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Duhaime's Law Dictionary

Duhaime's Law Dictionary is designed to offer one-stop shopping to all of us who occasionally need to know what a certain legal word means, because our rights stand to be affected by a reference to it, or because of employment or academic research [more]

Grade Level:	4-6, 7-9, 10-12
Publisher:	Duhaime.org
Published Date:	2008

Glossary for Municipal Government

This glossary is written in plain language and formatted in an interesting way for students and teachers. Each word is highlighted and used in a sentence. When most highlighted words are clicked, they lead to the glossary where the word is defined [more]

Grade Level:	4-6
Publisher:	Government of Alberta, Municipal Affairs
Published Date:	2009

Glossary from Exploring YCJA

This glossary is directly from the site “Exploring YCJA” and contains terms in plain language relevant to the Youth Criminal Justice Act. Students will find the terms easy to understand and helpful in their understanding of the criminal [more]

Grade Level:	7-9, 10-12
Publisher:	Law Courts Education Society of BC
Published Date:	2009

Glossary of Parliamentary Terms

This glossary is designed for grade 9 students and written in plain language. Common parliamentary terms are included with clear and concise definitions. This is a student friendly resource.

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Grade Level:	7-9
Publisher:	Government of Canada
Published Date:	2007

Glossary of Terms from Alberta Justice

This glossary from Alberta Justice includes terms that people who work in justice related work easily understand. The definitions are completed so that all Albertans can understand the vocabulary used and can increase their knowledge of our justice system [more]

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Publisher:	Government of Alberta, Dept of Justice
Published Date:	2005

Multilingual Legal Glossary

Vancouver Community College is pleased to provide this glossary of 5000 Canadian legal and court-related terms in English Plain Language, and their equivalents in six other languages (Chinese, Farsi, Punjabi, Russian, Spanish, Vietnamese).
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Grade Level:	4-6, 7-9, 10-12
Publisher:	Vancouver Community College
Published Date:	2008

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