or branch of knowledge. The phrase hornbook law is a colloquial designation of the rudiments or general principles of law.
A colloquial reference to a series of textbooks that review various fields of law in summary, narrative form, as opposed to casebooks, which are designed as primary teaching tools and include many reprints of court opinions.

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


hornbook
A primer; a book explaining the basics, fundamentals, or rudiments of any science or branch of knowledge. The phrase hornbook law is a colloquial designation of the rudiments or general principles of law.
 
A colloquial reference to a series of textbooks that review various fields of law in summary, narrative form, as opposed to casebooks, which are designed as primary teaching tools and include many reprints of court opinions.

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

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