Library guides: Legal Research Skills: Cases defining words & phrases

Judicial consideration of words & phrases

The case citators listed here allow you to perform a focused search for cases that have judicially considered a specific word or phrase.

To view a dictionary definition of a word or phrase, refer to Where to start: Legal dictionaries and encyclopaedias.

CaseBase (Lexis+)
A comprehensive and current case citator with links to the full text decisions in unreported judgments, Australian and international specialist reports series and journals.
To get started, view the Lexis Advance Research Quick Guide.
To get started, view the CaseBase Citator Help .
Westlaw Australia
Provides Australian case law (including the case citator KeyCite), legislation, journals and commentary (including the encyclopaedia 'Laws of Australia').

Australian Legal Words & Phrases
Available in the Lexis+ database, listing words and phrases which have either been defined in legislation or judicially interpreted.

Browse alphabetically by term, or type a term into the search box and click Search