What dictionary is used in Australian law?

the Macquarie Dictionary
The standard English dictionary used by Australian courts and government departments is the Macquarie Dictionary.

What is the best legal dictionary in Australia?

The Encyclopaedic Australian Legal Dictionary database contains about 20,000 terms and is the first genuinely comprehensive Australian legal dictionary. Definitions are presented in an Australian context and supported by Australian legislative and judicial authority, wherever it exists.

Which legal dictionary is best?

Black’s Law Dictionary is the most frequently used U.S. legal dictionary. It is available in print, on Westlaw (database: BLACKS) and as an iPhone app .

Is there a legal dictionary?

A legal dictionary contains the definitions of legal terms taken from a variety of sources. They are the first place you should look when you do not understand what a legal term means. The two most commonly used legal dictionaries are Black’s Law Dictionary and Ballentine’s Law Dictionary.

What dictionary does the Supreme Court Follow?

The Supreme Court has referred to dictionaries in its opinions over 664 times. In recent years, almost every major case and many minor ones find the justices, or their clerks, thumbing through Webster’s Third or the Oxford English Dictionary.

How do you cite online dictionary Aglc?

Dictionary Title ( Edition Number ed, Publication Year ) ‘ Entry Title ‘ (def Definition Number ). Online: Dictionary Title (online at Date of Retrieval ) ‘ Entry Title ‘ (def Definition Number ).

Where can I get legal definitions?

Free Online Legal Dictionaries

  • Wex. Legal Information Institute, Cornell University Law School.
  • Findlaw Legal Dictionary. Thomson Reuters.
  • Law.com Dictionary.
  • Nolo’s Free Dictionary of Law Terms and Legal Definitions.
  • Legal Dictionary.
  • Merriam-Webster’s Law Dictionary.
  • Legal Dictionary.
  • Legal Dictionaries.

What are the words on the Supreme Court?

“EQUAL JUSTICE UNDER LAW” – These words, written above the main entrance to the Supreme Court Building, express the ultimate responsibility of the Supreme Court of the United States.

What is Nolo dictionary?

Primary tabs. Found almost exclusively in the legal term nolo contendere, nolo means “I do not want” or “I do not wish” or “or I choose not” in Latin. [Last updated in July of 2020 by the Wex Definitions Team]