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  2. Black's Law Dictionary - Wikipedia

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    978-1-5392-2975-9. Website. Black's Law Dictionary. Black's Law Dictionary [BLD] is the most frequently used legal dictionary in the United States. [1] Henry Campbell Black (1860–1927) was the author of the first two editions of the dictionary.

  3. Bouvier's Law Dictionary - Wikipedia

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    Bouvier's Law Dictionary. Bouvier's Law Dictionary is a set consisting of two or three books with a long tradition in the United States legal community. The first edition was written by John Bouvier . John Bouvier (1787–1851) was born in Codognan, France, [citation needed] but came to the United States at an early age.

  4. Henry Campbell Black - Wikipedia

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    Henry Campbell Black. Henry Campbell Black (October 17, 1860 – March 19, 1927) was the founder of Black's Law Dictionary, the definitive legal dictionary first published in 1891. Born in Ossining, New York, he was also the editor of The Constitutional Review from 1917 until his death in 1927.

  5. Duress in American law - Wikipedia

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    Black's Law Dictionary (6th ed.) defines duress as "any unlawful threat or coercion used... to induce another to act [or not act] in a manner [they] otherwise would not [or would]". Duress is pressure exerted upon a person to coerce that person to perform an act they ordinarily would not perform. The notion of duress must be distinguished both ...

  6. Bryan A. Garner - Wikipedia

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    Bryan Andrew Garner (born November 17, 1958) is an American legal scholar and lexicographer. He has written more than two dozen books about English usage and style [1] such as Garner's Modern English Usage for a general audience, and others for legal professionals. [2] [3] Garner also wrote two books with Justice Antonin Scalia: Making Your ...

  7. Rule against perpetuities - Wikipedia

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    Common law. Black's Law Dictionary defines the rule against perpetuities as "[t]he common-law rule prohibiting a grant of an estate unless the interest must vest, if at all, no later than 21 years (plus a period of gestation to cover a posthumous birth) after the death of some person alive when the interest was created."

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