Words and Phrases Legally Defined Sixth edition Mainwork

Why should you buy Words and Phrases Legally Defined Sixth edition Mainwork

Words and Phrases is the most comprehensive and authoritative source which defines virtually every legal term or expression and the evolution of a term's meaning where it has changed. This time-saving resource provides an anthology of selected judicial and statutory definitions gathered under relevant subject headings in alphabetical order.

The definitions comprise extracts from judgments and explanatory editorial notes, covering material from the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada and New Zealand. This new edition includes further selected definitions, revised editorial notes and updated cross references to Halsbury's Laws of England, enabling practitioners, academics and students to have at all times the precise meaning of a particular word or phrase.