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Westlaw - Definition and Overview

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Westlaw is the fee-based online legal research offering from Thomson West, a major part of the Thomson Legal & Regulatory division of The Thomson Corporation. It provides access to state and federal statutes, case law materials, public records, and other legal resources.

Its 16,000 or more databases contain legal information and much more. The West Key Number System is the West master classification system of U.S. law, claimed to be "the only recognized legal taxonomy".

Branch businesses are based in Argentina, Canada, Denmark, Spain, and Sweden.

Westlaw's chief competitor is LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier. The two companies dominate the legal information services industry in the United States, and sometimes are referred to as Wexis.

Because of the prevalence of Westlaw within Thomson West's product offerings, many Thomson West customers use the name "Westlaw" to refer to the entire West organization.

See also

External link

  • Westlaw (http://www.westlaw.com/)

Example Usage of Westlaw
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