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GENERAL LEGISLATION

THE ENGLISH-CHINESE GLOSSARY OF LEGAL TERMS PUBLISHED

English-Chinese Glossary of Legal TermsThe 4th edition of the "English-Chinese Glossary of Legal Terms" was published in December 2004.

The three-part Glossary, which contains over 32,000 entries, is intended to promote the wider use of the Chinese legal vocabulary by the legal profession and the public.

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THE CHINESE-ENGLISH GLOSSARY OF LEGAL TERMS

Chinese-English Glossary of Legal TermsFollowing the publication by the Law Drafting Division of the English-Chinese Glossary of Legal Terms, there were calls for a Chinese-English glossary. In response to these calls, the Chinese-English Glossary of Legal Terms was published in December 1999.

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ELECTORAL LEGISLATION 

GLOSSARIES OF TERMS USED IN ELECTORAL LEGISLATION 

In March 1998, the Law Drafting Division of the Department produced "The Glossaries of Terms used in Electoral Legislation". This bilingual glossary, which is indexed alphabetically in English and by the number of character strokes in Chinese, covers some 660 terms and expressions used in electoral legislation enacted from August 1997 until the end of February 1998.

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    Jul 20, 2009