legal terminology textbook
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A legal terminology textbook is a textbook that arranges and defines legal words and phrases in groups and by topic, in contrast with a law dictionary, which arranges and defines legal words and phrases individually and in alphabetical order. Thus, it may be more suitable for a student or other person interested in understanding an array of related legal words and phrases.
Such books published in the United States include the following:
Comprehensive legal terminology textbooks
- [https://archive.today/20130103164711/http://www.bookstore.mcgraw-hill.com/product.php?isbn=0073511846 Legal Terminology Explained] {{ISBN|0073511846}} – in 57 narrative chapters arranged according to a comprehensive outline (Chapter 1, p. 8.), Edward A. Nolfi defines more than 6,000 legal words and phrases. Published as part of the [http://www.mhhe.com/paralegal McGraw-Hill Paralegal series].
Selective legal terminology textbooks
- [http://www.pearsonhighered.com/academic/product/0,3110,0131568043,00.html Legal Terminology] {{ISBN|0131568043}} – in 42 chapters, Gordon W. Brown defines more than 1,500 legal words and phrases.
- [http://www.delmarlearning.com/browse_product_detail.aspx?catid=27417&isbn=1418039802&pc=FPARO037 Legal Terminology With Flashcards] {{ISBN|1418039802}} – in 19 chapters, Cathy J. Okrent defines more than 1,900 legal words and phrases.
- [http://academic.cengage.com/cengage/instructor.do?codeid=86F2&sortby=copy&type=all_radio&courseid=OT28&product_isbn=9780538437226&disciplinenumber=425&codeFlag=false Legal Studies: Terminology and Transcription]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{ISBN|0538437227}} – in 32 chapters, Wanda Roderick-Bolton defines terms "selected from books on legal secretarial training, law books, legal dictionaries, legal documents, and court transcripts" (Preface, p. v.).
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