![]() To complete the set, Volume One (A-K) is also available on Apple Books. Dive in and find out why Bouvier's Law Dictionary rivaled Black's - add this impressive and highly useful resource to your Apple Books collection today. A comprehensive dictionary with a wide variety of legal terms including the 6th edition of the Bouvier. Being an exact replica of the antique books, readers will experience old-style fonts and nicely toned vintage pages, with the advantage of a very thorough table of contents that will speedily direct the reader to within 20 pages of any desired entry. law by John Bouvier - from The Internet Public Library. To produce this Apple edition, high quality, sharp, high resolution color scans of the original hardcover books were converted to Apple Books format, and an extensive table of contents was created to enable quick lookup of terms on digital devices. This Apple Edition is the unabridged two-volume "Revised and Greatly Expanded" edition of 1880, including all terms from the 18 editions, and at 1,550 pages, a great deal more. It is known that the 18 editions aided Daniel Webster, Abraham Lincoln, and Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., among others, in their scholarship. Because of it's reputation as an unparalleled resource, John Bouvier's law dictionary has been updated and expanded many times, with each update and expansion adding new terminology to the reference work. O Major terms organize concepts and related terms: e.g.Bouvier's Law Dictionary, along with Black's Law Dictionary, is an essential reference for jurists, scholars, law students and researchers who need a reliable resource for quick lookup of archaic terms. O Clear statement of meanings, context and usage of key terms The labor and skill of one man is frequently used in a partnership, and valued as equal to the capital of another. This name is also given to an appending seal. Dodd and William Blanshard, and published in eight royal octavos. This, the second American, was based upon the seventh English edition, prepared by Sir Henry Gwillim and Messrs. O Robust entries, written in paragraphs rather than sentence fragments A narrow slip of paper or parchment, affixed to a deed or writing hanging at or out of the same. Judge Bouvier’s son-in-law, the whole of the labor, including the copious Index, fell upon the broad shoulders of Judge Bouvier. O 8,500 entries, explaining more than 11,200 words and phrases, far more than Bouvier's original two-volume set with 6,600 entries O Draws on international legal practice, litigation, and teaching experience for the selection of terms O Holds law degrees from Oxford and Columbia Universities, including a doctorate in the science of law ![]() O Widely published by Cambridge, Oxford and other leading presses Authority in General Editor Stephen Sheppard:.O Tens of thousands of quotations make this reference as comprehensive and thought-provoking as the great Abridgments of the Common Law O Demonstrates the great number of sources consulted in writing the definition Every single entry complete with full derivations of the term and quotations that illustrate the use of the word or phrase in legal writing.O Designed for modern use and contemporary issues O Definitions derived from ancient and contemporary sources, with current statutes, regulations, cases, and treatises building on ancient and medieval sources An intuitive structure and thorough cross-referencing makes the first complete revision of this essential dictionary in more than a hundred years accessible and easy to use.įeatures of The Bouvier Law Dictionary Desk Edition: Each entry is written to be understood by the modern student, argued by the modern lawyer, and cited by the modern judge. Every entry comes with the complete derivation of the term and quotations – numbering in the tens of thousands – illustrating its use, making The Bouvier Law Dictionary Desk Edition as comprehensive and thought-provoking as the great Abridgments of the Common Law. 8,500 robust, paragraph-length entries explain more than 11,200 words and phrases, far more than the original two-volume set of 6,600. Building on Bouvier's structure and entries, Professor Sheppard has added thousands of new terms and rewritten many original definitions. Definitions derived from contemporary as well as classic sources give the reference book its depth and authority. Steve Sheppard, with law degrees from Oxford and Columbia Universities, brings his scholarship, international practice, and litigation experience to bear in making the famous text as relevant today as it was when it first broke ground in American law. Derived from the famous 1853 law dictionary used by Daniel Webster, Abraham Lincoln, and Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., The Bouvier Law Dictionary Desk Edition has been brought completely up-to-date by a distinguished and widely-published legal scholar and teacher.
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