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#Review: Legal Terms - free legal dictionary from - iPhone J. D.

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August 01, 2011

Review: Legal Terms -- free legal dictionary from USLegal.com

It is always useful to have the ability to look up legal terms on your iPhone. Black s Law Dictionary is, of course, the king of legal dictionaries, and the Black s Law app is very impressive . However, at $55, it is one of the most expensive apps that most lawyers might consider for their iPhone. There are, however, some free legal dictionaries for the iPhone, and while they are not as comprehensive as Black s Law, they can still be useful. One such example is Legal Terms, a free app from USLegal.com. a website that provides resources for lawyers and clients needing legal services.

You can find a word in the Legal Terms app by browsing through a full list of terms (with a bar on the right that lets you quickly jump to a first letter). I cannot tell how many terms are included in the app, but there seems to be a very large number of them. I presume that they are the same terms and definitions that you can find on U.S. Legal s free online dictionary .

The definitions that I looked at seemed reasonable. There are no case citations, pronunciation guides, or any of the other bells and whistles that you find in Black s Law dictionary, but if you are just looking for a straightforward definition, you ll find what you need here.

In addition to browsing through a list of terms, you can also do a search for a term. After you start typing letters, possible hits appear, so you often do not have to type the whole world to be able to tap and see the definition. If you don t see a term listed, the app even offers a button to create an e-mail requesting that the term be added.

This is a no frills dictionary, but there is nothing wrong with that, and the price is right. If you think that you might want to have a legal dictionary on your iPhone at some point, this one is worth downloading.