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Legal Dictionaries

FindLaw legal dictionary

LawGuru.com This Dictionary is based on the 1856 Edition of the Bouviers Law Dictionary. Although the legal dictionary is pretty old, many of the definitions are still proper (since most legal terms in use today were coined well before 1856). This database contains 6,500+ definitions.

The Duhaime's Legal Dictionary
More than 500 definitions from Canadian lawyer LLoyd Duhaime. (This dictionary was previously hosted by the World Wide Legal Information Association.)

The 'Lectric Law Lexicon
Online definitions for over 1000 legal terms

International Law Dictionary
Provides definitions of hundreds of international law terms, with hyperlinks to related websites.

Everybody's Law Dictionary
From Nolo Press. Contains "plain-English definitions for hundreds of legal terms, from the common to the bizarre."

Bouvier's Law Dictionary
An online version of the 1856 edition of this legal reference work.

Real Life Dictionary of the Law
Permits searching of words or phrases. User can also browse the dictionary.

 

Dictionaries

Oxford English Dictionary Online
The Oxford English Dictionary is the world's leading authority on the history and development of the English language since 1150. The OED Online offers quick and easy searching of the text of all 23 volumes.
Only available on the UNC campus or by proxy server with UNC ID #
Instructions on using the proxy server.

Hypertext Webster Interface
An online form that allows you to search across multiple online versions of Webster's Dictionary.

Eurodicautom
Look up words in English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish..

Onelook dictionary
This is a meta-dictionary. Search over three million words from more than 560 dictionaries from a single search box.

742 dictionaries at one time!

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Thesauri, Glossaries, and Acronyms

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Thesaurus

Freeality Internet Search - Glossaries and Acronyms

 

Library Catalogs

WorldCat
Using WorldCat, you can search a large number of libraries with a single search. This database is available on the UNC-CH campus and using the proxy server.

Law Library Catalogs - From the University of Akron Law Library to Yeshiva University/Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

 

Searching Lists and Discussion Groups

Deja.com (now owned by Google) searches Usenet discussion and lists. Frequently someone else has already asked your question and gotten an answer.

 

Specialized Dictionaries

GPO Access's list of terms associated with the legislative process.

Real Estate Dictionary
A collection of real property terms from Sutton Group Select Realty, Inc.

Business Glossary
Corporate and commercial terms compiled by the Washington Post.

Political Dictionary
Definitions of many terms relating to American and international politics.