Westlaw

Westlaw
n.
A privately owned online legal research system that provides access to reported decisions, federal and state statutes, law review articles, and many other materials; see also LexisNexis

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.


Westlaw
one of the world's biggest online legal research tools. Originally a leader in the USA, Westlaw UK now provides an increasing service to the English and Scots jurisdictions.

Collins dictionary of law. . 2001.


Westlaw
n. An online legal research service for legal and law-related materials and services, including searches of United States and international legal materials, federal and state statutes, and legal periodicals; maintained by the West Group of Thomson Learning, Inc.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary. . 2000.

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