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    Black's Law Dictionary is the most widely used law dictionary in the United States, founded in 1891 by Henry Campbell Black. It defines over 55,000 legal terms and has been cited in many US Supreme Court cases. The dictionary has gone through several editions with updates to entries and case citations. It remains the foremost reference for legal terminology in both print and digital formats.

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    Black's Law Dictionary is the most widely used law dictionary in the United States, founded in 1891 by Henry Campbell Black. It defines over 55,000 legal terms and has been cited in many US Supreme Court cases. The dictionary has gone through several editions with updates to entries and case citations. It remains the foremost reference for legal terminology in both print and digital formats.

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    Black's Law Dictionary is the most widely used law dictionary in the United States, founded in 1891 by Henry Campbell Black. It defines over 55,000 legal terms and has been cited in many US Supreme Court cases. The dictionary has gone through several editions with updates to entries and case citations. It remains the foremost reference for legal terminology in both print and digital formats.

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    Black's Law

    Dictionary

    Black's Law Dictionary, 7th edition

    Black's Law Dictionary is the most widely


    used law dictionary in the United States. It
    was founded by Henry Campbell Black
    (1860–1927). It is the reference of choice
    for terms in legal briefs and court opinions
    and has been cited as a secondary legal
    authority in many U.S. Supreme Court
    cases.

    The latest editions, including abridged and


    pocket versions, are useful starting points
    for the layman or student when faced with
    an unfamiliar legal term.

    History
    The first edition was published in 1891,
    and the second edition in 1910.[1] The
    sixth and earlier editions of the book also
    provided case citations for the term cited,
    which some lawyers view as its most
    useful feature, providing a useful starting
    point with leading cases. The Internet
    made legal research easier than it ever
    had been, so many state- or circuit-
    specific case citations and outdated or
    overruled case citations were dropped
    from the seventh edition in 1999. The
    eighth edition introduced a unique system
    of perpetually updated case citations and
    cross-references to legal encyclopedias.
    The ninth edition was published in the
    summer of 2009.
    Because many legal terms are derived
    from a Latin root word, the Dictionary
    gives a pronunciation guide for such
    terms. In addition, the applicable entries
    provide pronunciation transcriptions
    pursuant to those found among North
    American practitioners of law or medicine.

    Availability
    An online version of the eighth edition can
    be accessed through the paid Westlaw
    legal information service and as of late
    2006[2], West Academic has published
    Black's Law Dictionary Digital, 8th edition
    (ISBN 9780314176103) which has
    toolbars that integrate with Microsoft
    Word, Mozilla Firefox and Internet
    Explorer. The second edition of Black's
    Law Dictionary (1910) is now in the public
    domain. The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. has
    reprinted the first and second editions
    (ISBN 0-9630106-0-3 and ISBN 1-886363-
    10-2, respectively). Also, it is available as a
    Windows Phone application, and the tenth
    edition is available as an application for
    iOS devices.[3] [4]

    Bibliography
    Black's Law Dictionary 10th ed. (West
    Group, 2014), Bryan A. Garner, editor,
    ISBN 978-0-314-61300-4
    Black's Law Dictionary 9th ed. (West
    Group, 2009), Bryan A. Garner, editor,
    ISBN 0-314-19949-7
    Black's Law Dictionary 8th ed. (West
    Group, 2004), Bryan A. Garner, editor,
    ISBN 0-314-15199-0
    Black's Law Dictionary 7th ed. (West
    Group, 1999), Bryan A. Garner, editor,
    ISBN 0-314-22864-0
    Black's Law Dictionary 6th ed. (West
    Publishing, 1990) ISBN 90-6544-631-1
    Black's Law Dictionary 5th ed. (West
    Publishing, 1979) ISBN 0-8299-2041-2
    Black's Law Dictionary Revised 4th ed.
    (St. Paul: West, 1968)
    Black's Law Dictionary 4th ed. (St. Paul:
    West, 1951)
    Black's Law Dictionary 3rd ed. (West
    Publishing Co., 1933) (the first edition
    after Henry C. Black's death)
    Black's Law Dictionary 2nd ed. (St. Paul,
    Minn.: West Publishing, 1910) ISBN 1-
    886363-10-2 Public Domain
    (accessible for free through Google
    Book Search)
    Black's Law Dictionary, 1st ed. (St. Paul,
    Minn.: West Publishing, 1891) ISBN 0-
    9630106-0-3
    Pocket editions

    Black's Law Dictionary 5th pocket ed.


    (West Group, 2016), Bryan A. Garner,
    editor, ISBN 0-314-84489-9
    Black's Law Dictionary 4th pocket ed.
    (West Group, 2011), Bryan A. Garner,
    editor, ISBN 0-314-27544-4
    Black's Law Dictionary 3rd pocket ed.
    (West Group, 2006), Bryan A. Garner,
    editor, ISBN 0-314-15862-6
    Black's Law Dictionary 2nd pocket ed.
    (West Group, 2001), Bryan A. Garner,
    editor, ISBN 0-314-25791-8

    Non-English editions
    Blackův právnický slovník. Complete
    translation of 6th edition into Czech
    language. Victoria Publishing, Prague,
    1993. ISBN 80-85605-23-6
    Āqāʼī, Bahman. Farhang-i ḥuqūqī-i
    Bahman : Ingilīsī-Fārsī : bar asās-i Black's
    law dictionary (1999)[5] (Fārsī)
    Muqtadirah-yi Qaumī Zabān. Qānūnī,
    Angrezī-Urdu lug h at : Blaiks lāʼ dikshanarī
    se māk̲h̲ūz (Based on Black's law
    dictionary) / nigrān, Fatiḥ Muḥammad
    Malik (2002)[6] (Urdu) ISBN 969-474-084-
    3

    See also
    Bouvier's Law Dictionary
    Law dictionary
    Legal terminology textbook
    List of legal abbreviations
    Wex

    References
    1. OCLC 33831602
    2. "Black's Law Dictionary 8th Edition" .
    Westlaw. Retrieved October 18, 2017.
    3. The Windows Phone application
    4. [1]
    5. NCSU Libraries
    6. University of Toronto Library

    External links
    Worldcat listing for all nine editions
    Libraries with the Urdu edition
    Libraries with the Persian edition
    Black's 2nd Edition Online
    *Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition
    (1910) - Archive.org.

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