Reprint of the rare first edition of the classic American law dictionary, now in its seventh edition. Originally published: St. Paul, Minn.: West Publishing, 1891. x, 1253 pp. Contains definitions of the terms and phrases of American and English jurisprudence, ancient and modern (including the principal terms of international, constitutional, and commercial law). There is also a collection of legal maxims, as well as a bibliography of the principal law dictionaries in English and other languages to 1891.