The 12th edition of Black’s Law Dictionary is the new standard — the most comprehensive English-language law dictionary ever compiled, with more than 70,000 entries containing precise definitions and more than 4,800 scholarly and judicial quotations on legal terminology. Every page has been supplemented and revised. There’s a good reason why Black’s is the dictionary of record in American law and renowned worldwide: it’s the most extensive, accurate, clearly drafted, and authoritative dictionary ever written for the legal profession and for anyone else needing legal definitions. When you use this dictionary, you’re using a trusted and respected resource. While Black’s originated in 1891, you’ll immediately see why it flourishes today and why it has continued as the benchmark reference book. This new edition keeps the dictionary timely and updated, but at the same time deepens the historical scholarship. Under the chief editorship of Bryan A. Garner, our expert editors and contributors have captured the most current terminology and definitions. With this indispensable tool, busy legal writers can quickly grasp the essence of an unfamiliar term and stay current on their legal knowledge. Read more

Not sure about the meaning of “curtilage?” Want to find out what “pro hac vice” entails? The perfect study aid for law students and the ideal quick reference for legal professionals, this up-to-date, comprehensive 3-panel (6-page) guide provides the most commonly used legal terms―complete with fluff-free definitions―in an easy-to-read A-to-Z format. Including such need-to-know terms as, affidavit, defendant ,estoppel, juvenile, quid pro quo, res ipsa loquitur, zoning, and more, this guide proves beyond a reasonable doubt why QuickStudy is America’s #1 legal reference chart! Read more

A convenient, comprehensive guide to the language of law for everyone from the homeowner to the legal professional.This easy-to-understand guide defines more than 10,000 legal words and phrases with clear definitions written in common terminology.Many updated entries come from recent events that propelled legal terms into our daily lives, from the financial meltdown to the growth of the InternetEach entry includes definitions, pronunciations, example phrases and quotations, and frequent supplementary notesFeatures helpful information and special sections on the judicial system, important legal cases, government agencies, and historic laws Read more

Black’s Law Dictionary, Pocket Edition is the top-selling paperback law dictionary for good reason. With more than 21,000 definitions from the industry-standard Black’s Law Dictionary 11th, it is an essential reference tool for legal terms in a compact format. The terms that matter most―with clear and concise definitions―are included from the legal dictionary that judges and lawyers cite more than any other. This is a must-have resource for law students, journalists, lawyers, and anyone interested in knowing the precise meaning of legal terms. Read more

Barron’s Dictionary of Legal Terms includes over 2,500 terms in clear, easy-to-understand English and translates “legalese” for the layperson. This updated edition includes new terms to incorporate recent changes in laws and judicial interpretations. This pocket-sized guide is an ideal book for quick reference or to learn more about the law. It includes:More than 2,500 legal termsJargon-free definitions and explanationsHundreds of examples to illustrate the definitionsThis compact guide cuts through the complexities and is ideal for consumers, business proprietors, legal beneficiaries, investors, property owners, litigants, and all others who have dealings with the law. Read more

A perennial Amazon #1 Best Seller! Updated for the February 2025 California Bar Exam, with general law applicable to all 50 states, augmented with California law as annotated. “This book was recommended by my Law School’s Dean. This is a must-have book with precise substantive law for your Bar review.” YT N, July 30, 2021“Best investment I've ever made, I failed my first bar exam and could not have passed without this book!”Julie T, Esq, May 8, 2021“I passed, first try, without these rules I would have definitely failed.” Caroline C, Esq, January 24, 2021“Ed’s book is all you need for the rules for California Bar Essays.” Dan A, Esq, February 25, 2021The Bar Examination is widely known as one of the most difficult examinations on the planet. The exam requires Bar Candidates to memorize massive quantities of law, frequently written by some of the the world's best authors - the Justices of the United States Supreme Court. And as you learned in 1L, mining the rule of law from complex Supreme Court decisions is no easy feat. Enter Bar Exam Essay Rules, a concise, all-encompassing reference to the rules required for passing the Bar Exam, as tested in California. Sorted by essay topic, this book balances the need between listing all required elements and keeping it short and simple, with one goal in mind - compiling all of the necessary rules in a format that is easy to read, easy to remember, and easy to recall during the California Bar Exam.Revised for 2025, this book includes chapters detailing all three sections of the California Bar Exam, proven exam preparation advice, as well as Quicklists for all 13 subjects - critical to ensuring no issue is left uncovered. This book forms the backbone of the wildly popular No Bull Bar Prep Big-Box alternative program, proven to show you can pass the exam without spending your life's savings. See www.nobullbarprep.com for more information. For UBE and non-California test takers, while this book will cover most sections of your exam, you will need to augment with subjects such as Secure Transactions and Family Law. Read more

