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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.
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For more complete, more detailed 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 website of the provincial [http://www.bclaws.ca/civix/content/complete/statreg/?xsl=/templates/browse.xsl Queen's Printer] and the [https://familylawfamily.lsslegalaid.bc.ca/glossary Legal Services SocietyAid BC] also feature features a helpful glossariesglossary.
Many of the terms in this section have Latin roots. These terms also make appearances in ''Black's Law Dictionary'' and the ''Canadian Law Dictionary'', and Wikipedia offers a helpful and fairly complete [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Latin_legal_terms list of Latin terms].