Black's Law Dictionary or “ Black's Law Dictionary ” (published in the United States in English ) is traditionally considered an authoritative legal dictionary in the field of US law . It was founded by Henry Campbell Black . In many cases examined by the US Supreme Court, he was referred to as a secondary source of law . The latest edition, including brief and pocket-sized versions, is a useful starting point for non-lawyers or students when they come across a completely unfamiliar legal term. This is the preferred reference material for definitions in the case file and court findings.
| Black's Law Dictionary | |
|---|---|
| Black's law dictionary | |
 Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edition | |
| The authors | Black, Henry Campbell , team of authors |
| Original language | English |
| Publisher | West Publishing Co., West Group, Thomson / West |
| Pages | 1810 (8th ed.) |
| ISBN | 0-314-15199-0 |
Content
Dictionary Edition History
The first edition of the dictionary was published in 1891 , and the second in 1910 . In the sixth and all earlier editions of the book, quotes from court cases were cited in relation to the cited term, which some lawyers considered the most useful function of the dictionary. The Internet greatly facilitated the finding of legal information, therefore, in the seventh edition ( 1999 ) of the dictionary, many quotes of court decisions were removed at the state or judicial district level, as well as those that lost their meaning and were canceled. The eighth edition first introduced a system of constantly updated quotes of court decisions and cross-references to legal encyclopedias. In the summer of 2009, the ninth edition of the dictionary was published.
Since many legal terms are derived from the root of the Latin language , the dictionary provides rules for the pronunciation of such terms. In addition, transcription is provided in the relevant dictionary entries.
To date, nine editions of the dictionary have been published:
- Black's Law Dictionary, 1st ed. - St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 1891. - 1253 p.
- Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd ed. - St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 1910. - 1314 p.
- Black's Law Dictionary, 3rd ed. - St. Paul: "West Publishing Co.", 1933. - 1944 p.
- Black's Law Dictionary, 4th ed. - St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 1951. - 1882 p.
- Black's Law Dictionary, 5th ed. Joseph R. Nolan, ed., Michael J. Connolly, ed. - St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 1979. - 1511 p. ISBN 0-8299-2041-2 .
- Black's Law Dictionary, 6th ed. Joseph R. Nolan, ed. - St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 1990. - 1657 p. ISBN 0-314-77165-4 .
- Black's Law Dictionary, 7th ed. Bryan A. Garner , ed. - St. Paul: "West Group", 1999. - 1738 p. ISBN 0-314-22864-0 .
- Black's Law Dictionary, 8th ed. Bryan A. Garner, ed. - St. Paul: Thomson / West, 2004. - 1810 p. ISBN 0-314-15199-0 .
- Black's Law Dictionary, 9th ed. Bryan A. Garner, ed. - St. Paul: West Group, 2009. ISBN 0-314-19949-7
Almost every edition of the dictionary in a few years comes its abridged version.
Online Version
The online version of the latest edition of the dictionary is available through the Westlaw paid legal information service, and as of the end of 2006, the West Academic publishing house has published an electronic version of the 8th edition of Black's Law Dictionary (ISBN 9780314176103) , which includes a search option from Microsoft Word , Mozilla Firefox, and Internet Explorer .
The second edition of the Black's Law Dictionary of 1910 [1] is now in the public domain . The first ( 1891 ) and second edition were reprinted in a reprint manner by the Law Book Exchange ( ISBN 0-9630106-0-3 and ISBN 1-886363-10-2 , respectively).
As of 2009, the second edition is available as Apple iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad apps. [2] Other mobile phone applications include BlackBerry [3] and Android . [four]
In other languages
The dictionary has also been translated into several other languages:
- Āqāʼī, Bahman. Farhang-i ḥuqūqī-i Bahman: Ingilīsī-Fārsī: bar asās-i Black's law dictionary (1999) [5] ( Farsi )
- Muqtadirah-yi Qaumī Zabān. Qānūnī, Angrezī-Urdu lug̲h̲at: Blaiks lāʼ dikshanarī se māk̲h̲ūz (Based on Black's law dictionary) / nigrān, Fatiḥ Muḥammad Malik (2002) [6] ( Urdu ) ISBN 9694740843
See also
- Vocabulary
- Online dictionary
- Law Dictionary
Notes
- ↑ Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Edition Online
- ↑ The iPhone application
- ↑ BlackBerry (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment January 11, 2012. Archived March 26, 2012.
- ↑ Android (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment January 11, 2012. Archived December 28, 2011.
- ↑ NCSU Libraries
- ↑ University of Toronto Library