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A Legal Research Newsletter for Federal Government from West
June 2008
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Sometimes you need to find a case that defines your
term. To retrieve cases that define a particular term,
search for the term in the words-phrases field (wp).
For example, to retrieve federal cases that
define trade libel, access the Federal Intellectual
Property–Cases database (FIP-CS) and type
wp("trade libel")
A legal encyclopedia is another good source of
definitions. For example, to retrieve entries pertaining to
the law merchant, access the Corpus Juris Secundum®
database (CJS) and type
"law merchant"
You can also access the Black's Law Dictionary®,
8th Edition database (BLACKS) and search for your
term, e.g.,
"qui tam"