Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of LawCall Number: UCF Main General Collection -- KF156 .M47 1996
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A convenient, comprehensive guide to the language of law for everyone from the homeowner to the legal professional. * Includes more than 10,000 legal words and phrases. * Updated entries taken from recent events that propelled legal terms into our daily lives: * From the financial meltdown--credit default swap, subprime, systemic risk, credit rating agency, moral hazard * From the world of computers and the Internet--cyberbullying, identity fraud, malware, phishing * From crime--Amber alert, community policing, person of interest * Includes pronunciations, example phrases and quotations, and frequent supplementary notes. * Special sections on the judicial system, important legal cases, government agencies, and historic laws.