Black's Law Dictionary – 1st Edition: Volume 1 of 2.By Henry Campbell Black, 1891.Studying law on a budget? Looking for a copy to mark, scribble, and highlight? This version of Henry Black's Law Dictionary is for you!This book is Volume 1 of 2. To complete the set, please see Volume 2 of 2 (ISBN: 9798852346216).The world-renowned dictionary is now available in an affordable softcover format! This historical edition of A Law Dictionary Adapted to the Constitution..., commonly known as "Black's Law Dictionary," is Henry Black's first legal dictionary — originally published in the year 1891. With a collection of Latin maxims throughout, and a complete list of references relevant to its time, this book is a valuable asset for law students and long-time experts of the legal profession alike!This book is a facsimile of the original manuscript and has been improved for better readability. Read more

Law for Teens Step by Step - Legal Concepts for Aspiring Lawyers and Attorneys is the ultimate guide for teens curious about the legal system, passionate about justice, and dreaming of becoming lawyers or attorneys. Written with a clear and engaging style, this book breaks down complex legal concepts into easy-to-understand lessons, making law accessible and exciting for young readers.Whether you're planning a career in law or simply want to know more about the rights and responsibilities you have in everyday life, Law for Teens Step by Step delivers insights into how the legal system shapes society and impacts your life. This isn't just a textbook filled with legal jargon—it's a relatable, practical handbook that connects law to the issues teens face today, from understanding their rights on social media to navigating employment laws as a working student.Why This Book?A Unique Approach to Learning Law: This book is written specifically for teens, breaking down complex legal concepts into bite-sized, digestible chapters. Whether it’s understanding criminal law, civil law, constitutional rights, or contract law, you'll get the clarity you need to grasp important ideas.Real-Life Examples Teens Can Relate To: Learn through real-world scenarios that you may encounter, like knowing your rights at school, understanding online privacy laws, or what happens when you get your first job.Empowerment Through Knowledge: Knowing your legal rights and responsibilities as a teenager is incredibly empowering. From cyber law to family law, you'll gain practical knowledge that applies to your everyday life.Step-by-Step Learning Path: We take you from the foundational principles of law—such as how the court system works and the different types of laws—to more advanced topics like mock trials and preparing for a career in law.What You’ll Learn Inside the Pages:How the Legal System Works: Get a comprehensive look at how laws are made, what courts do, and the different types of laws that affect your daily life—like criminal, civil, and constitutional law.Your Rights as a Teen: From First Amendment rights to your rights in the workforce, this book covers legal knowledge that every teen should understand.Criminal Law, Civil Disputes, and Court Procedures: Learn the difference between felonies and misdemeanors, how civil disputes are resolved, and what to expect during a trial—whether in a courtroom or a mock trial setting.Navigating Contracts and Consumer Protection: Contracts are everywhere, from phone plans to social media agreements.Digital Law and Cybersecurity: Explore topics relevant to today’s teens, like social media free speech, cyberbullying, hacking laws, and online privacy rights.The Path to Becoming a Lawyer: This book provides tips on how to prepare for law school, participate in mock trials, and find internships that will set you on the path to becoming a lawyer.Perfect for Future Legal Eagles!Law for Teens Step by Step is an ideal resource for teens who are thinking about studying law, or simply want a better understanding of how the law influences their lives. It’s also a fantastic tool for teachers, parents, and counselors who want to give teens a head start on understanding the legal world.Keywords: law for teens, teen law guide, aspiring lawyers, legal concepts for students, understanding the legal system, teen rights, criminal law for teens, civil law for teens, career in law, preparing for law school, legal knowledge for teens, contracts for teens, becoming a lawyer, juvenile law, teen rights and responsibilities, legal system for beginners, family law for teens Read more

"Master Legal Vocabulary & Terminology- Legal Vocabulary In Use: Contracts, Prepositions, Phrasal Verbs + 425 Expert Legal Documents & Templates", provides a structured framework under which law students, lawyers and other law professionals can significantly improve their knowledge of legal vocabulary and terminology. You will be taken through the main vocabulary and grammar structures in commercial contracts and allowed to practise them through highly targeted vocabulary and grammar activities, which aim to develop, not only your lexical and grammatical skills, but also your confidence and overall competence within international legal settings. Towards the end of the book you will find a short glossary with all the main terms of contract law and legal vocabulary in English, together with a phrasal verb mini-dictionary which includes definitions and exercises to perfect your mastery of this area of English. Finally, the last section of this book, contains an amazing selection of 425 legal templates to guide you through drafting contracts, letters, affidavits and many many other documents. It will be an invaluable resource for your studies and career in the legal arena. Read more

