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- Bouvier's Law Dictionary · 6th ed. · 1856
- Anderson's Dictionary of Law · 1889
- Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · Rawle's Third Revision · 1914 · Vol. II (F–M)
- The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · 2nd ed. · 1922
- Tomlins' Law-Dictionary · 4th ed. · 1835 · Vol. II (K–Z)
- Black's Law Dictionary · 1st ed. 1891 & 2nd ed. 1910
- Webster's American Dictionary · 1828
- Easton's Bible Dictionary · 1897, and the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia · 1915
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