Website: Legal Dictionaries: Specialized Subject Dictionaries

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The following list identifies some -- but not all -- of the specialized legal dictionaries in the Gallagher Law Library and available on commercial online services.

Business Law

A Handbook of Business Law Terms
Publication Date: 1999

Book of Jargon Series [Latham & Watkins]
"Intended for legal, financial and business executives across the globe," this site has separate pages for slang and terminology on:
* Blockchain, crypto, and web3
* eDiscovery
* Emerging companies
* Environmental, social and governance
* European capital markets and bank finance
* Global mergers and acquisitions
* Healthcare and life sciences
* Hedge funds
* International arbitration
* Master limited partnerships
* Oil and gas
* Patent Trial & Appeal Board proceedings
* Project finance
* Real estate and real estate investment trusts (REITs)
* Restructuring and special situations
* U.S. corporate and bank finance

Health & Medicine

Attorney's Dictionary of Medicine [Lexis Advance]
Contains more than 57,000 definitions of medical terms and more than "700 illustrations of anatomical features, body movements, medical equipment and injuries." Updated annually.
Stedman's Medical Dictionary [Westlaw]

Stedman's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed. by Thomas Lathrop Stedman
Publication Date: 1990
Attorney's Illustrated Medical Dictionary
Publication Date: 2002 with annual supplements

Intellectual Property

Attorney's Dictionary of Patent Claims [Lexis Advance]
Contains terms of patent arts, "culled from thousands of claims accepted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office." Updated annually.

A Dictionary of Intellectual Property Law by Peter Groves
Publication Date: 2011

Intellectual Property Law Dictionary [Lexis Advance]
Contains U.S. and international terms and concepts. Organized by type of IP law: copyright, patents, trademarks, and trade dress.
Glossary [U.S. Patent and Trademark Office]
Contains acronyms and definitions with links to other content on the USPTO website.