SEARCHING
1. Search Box
Entering any word in the search box (top right) and clicking on the 'search' will show all the Terms that contains that word.
Thus, searching for 'caution' displays:
caution
caution(F)
caution money(US)
cautionnement(F)
(Note: The word must be spelled correctly, but the first letters of the term can be used. Thus, 'easment' will not provide any result, but 'easeme' will.)
A search for 'easement' returns over 70 results in alphabetical order (e.g. affirmative easement, air easement, ancillary easement, apparent easement, … easement, etc.)
Clicking on any of these entries will show:
i. The entire definition.
ii. A list of the applicable Cross references in alphabetical order. Clicking on any of these cross references will display the appropriate Term (with the applicable bibliographical and cross references).
(Note: A cross reference is shown in bold in the text of the definition, but can only be access from the links in the right column.)
iii. A list of the applicable Bibliographical references.
(Scroll down to the end to see the bibliographical entries for longer entries.
Use control+ to enlarge the text size if you wish to see a larger font size — 2 times may be best;
and control– to reduce the text size again).
A complete Bibliography can be found from the tab (Biblio.) at the top of the page.
2. Advanced Search
Word Search
The 'Advance Search' enables a search on any word or phrase within the Encyclopedia using up to 3 criteria.
(Note: The word or phrase must appear in the definition of the term for a result. This search cannot suggest alternatives for misspelling)
As an example, if you are searching for any occurrence of the case 'Kelo v. City of New London'. You could search for 'Kelo' or 'City of New London'. This case appears under the term taken for public use.
Alternatively, if you search on 'fixture' and 'holland' you will find two different paragraphs that have a reference to both fixture and the leading English case of Holland v Hodgson.
In particular, Cases and Legislation can be searched in this way. In particular, by copying and pasting any such reference from the lists that can be found under the tabs Cases or Legislation it is possible to find where such citations appear in the Encyclopedia.
A search on 'Statute of Frauds' shows 29 terms (in alphabetical order) where this statute is referred to in groups of five (acceptance, agreement for a lease, agreement for sale, auctioneer, contract of sale, and so on). The first part of the definition is shown and a click on the required term displays the entire definition.
A more selective search can be made by using up to 3 criteria, e.g. 'fair', 'market value' and 'consideration' and find 3 instances where these criteria appear together, or 'mortgage' 'collateralization' for 2 instances of this combination.
Bibliograhic Search
A second search facility is provided to find any bibliographical entry, again using up to 3 criteria. Thus, searching 'Halsbury' and 'estoppel' shows 6 terms that have a reference to estoppel and a bibliographical reference to Halsbury's Laws of England. Similarly, searching on 'waiver' and 'am.jur.' shows that a reference to American Jurisprudence can be found under waiver and estoppel.
(Note: The full list of bibliographical references can be seen by selecting one of the terms and then looking at the references to see the reference to Halsbury's Law or Am.Jur. (by volume and paragraph)).