Black's Law Dictionary 7th Edition Bryan A. Garner
Publisher: West Publishing Company

1999) (defining an "action" as, inter alia, "[a] civil or criminal judicial proceeding"). Sunday, 17 March 2013 at 16:53. Includes definitions of more than 1,000 law-related abbreviations and acronyms. (Black's Law Dictionary, 7th ed. Black's Law Dictionary, Abridged, 9th Edition English | ISBN: 0314265783 | 1418 Pages | PDF | 113.59 Mb For more than a century Black's Law Dictionary® has been the standard for the languag. Person.” [Blacks Law Dictionary, 7th Edition]. A straw man may also be thought of as a “legal fiction.” ”Legal fiction. Dictionary of Public Policy and Public Administration, Dewey REF H 97 S483 2004. Features Includes 2,000 more terms than the 8th Edition and 19,000 more terms than the 7th Edition Includes West key numbers. €in forma pauperis”).” (at para 33). Assumption of fact made by court as basis for deciding a legal question. See also BLACK'S LAW DICTIONARY 28-29 (7th ed. Black's Law Dictionary (9th edition), Dewey REF KF 156 B53 2009. The in forma pauperis doctrine originated in British legislation, A Means to Help and Speed Poor Persons in their Suits (UK) (1495) Henry VII c 12.