Law Dictionary: Use of Students and the Legal Profession (Classic Reprint)

Law Dictionary: Use of Students and the Legal Profession helps you understand legal terms quickly and clearly.This reference work presents terms and concepts drawn from historical legal sources. It emphasizes how words like legacy, legitimacy, and legal memory have been treated in early English and common law, with notes on how such ideas were used in cases and statutes. The edition aims to aid students and practicing lawyers by outlining basic meanings, relationships between terms, and the way legal language has evolved. Clear definitions of core terms such as legacies, legitimacy, and related duties. Explanations of how legal terms connect to real estate, personal property, and inheritance concepts. Notes on how courts view vesting, contingency, and payment timing in wills and legacies. Guidance on using abbreviations and referencing historic sources in the law.Ideal for readers who want a practical, historical reference to legal terms and their usage in classical and early American law. Read more