This new edition of Garner's Dictionary of Legal Usage (previously A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage) marshals and analyses the modern legal vocabulary more thoroughly than any other contemporary reference work can claim to do.
Since the first edition, Bryan A. Garner has drawn on his unrivalled experience as a legal editor to refine his positions on legal usage and to add a wealth of new material. The new Third Edition remains indispensable by:-
Common blunders are discussed in ways that will discourage writers from any further use. The origins of frequently used expressions are described with engaging prose. Collectively, there is no better resource for approaching legal writing in a logical, clear, and error-free way.