James Edward Clapp

Compact and comprehensive, theRandom House Webster's Legal Spell Checkeris 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. This invaluable reference includes: Terms for all subfields of law -- frommaritime lawandlegal philosophytocriminal procedureandenvironmental law Well-known legal terms --indict,hereinafterandjudgment Distinctions between confusingly similar terms:endorseandindorse,parolandparole Law French terms --cestui que trustandprochein ami Latin legal terms --habeas corpusandparticeps criminis Terms for English common law of property:curtesyandenfeoffment Terms from new fields of law:cyberfraud

Random House Webster's Legal Spell Checker

Elizabeth G Thornburg

Professor of Psychiatry and Director of Division of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Marc Galanter, MD

Law-related words and phrases abound in our everyday language, often without our being aware of their origins or their particular legal significance: "boilerplate," "jailbait," "pound of flesh," "rainmaker," "the third degree." This insightful and entertaining book reveals the unknown stories behind familiar legal expressions that come from sources as diverse as Shakespeare, vaudeville, and Dr. Seuss. Separate entries for each expression follow no prescribed formula but instead focus on the most interesting, enlightening, and surprising aspects of the words and their evolution. Popular myths and misunderstandings are explored and exploded, and the entries are augmented with historical images and humorous sidebars.Lively and unexpected, "Lawtalk" will draw a diverse array of readers with its abundance of linguistic, legal, historical, and cultural information. Those readers should be forewarned: upon finishing one entry, there is an irresistible temptation to turn to another, and yet another . . .

The Unknown Stories Behind Familiar Legal Expressions

Lawtalk

Jay M. Feinman

A helpful legal reference provides definitions, etymologies, and sample sentences for a wide variety of legal terms and phrases, along with information on such topics as living wills, inheritance, legal ethics, power of attorney, and contracts. Reprint.

James Edward Clapp

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