Westlaw is an English word. Below you'll find 2 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Westlaw meaning
An online legal research service most commonly used to search and retrieve United States case law, but also providing comprehensive access to statutes, regulations, and secondary sources discussing the law.
Using Westlaw
- The main meaning on this page is: An online legal research service most commonly used to search and retrieve United States case law, but also providing comprehensive access to statutes, regulations, and secondary sources discussing the law.
Context around Westlaw
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Westlaw
- In this selection, "westlaw" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 27 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, cases stand out and add context to how "westlaw" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include such as westlaw or lexisnexis and use cases westlaw and similar. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "westlaw" sits close to words such as aabb, aabria and aacha, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with westlaw
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Even in other use cases, Westlaw and similar platforms like LexisNexis are costly for smaller newsrooms, local publications, and nonprofit outlets. (21 words)
When an attorney is viewing an annotated code on an online service, such as Westlaw or LexisNexis, all the citations in the annotations are hyperlinked to the referenced court opinions and other documents. (33 words)
When an attorney is viewing an annotated code on an online service, such as Westlaw or LexisNexis, all the citations in the annotations are hyperlinked to the referenced court opinions and other documents. (33 words)
Even in other use cases, Westlaw and similar platforms like LexisNexis are costly for smaller newsrooms, local publications, and nonprofit outlets. (21 words)
Example sentences (2)
Even in other use cases, Westlaw and similar platforms like LexisNexis are costly for smaller newsrooms, local publications, and nonprofit outlets.
When an attorney is viewing an annotated code on an online service, such as Westlaw or LexisNexis, all the citations in the annotations are hyperlinked to the referenced court opinions and other documents.