Oregon Legal Research Blog
You might not have read this chapter book, Frindle, by Andrew Clements, but …
Lawyers aren’t the only ones who want to know Definitions, Words & Phrases, and the Meaning of it All (and even the Meaning of Liff itself). Non-attorneys frequently ask us to show them where a word or phrase is defined, surely one of the hardest things a law librarian has to explain to a pro se litigant.
You might want to read this article, just one of many where the courts have to figure out what the meaning of a word is: