This massive new edition of Black's Law DictionaU continues the undertaking begun by Henry Campbell Black in 1891: to marshal legal terms to the fullest possible extent and to define them accurately. But more than that, it continues the effort begun with the seventh edition: to follow established lexicographic principles in selecting headwords and in phrasing definitions, to provide easy-to-follow pronunciations, and to raise the level of scholarship through serious research and careful reassessment.

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Preface to the Eighth Edition

Preface to the Seventh Edition

Guide to the Dictionary

List of Abbreviations in Definitions

Dictionary

Appendixes

A. Table of Legal Abbreviations

B. Legal Maxims

C. The Constitution of the United States of America

D. Universal Declaration of Human Rights

E. Time Chart of the United States Supreme Court

E Federal Circuits Map

G. British Regnal Years

H. Bibliography