Black's Law Dictionary
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Black's Law Dictionary [BLD] is the most frequently used
History
The first edition was published in 1891 by
The sixth and earlier editions of the book additionally provided case citations for the term cited, which was viewed by lawyers as its most useful feature, providing a useful starting point with leading cases. The invention of the Internet made legal research easier therefore many state- or circuit-specific case citations and outdated or overruled case citations were omitted from the seventh edition in 1999. The eighth edition introduced a unique system of perpetually updated case citations and cross-references to legal encyclopedias. The current edition is the eleventh, published in 2019.[3]
As many legal terms are derived from a
Availability
An online version of the tenth edition can be accessed through the paid Westlaw legal information service, and is available as an application for iOS devices.[5]
The second edition of Black's Law Dictionary, published in 1910, is now in the public domain and is widely reproduced online. References to case law are out-of-date, and that edition of the dictionary omits legal terms that have since come into use and does not reflect contemporary changes in how legal terms are used.[6]
Bibliography
- Black's Law Dictionary 11th ed. (ISBN 978-1-5392-2975-9
- Black's Law Dictionary 10th ed. (West Group, 2014), ISBN 978-0-314-61300-4
- Black's Law Dictionary 9th ed. (West Group, 2009), ISBN 0-314-19949-7
- Black's Law Dictionary 8th ed. (West Group, 2004), ISBN 0-314-15199-0
- Black's Law Dictionary 7th ed. (West Group, 1999), ISBN 0-314-22864-0
- Black's Law Dictionary 6th ed. (West Publishing, 1990) ISBN 90-6544-631-1
- Black's Law Dictionary 5th ed. (West Publishing, 1979) ISBN 0-8299-2041-2
- Black's Law Dictionary Revised 4th ed. (St. Paul: West, 1968)
- Black's Law Dictionary 4th ed. (St. Paul: West, 1951)
- Black's Law Dictionary 3rd ed. (West Publishing Co., 1933) (the first edition after Henry C. Black's death)
- A Law Dictionary 2nd ed. (St. Paul, Minn.: West Publishing, 1910) )
- A Dictionary of Law 1st ed. (St. Paul, Minn.: West Publishing, 1891) ISBN 0-9630106-0-3
Pocket editions
- Black's Law Dictionary 6th pocket ed. (West Group, 2021), ISBN 9781731931610
- Black's Law Dictionary 5th pocket ed. (West Group, 2016), ISBN 0-314-84489-9
- Black's Law Dictionary 4th pocket ed. (West Group, 2011), ISBN 0-314-27544-4
- Black's Law Dictionary 3rd pocket ed. (West Group, 2006), ISBN 0-314-15862-6
- Black's Law Dictionary 2nd pocket ed. (West Group, 2001), ISBN 0-314-25791-8
- Black's Law Dictionary 1st pocket ed. (West Group, 1996), ISBN 0-314-06690-X
Non-English editions
- Blackův právnický slovník. Complete translation of 6th edition into Czech. Victoria Publishing, Prague, 1993. ISBN 80-85605-23-6.
- Āqāʼī, Bahman. Farhang-i ḥuqūqī-i Bahman: Ingilīsī-Fārsī: bar asās-i Black's law dictionary (1999)[7] (in Fārsī)
- Muqtadirah-yi Qaumī Zabān. Qānūnī, Angrezī-Urdu lug̲h̲at: Blaiks lāʼ dikshanarī se māk̲h̲ūz (Based on Black's law dictionary) / nigrān, Fatiḥ Muḥammad Malik (2002)ISBN 969-474-084-3. (in Urdu)
See also
References
- ^ "Yale Law School Lillian Goldman Law Library". Archived from the original on 2020-11-24. Retrieved 2022-10-16.
- OCLC 33831602
- ^ "Black's Law Dictionary".
- ^ Macleod, P. R. (1997). Latin in legal writing: an inquiry into the use of Latin in the modern legal world. BCL Rev., 39, 235.
- ^ "Black's Law Dictionary App". Westlaw. Thomson Reuters. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
- ^ Whisner, Mary (20 February 2009). "Dictionaries Make Strange Bedfellows". Language of the Law: 93–108.
- ^ NCSU Libraries
- ^ "University of Toronto Library". Archived from the original on 2012-01-12. Retrieved 2011-10-25.