Random House Webster's Legal Spell Checker - Hardcover

Clapp, James E.

 
9780375401558: Random House Webster's Legal Spell Checker

Synopsis

Provides the correct spelling for over 40,000 legal words and phrases

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About the Author

<b>James E. Clapp</b>, a former member of the Board of Editors of the <i>Columbia Law Review</i> and a Harlan Stone Fiske Scholar, has done professional legal work for a number of firms and has written briefs for cases brought before the U.S. Supreme Court.

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comprehensive, the <b>Random House Webster's Legal Spell Checker</b> is sure to enhance the professional skills necessary for lawyers, legal secretaries, paralegals, law and prelaw students, educators and anyone else who produces documents with legal content.<br><br>This invaluable reference includes:<br>Terms for all subfields of law -- from <i>maritime law</i> and <i>legal philosophy</i> to <i>criminal procedure</i> and <i>environmental law</i><br>Well-known legal terms -- <i>indict</i>, <i>hereinafter</i> and <i>judgment</i><br>Distinctions between confusingly similar terms: <i>endorse</i> and <i>indorse</i>, <i>parol</i> and <i>parole</i><br>Law French terms -- <i>cestui que trust</i> and <i>prochein ami</i><br>Latin legal terms -- <i>habeas corpus</i> and <i>particeps criminis</i><br>Terms for English common law of property: <i>curtesy</i> and <i>enfeoffment</i><b

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