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Ontario e-Laws
e-Laws provides online access to official copies of Ontario’s statutes and regulations.

Department of Justice - Laws
Look here to find Canada's consolidated Acts and Regulations, and other related documents.
Quicklaw PLUS
Provides access to the most comprehensive collection available of case law, legislation, exclusive current awareness services, expert commentary and more. Includes Halsbury's Laws of Canada, legal textbooks, legal forms and precedents, quantums, and practice products in various areas of law.
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Legal database with a comprehensive collection of Canadian case law and legislation, plus finding tools such as The Canadian Encyclopedic Digest and The Canadian Abridgment. Contains KeyCite Canada for noting up cases and legislation and Index to Canadian Legal Literature for finding expert analysis. Also contains Words and Phrases for finding judicial interpretations of legal terms. Use Chrome when remotely connecting from home. See Chrome icon above for tip sheets.
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Canadian Online Legal Dictionary
Collaborative dictionary composed of terms defined in glossaries of Canadian law books published by Irwin Law. Maintained by an Irwin Law editor. Members of the public are invited to submit new defined terms, edit existing terms and supply citations, sources and related terms.

Irwin Law book collection
A collection of Canadian law books. Newest editions only. To view all titles in the collection, 1. select "Browse", 2. Select "Books & Journals", 3. Select "Irwin Law".
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Black's Law Dictionary, 9th ed.
Call Number: Orillia: KF156 .B53 2009 REF

ISBN: 9780314199492

The most comprehensive law dictionary, and the most widely cited law book in the world. Contains more than 45,000 terms, plus alternate spellings or equivalent expressions for more than 5,300 terms. Includes definitions of more than 1,000 law-related abbreviations and acronyms.
Canadian Family Law by Payne, Julien D. Payne, Marilyn A.
Call Number: eBook

ISBN: 9781552214619

Publication Date: 2017 7th Edition
Canadian Guide to Uniform Legal Citation by Thomson Reuters
Call Number: KE259 .C36 2023

Publication Date: 2023
Child Support Guidelines in Canada, 2020 by Payne, Julien D. Payne, Marilyn A.
Call Number: eBook

ISBN: 9781552215227

Publication Date: 2019
The Dictionary of Canadian Law, 4th ed.
Call Number: Barrie, Orillia & Owen Sound: KE183 .D83 2011

ISBN: 0779823265

A comprehensive reference created exclusively from Canadian legal sources. Provides a one-stop reference to Canadian definitions.
Employment and Labour Law Toolbox, 2/e : What Ontario Employers Need to Know by Wearing, Paul
Call Number: eBook

ISBN: 9781552215104

Publication Date: 2019
Sovereignty, Restraint, and Guidance : Canadian Criminal Law in the 21st Century by Plaxton, Michael
Call Number: eBook

ISBN: 9781552215005

Publication Date: 2019

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