Law Dictionaries and Words & Phrases

Law dictionaries and Words & Phrases sets are useful for determining the meaning of a particular word or phrase. Words and phrases sources allow you to see whether the meaning of a word or phrase has been judicially interpreted in case law.

Dictionary of Canadian Law, 4th ed by Daphne A Dukelow
Call Number: Learning Commons & Reference Room (level 2): KE183 .D83 2011
Barron's Canadian Law Dictionary, 6th ed by John A Yogis & Catherine Cotter
Call Number: Learning Commons (level 2): KE183.Y63 2009

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Words & Phrases Judicially Defined in Canadian Courts and Tribunals by Carswell
Call Number: LAW LIBRARY reference room (level 2): KE183 .W674 1993

online: Westlaw Edge Canada .
Sanagan's Encyclopedia of Words and Phrases, Legal Maxims by Thomson/Carswell
Call Number: LAW LIBRARY reference room (level 2): KE183 .E53 2005