Dictionary of Legal Terms: A Simplified Guide to the Language of Law - Softcover

Gifis, Steven H.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0764139215 ISBN 13: 9780764139215

Publisher: Barrons Educational Series, 2008

Synopsis

Updated to include new terms such as "civil union" and to incorporate recent changes in laws and judicial interpretations, this handy dictionary cuts through the complexities of legal jargon and presents definitions and explanations that can be understood by non-lawyers. Approximately 2,500 terms are given with definitions and explanations for the benefit of consumers, business proprietors, legal beneficiaries, investors, property owners, litigants, and all others who have dealings with the law. Terms are arranged alphabetically from Abandonment and Abatable Nuisance, all the way through to Writ, Yellow Dog Contract, and Zoning.

About this title

About the Author

Steven H. Gifis is former Associate Professor of Law at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey School of Law, Newark.

From the Inside Flap

Updated with new terms such as  civil union and citing recent changes in laws and judicial interpretations, this handy dictionary cuts through the complexities of legal jargon and gives you definitions and explanations that you can understand. Here s a handy guide to  legalese for consumers, business proprietors, legal beneficiaries, investors, property owners, litigants, and all others who have dealings with the law.

Edition details

• Publisher: Barrons Educational Series
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0764139215
• ISBN 13: 9780764139215
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 592