UPDATED JANUARY OF 2024 with the newest FACT ACT provisions.A simple but comprehensive revision of the Fair Credit Reporting Act updated in January of 2024 for quick reference. Beautiful high end pages make it great for sitting on a desk or coffee table while being convenient to tuck into your briefcase. Now also available in hard cover.INCLUDES:DefinitionsNoticesLegislative HistoryQuick Reference Contents TableAmendmentsEffective DatesFEATURES:Premium Soft Cover94 pagesHigh Quality Interior StockThe FCRA (Title VI of the Consumer Credit Protection Act) protects information collected by consumer reporting agencies such as credit bureaus, medical information companies and tenant screening services. Information in a consumer report cannot be provided to anyone who does not have a purpose specified in the Act. Companies that provide information to consumer reporting agencies also have specific legal obligations, including the duty to investigate disputed information. In addition, users of the information for credit, insurance, or employment purposes must notify the consumer when an adverse action is taken on the basis of such reports. The Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act added many provisions to this Act primarily relating to record accuracy and identity theft. The Dodd-Frank Act transferred to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau most of the rulemaking responsibilities added to this Act by the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act and the Credit CARD Act, but the FTC retains all its enforcement authority. Read more

Black's Law Dictionary – 1st Edition: Volume 2 of 2.By Henry Campbell Black, 1891.Studying law on a budget? Looking for a copy to mark, scribble, and highlight? This version of Henry Black's Law Dictionary is for you!This book is Volume 2 of 2. To complete the set, please see Volume 1 of 2 (ISBN: 9798852430434).The world-renowned dictionary is now available in an affordable softcover format! This historical edition of A Law Dictionary Adapted to the Constitution..., commonly known as "Black's Law Dictionary," is Henry Black's first legal dictionary — originally published in the year 1891. With a collection of Latin maxims throughout, and a complete list of references relevant to its time, this book is a valuable asset for law students and long-time experts of the legal profession alike!This book is a facsimile of the original manuscript and has been improved for better readability. Read more

The book takes readers on a journey from understanding the problem of felony convictions as a modern form of systemic oppression, through strategies for personal success, to a call for collective action and societal change. It maintains a raw, authentic voice throughout, blending street wisdom with factual information and practical advice.The conclusion wraps up the book's main themes, emphasizing resilience, continuous learning, success as a form of resistance, community support, and the potential for systemic change. It ends with a powerful call to action, encouraging readers to see themselves as part of a larger movement for justice and equality. Read more

A perennial Amazon #1 Best Seller! Under revision, expect new edition in August of 2023.“This book was recommended by my Law School’s Dean. This is a must-have book with precise substantive law for your Bar review.” YT N, July 30, 2021“Best investment I've ever made, I failed my first bar exam and could not have passed without this book!”Julie T, Esq, May 8, 2021“I passed, first try, without these rules I would have definitely failed.” Caroline C, Esq, January 24, 2021“Ed’s book is all you need for the rules you NEED for California Bar Essays.” Dan A, Esq, February 25, 2021The California Bar Examination is widely known as one of the most difficult examinations on the planet. The exam requires Bar Candidates to memorize massive quantities of law, frequently written by some of the the world's best authors - the Justices of the United States Supreme Court. And as you learned in 1L, mining the rule of law from complex Supreme Court decisions is no easy feat. Enter California Bar Exam Essay Rules 2022, a concise, all-encompassing reference to the rules required for passing the California Bar Exam. Sorted by essay topic, this book balances the need between listing all required elements and keeping it short and simple, with one goal in mind - compiling all of the necessary rules in a format that is easy to read, easy to remember, and easy to recall during the California Bar Exam.Revised for 2022, this book includes chapters detailing all three sections of the California Bar Exam, proven exam preparation advice, as well as Quicklists for all 13 subjects - critical to ensuring no issue is left uncovered. This book forms the backbone of the No Bull Bar Prep Big-Box alternative program, proven to show you can pass the exam without spending your life's savings. See www.nobullbarprep.com for more information. Read more

