How Long to Read Mellinkoff's Dictionary of American Legal Usage

How Long Does it Take to Read Mellinkoff's Dictionary of American Legal Usage?

It takes the average reader 13 hours and 30 minutes to read Mellinkoff's Dictionary of American Legal Usage by David Mellinkoff

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

This is a dictionary of the language of the law as used in America today. Most of this dictionary is written in ordinary English. Most of the words that lawyers use in writing and talking about the law are the ordinary words that fill the dictionaries of the English language. They have a place in this dictionary when the law gives them a specialized sense; or to emphasize that there is none. Too often an apparent change in sense results not from the law but from bad grammar or redundancy; or from an unsorted host of possible meanings jumbled together and left to the vagaries of...

How long is Mellinkoff's Dictionary of American Legal Usage?

Mellinkoff's Dictionary of American Legal Usage by David Mellinkoff is 810 pages long, and a total of 202,500 words.

This makes it 273% the length of the average book. It also has 247% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Mellinkoff's Dictionary of American Legal Usage Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 18 hours and 26 minutes to read Mellinkoff's Dictionary of American Legal Usage aloud.

What Reading Level is Mellinkoff's Dictionary of American Legal Usage?

Mellinkoff's Dictionary of American Legal Usage is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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