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A law dictionary containing definitions of the terms and phrases of American and English jurisprudence, ancient and modern

and including the principal terms of international, constitutional, ecclesiastical, and commercial law, and medical jurisprudence, with a collection of legal maxims, numerous select titles from the Roman, modern civil, Scotch, French, Spanish, and Mexican law, and other foreign systems, and a table of abbreviations (Google eBook). Also known as "Black's Law Dictionary" this is a free copy of the 1910 edition.

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Black's Law Dictionary, 1891 First Edition

A free ebook, 1891 First Edition. "A dictionary of law : containing definitions of the terms and phrases of American and English jurisprudence, ancient and modern; including the principal terms of international, constitutional, and commercial law; with a collection of legal maxims and numerous select titles from the civil law and other foreign systems."

Black's Law Dictionary, 1910 Second Edition

A free ebook, 1910, Second Edition. "A Law Dictionary: Containing Definitions of the Terms and Phrases of American and English Jurisprudence, Ancient and Modern : and Including the Principal Terms of International, Constitutional, Ecclesiastical and Commercial Law, and Medical Jurisprudence, with a Collection of Legal Maxims, Numerous Select Titles from the Roman, Modern Civil, Scotch, French, Spanish, and Mexican Law, and Other Foreign Systems, and a Table of Abbreviations."

Blacks Law Dictionary, First and Second Editions

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Bob's Genealogy Filing Cabinet - Colonial & Southern Genealogies

Interpreting Colonial Records: Legal and Other Helpful Hints (For Genealogists Researching Virginia and the Southern Colonies).

Bouvier Law Dictionary

A Law Dictionary Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States of America and of the Several States of the American Union, by John Bouvier, Revised Sixth Edition, 1856.

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Third revision, eighth edition, 1914.

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The Law of Baron and Femme, of Parent and Child, of Guardian and Ward, of Master and Servant, and of the Powers of Courts of Chancery

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The Law of Baron and Femme: Women, Indians, and Patriarchal Guardianship

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