Life has become an endless series of contracts—this is the manual. There’s no reason to risk your hard-earned money signing a contract you don’t understand. With Contracts: The Essential Business Desk Reference, you get easy-to-understand explanations for every common contract term. In no time, you’ll grasp mysterious concepts like “force majeur,” “indemnity,” and “time is of the essence." Contracts: The Essential Business Desk Reference is more than just an A–Z explanation of over 300 terms. It also includes: common negotiating strategies examples of contract provisions sample contract clauses and entire contracts examples of illegal and dangerous contract clauses what to expect if you or the other side breaks a contract up-to-date explanations of electronic contracts, and tips on amending and modifying agreements. Whether you’re starting a business, signing a lease, hiring a new employee or independent contractor, licensing a concept, selling a boat, or contracting for a new fireplace, Contracts: The Essential Business Desk Reference can help. A must-have for small business owners, entrepreneurs, lawyers, and law students—and anyone else whose success is built around understanding and negotiating agreements. Read more

As with any specialized field, the language and terminology used in the legal profession can be complex and specific. Without a solid grasp of legal terminology, it can be difficult for law students to understand the material they are studying, communicate effectively with their professors and classmates, and ultimately practice law with confidence. Vocabulary for Law Students will increase your ability in these areas with legal words of varying difficulty.Organized with concise definitions and clear legal scenarios, Vocabulary for Law Students provides you with a comprehensive understanding of the most important legal terms and concepts. Whether you're studying for the bar exam, preparing for a career in law, or just want to enhance your legal knowledge, this audiobook is the perfect resource to expand your vocabulary and deepen your understanding of the law.The audiobook is organized into four sections using the initial memorization, recall, and application (IRA) style of vocabulary learning. Within each section are three distinct methods of learning the legal term. First, the introduction of the word definition followed by the word. The second is definition recall, where the vocabulary words will be repeated without definitions. Third is the application portion where a legal scenario is provided and then the answer. Read more

Take the law into your own hands Do you have legal questions at home or work or as part of law-related coursework? Legal Research is the go-to book when you need the right answers fast. You’ll learn simple research methods and standard legal writing styles that will help you quickly and efficiently:locate statutes, regulations, and case lawensure your research is current, andorganize results into a legal memorandum for school, work, or court.Completely modernized for the 20th edition, Legal Research covers both traditional research approaches and techniques for answering legal questions online. The examples and easy-to-understand instructions will help you master essential legal research tools in a snap, including:legal encyclopedias, periodicals, and treatisesannotated and unannotated codes and statutespublished state and federal court casescase digests and Shepard’s Citations, andonline search engines, free legal websites, and blogs.Importantly, you’ll also learn to narrow your results so you won’t drown in an information flood when researching reliable, user-friendly online websites or in the local law library stacks. Read more

Black’s Law Dictionary, Pocket Edition is the top-selling paperback law dictionary for good reason. With more than 19,000 definitions from the industry-standard Black’s Law Dictionary 10th, it is an essential reference tool for legal terms in a compact format. The terms that matter most, with clear and concise definitions, are included, from the legal dictionary that judges and lawyers cite more than any other. Law students, journalists, lawyers, and anyone interested in knowing the precise meaning of legal terms find this a must-have. Read more

Oran's Dictionary of the Law, Fourth Edition, is the easiest to use introduction to legal terminology and concepts on the market. It contains clear definitions of the words that most paralegals, paralegal students, and persons in related fields need to know. The book gives the reader the core of each legal idea and helps them understand the American legal system as well as how to approach research tasks. The book precisely explains contracts, laws, court decisions, and lawyers. It includes an updated section on computerized legal research and overhauled sections on bankruptcy, intellectual property, litigation support, national security and other rapidly changing subject areas. Oran's Dictionary of the Law will leave the reader equipped with a precise, technical, legal vocabulary. Read more

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Legal templates for LLCs (Multi-Member) in CaliforniaComplete documents created and used by attorneysEasy to read for filling-inGive yourself and your loved ones a peace of mind with the Estate Planning & Corporate Legal Templates - CaliforniaNecessary Disclaimer: For many families and individuals, saving on fees from attorneys may be an important consideration. The template(s) provided may cut the drafting costs associated when retaining an attorney. While it is possible to create your own legally binding documents, please always refer to the expertise of a lawyer when faced with questions and uncertainty, especially prior to officiating, signing or notarizing any document that you may not fully comprehend. The templates provided does not, and is not intended to, constitute legal advice nor legal assistance; all content available is for general informational purposes only. Customer’s use of templates is not intended to create, and does not constitute, an attorney-client relationship between Customer and any person or entity connected with the templates provided. Any person or entity connected with the templates provided hereby disclaims any and all responsibility in connection with Customer’s Legal Issues and Customer expressly acknowledges and agrees that it will not seek to hold aforementioned persons or entities responsible therefore. Read more