Mitra's Legal & Commercial Dictionary

Mitra's Legal & Commercial Dictionary is by now the flagship authority in legal vocabulary. The expansion of the horizon of jurisprudence in the English speaking world led by British and American statutes, judicial decisions and legal literature have been captured in all relevant areas while updating this edition with years of hard labour by the present author of eminence. In doing so, the book retains its distinctive character of moorings on the Indian law.

The distinctive feature of the book lies in its scholastic exposition of legal and commercial terms that delves into the bottomless pit of meanings drawn from interpretation clauses in different statutes, judicial pronouncements in various contexts and description in standard treatises of authority. Latin terms and maxims are defined as much as in use, quotations from scholarly publications decorate the treatment and forensic philosophy brilliantly spelt out in this rich and updated lexicon.

Another conspicuous feature of this monumental edition is the group of collateral expressions qualifying or centering around a legal term, exhaustively listed and also indexed for ready reference. A Note in dark shade draws attention of the reader to notable commentaries on critical terms or expressions.

The book will indeed add to the reservoir of knowledge in ever law library and prove an indispensable companion to all lawyers, students and other users.

·     Legal terms, expressions & phrases

·     Coinages in expanding jurisprudence

·     Meanings elucidated by judgments

·     Varied meaning in varying statutes

·     Notes containing notable commentaries

·     Collateral expressions of key words

·     Words added by trade & commerce

·     Latin maxims in circulation

·     British & American usages, etc.