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Maribeth Carter Yarnell, Editor
Information Strategist, Eaglecliff Incorporated

Bouvier Law Dictionary, 1856 http://www.constitution.org/bouv/bouvier.htm This 150 year old source is often quoted both for constitutional and basic common law, but use caution, many areas that have changed: women can now vote, and slavery has since been abolished, are obvious changes; other changes are not so obvious.	Everybody's Legal Dictionary [Nolo] http://www.nolo.com/lawcenter/dictionary/wordindex.cfm	Findlaw's Dictionary http://dictionary.lp.findlaw.com/ desc
Law.com Dictionary http://dictionary.law.com/ The Real Life Dictionary of the Law by Gerald and Kathleen Hill	'Lectric Law Library http://www.lectlaw.com/def.htm Useful indepth explanations and examples, but watch for tongue-in-cheek commentary. If you don't know that it's tongue-in-cheek, it can be confusing.	Legal Definitions http://www.legal-definitions.com/
	Plain Legal Language http://www.plainlanguagenetwork.org/Legal/ Legal Resources: Plain Language and the Law. Plain Language Association International
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