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BURTON'S IS GUILTY...OF BEING THE BEST LEGAL THESAURUS ON THE MARKET!
8,000 legal terms, synonyms, definitions, and parts of speech - now fully updated and revised

"Prepared by lawyers, comprehensive, up-to-date, easy to use."
-American Bar Association Journal

After twenty-five years as the standard-bearer of legal terminology, Burton's Legal Thesaurus continues to be an essential reference tool. In law, precision and accuracy is vital. This fourth edition contains more entries than ever before, including cutting-edge terms unique to today's legal profession. This new edition is an indispensable reference source for:

• Partners, Associates, Attorneys and judges, who will appreciate the timeliness of the 1,000-plus new entries
• Law school students seeking to use a more specific word or recall a word forgotten
• Journalists and scholars looking for the right word to fit the thought

PRAISE FOR PREVIOUS EDITIONS

"A tool to strengthen the lawyer's vocabulary and improve the precision of legal writing."
-Maryland Bar Journal

"Given the popularity of plain language laws, the Legal Thesaurus could be just the book to own."
-United States Law Week

"The legal profession should find this volume valuable in using the exact word to convey the meaning intended."
-New York State Bar Journal

"It is through the use of such a tool as the Legal Thesaurus that one may find the precise term to fit the nuances of a particular situation."
-William O. Douglas Justice, U.S. Supreme Court, 1939-1975

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #189169 in Books
• Published on: 2006-12-11
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: .4 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 1040 pages

From Booklist
This twentieth-anniversary edition of a standard source adds more than 1,000 terms relating to electronic commerce, intellectual property, and other recent developments.

Ingram
The "Lawyer's Roget"--described by the "American Bar Association Journal" as "comprehensive, up-to-date, easy to use"--is now available in an updated, enhanced, and augmented third edition.

Book Info
Most authoritative and comprehensive work of its kind including new entries on electronic commerce, intellectual property, bioethics, plus other cutting edge legal issues. Softcover. DLC: Law--U.S.--Terminology.