The first step in drafting any legal or law-related document is to fully understand its context, which includes studying the language used by the courts, attorneys, and/or legal scholars regarding the issue. For those new to legal drafting, or unfamiliar with an area of the law, a legal dictionary can be invaluable. Some of the most popular legal dictionaries are:
The Wolters Kluwer Bouvier Law Dictionary, Desk Edition by 
The Law Dictionary, Pronouncing Edition: A Dictionary of Legal Words and Phrases with Latin and French Maxims of the Law, Translated and Explained by 
Ballentine's Legal Dictionary and Thesaurus by 
Ballentine's Law Dictionary, with Pronunciations by 
A Law Dictionary by A New Law Dictionary by 
