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Black's Law Dictionary, 8th Edition
Bieber's Dictionary of Legal Abbreviations
Select US LEGAL from right column; the LEGAL REFERENCE for a selection of legal dictionaries.
The Oxford Dictionary of American Legal Quotations
(REF KF159 .S53 1993) Request from Colby Storage
The Oxford Companion to American Law
(KF154 .O96 2002) Colby Miller Stacks
Oran's Dictionary of the Law
(KF156 .O69 2008 Book & DISC) Colby Miller Stacks

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