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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