Research Guides: Certificate in Law: Intro to Basic Legal Concepts: Legal Terms and Definitions

Overview

Legal scholars and practitioners use a specific vocabulary. Legal dictionaries are one type of tool that can help you decipher legal words and phrases.

Dictionaries of Canadian Law

Barron's Canadian Law Dictionary by John A. Yogis et al.
Call Number: ebook
Publication Date: 2009
Canadian Online Legal Dictionary by Irwin Law
Call Number: ebook
Publication Date: Updated regularly
The Encyclopedic Dictionary of Canadian Law by Kevin McGuiness
Call Number: ebook
Publication Date: 2021
The more than 65,000 main entry definitions provided in this text are taken predominantly from both Canadian case and statute law, and includes important terms from academic disciplines, professions, and the business world that are relevant to legal practice, research and study.
Also available in print: KE183 .M34 2021 LAW (Reference)
Pocket Dictionary of Canadian Law, 6th ed. by Nancy McCormack
Call Number: Ref. KE183 .M33 2023 Law
Publication Date: 2023
Sanagan's Encyclopedia of Words and Phrases, Legal Maxims by Susan Donahue
Call Number: ebook
Publication Date: Updated regularly
An alphabetical listing of words and phrases that have been interpreted in Canadian legal decisions.
Words and Phrases Judicially Defined in Canadian Courts and Tribunals by Rae Blackburn (Editor)
Call Number: ebook
Publication Date: updated regularly
Words & Phrases is an editorially created product that provides researchers with an alphabetical index of judicial interpretations of words and phrases drawn from over 100 years of Canadian court and tribunal decisions.