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A dictionary of English legal terminology, including Latin phrases, maxims, procedural terms, and domain-specific jargon from criminal law, contracts, torts, property, evidence, corporate law, family law, probate, intellectual property, immigration, and constitutional law. Each entry includes a plain English translation or definition.

Format

A data frame with 349 rows and 4 variables.

Source

Wikipedia; Black's Law Dictionary

Variables

  • form. the legal term or phrase

  • replacement. plain English equivalent or definition

  • category. legal domain (latin_maxim, latin_phrase, procedural, criminal_law, tort, contract, evidence, property, fiduciary, corporate, ip, probate, family_law, immigration, constitutional)

  • source. data source attribution