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|link        = [http://www.familylaw.lss.bc.ca/resources/definitions.php family law terms]}}This section offers my own plain-language definitions of common legal words and phrases.  
{{JP Boyd on Family Law TOC}} This section offers my own plain-language definitions of common legal words and phrases.  


For more complete, more precise definitions you might want to have a look at ''Black's Law Dictionary'', an American reference book published by Thomson West, or at Barron's ''Canadian Law Dictionary''. Many public libraries will carry one or both of these dictionaries. The websites of the provincial [http://www.bclaws.ca/glossary.html Queen's Printer] and the [http://www.familylaw.lss.bc.ca/resources/definitions.php Legal Services Society] also feature helpful definitions.
For more complete, more precise definitions you might want to have a look at ''Black's Law Dictionary'', an American reference book published by Thomson West, or at Barron's ''Canadian Law Dictionary''. Many public libraries will carry one or both of these dictionaries. The websites of the provincial [http://www.bclaws.ca/glossary.html Queen's Printer] and the [http://www.familylaw.lss.bc.ca/resources/definitions.php Legal Services Society] also feature helpful definitions.