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Garner's Dictionary of Legal Usage Hardcover – January 1, 2011

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This new edition of Garner's Dictionary of Legal Usage marshals and analyses the modern legal vocabulary more thoroughly than any other contemporary reference work can claim to do. Since the first edition, Bryan A. Garner has drawn on his unrivalled experience as a legal editor to refine his positions on legal usage and to add a wealth of new material. The new Third Edition remains indispensable by updating numerous entries, adding dozens of new entries and hundreds of new sections within existing entries; adding hundreds of new illustrative quotations from judicial opinions and leading law books by prominent legal commentators; revising the selected bibliography; and expanding and updating cross-references to guide readers quickly and easily. A new preface introduces the reader to this edition and discusses content that has been newly incorporated. Influential writers and editors rely on DMLU daily. It is an essential resource for practising lawyers, scholars of the law, and libraries of all sizes and types. DMLU functions both as a style guide and as a law dictionary, guiding writers to distinguish between true terms of law and mere jargon and illustrating recommended forms of expression. Common blunders are discussed in ways that will discourage writers from any further use. The origins of frequently used expressions are described with engaging prose. Collectively, there is no better resource for approaching legal writing in a logical, clear, and error-free way.

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Hardcover: 1032 pages
Publisher: OUP USA; 3 edition (2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0195384202
ISBN-13: 978-0195384208
Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 2.1 x 10.3 inches
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Mary L. Abbott

Indispensable for anyone who writes legal documents

Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2016

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This is the most helpful book for legal writing in my collection (I'm a lawyer). I refer to it frequently to be sure I am using the best words for a situation or to provide authority to support my editing wordy legalese out of someone else's document. It's also a fascinating book to just browse through. If you have any interest in making your legal writing clear and persuasive and correct and you're willing to buck hoary tradition a little to produce a document that's not unnecessarily tedious to read, you must have this book.

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Rauch386

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Reviewed in the United States on December 1, 2017

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A brilliantly-written, comprehensive guide to legal writing. Entertaining, on-point content.

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Great book

Reviewed in the United States on December 26, 2019

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Bought this as a gift. It's great.

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Taylor

A most have for any attorney

Reviewed in the United States on December 17, 2012

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Garner's Dictionary of Legal Usage should be in the office of any attorney, law clerk, or judge that is intent on improving his or her writing. This guide has become invaluable in assiting me in making more appropriate word choices in my briefs and e-mails. Garner brings clarity to the often unconsidered and useless conventions we attorneys use in our writing. Garner's Dictionary of American Usage is also a superb text that is useful for a wider audience, but this book is specifically geared to address the most common issues that arise in legal writing. As any lawyer worth his or her salt knows, precise use of the English language is key to being a succesful advocate.

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very useful

Reviewed in the United States on November 5, 2018

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great book!

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