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Dictionaries and Commentaries

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To peruse in the study of words and terms:

BIBLE DICTIONARIES

Smith's Bible Dictionary, William Smith, 1884

Easton's Bible Dictionary, Matthew George Easton, 1897

Fausset's Bible Dictionary, Andrew Robert Fausset

Hitchcock's Bible Dictionary, Roswell D. Hitchcock, 1874

Anti-Thought-Control Dictionary created by American Christian Ministries


LAW/LEGAL DICTIONARIES

Bouvier's 1856 Law Dictionary

Title Page (14K)
Complete PDF (8M)
Maxims of Law(157K)

Black’s Law Dictionary, 1st Edition, 1891

Black’s Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition, 1910

Blacks Law Dictionary, 4th Edition, 1968

Black’s Law Dictionary, 6th Edition, 1991

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense

WEX Legal Dictionary

GENERAL DICTIONARIES

American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828

The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney, 1895
Volumes 1-8

https://archive.org/details/centurydict01whit
https://archive.org/details/centurydiction02whit
https://archive.org/details/centurydictionar03whit
https://archive.org/details/centurydictionar04whit
https://archive.org/details/centurydictionar05whit
https://archive.org/details/centurydictionar06whit
https://archive.org/details/centurydictiona07whit
https://archive.org/details/centurydictionar08whit

COMMENTARIES

Commentaries on the Laws of England in Four Books, Sir William Blackstone, 1753
Volume 1
Volume 2

OTHER


At THIS LINK you'll find:

Burn, A New Law Dictionary
Williams Law Dictionary
Bouvier Vol 1 A Law Dictionary
Bouvier Vol 2 A Law Dictionary
Holthouse A New Law Dictionary
Scott Military Dictionary
Abbott Vol 1 of 2
Abbott Vol 2 of 2
Rapalje Vol 1 A Dictionary of American and English Law
Rapalje Vol 2 A Dictionary of American and English Law
Bouvier Vol 1
Bouvier Vol 2
Stroud 2 Vol 1
Stroud 2 Vol 2
Stroud 2 Vol 3
Mozley Whiteley Law Dictionary
Stimson Vorhees A Concise Law Dictionary of Words Phrases
Thomson Dictionary of banking
Cahill The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary


A link to numerous dictionaries, to download in PDF format:
http://www.republicsg.info/Dictionaries.asp


Here is a searchable quote site to see how terms of art are used in context:
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/famous_quotes
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