Ballentine's Law Dictionary: Legal Assistant Edition [Paperback]

Jack Handler (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 20, 1993 | ISBN-10: 0827348746 | ISBN-13: 978-0827348745 | Edition: 1

This up-to-date and authoritative dictionary has over 10,000 definitions of over 5,000 terms with phonetic pronunciations. Includes key words, phrases, major U.S. Supreme Court Cases, legal rules, and Acts of Congress and ethics by NALA and NFPA.

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Of all the confusing jargons of the world, legalese takes the cake. But you no longer need pay $200 an hour just to understand the subtleties of liquidated claims, percentage leases, blockage rules, and confiscatory rate orders. Ballentine's defines more than 5,000 legal terms, and provides phonetic pronunciations, major Supreme Court cases, legal rules, and pertinent acts of Congress, making the dictionary a boon to legal assistants, law students, and the ordinary citizen, hereinafter known as you, who'd like to be able to read a contract, understand it, and not get a headache.

Product Details

• Paperback: 640 pages
• Publisher: Delmar Cengage Learning; 1 edition (October 20, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0827348746
• ISBN-13: 978-0827348745
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #690,300 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #72 in Books > Law > Dictionaries & Terminology

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just starting with law terminology, October 25, 2005

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I just entered school for legal assisting and this book is coming in handy to complete some of the definitions we are learning. I am glad I got this book. I will certainly come back to this website for future items. Thanks for your interest in my review.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ballentine's Law Dictionary: Legal Assistant Edition, October 22, 2005

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Excellent book and easy to use. Very satisfied.

5.0 out of 5 stars great helps book, September 18, 2010

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This review is from: Ballentine's Law Dictionary: Legal Assistant Edition (Paperback)

have saved much money on lawyers by reading this book. great!!! also helps me to understand what the lawyers are talking about..