The 12th edition of Black's came out earlier this month, with more than 2,500 new law-related words and phrases. Some of the entries, such as ghost gun and deepfake, are a grim insight into our times.

As the police-custody death in the spring of 2020 of a Black man named George Floyd sparked a national reckoning over police brutality, the American dictionary Merriam-Webster also reconsidered ...

A black law graduate complains to Merriam-Webster that the definition falls short of including the systemic oppression of certain groups of people, based on race. Skip to main content ABC News ...

Technology jargon has made its way into Black’s Law Dictionary. Thomson Reuters released the 10th edition of the venerable tome on Friday. The dictionary needs no introduction to legal ...

The Cambridge Dictionary recently updated its definitions for “woman” and “man” to include transgender people, becoming the latest dictionary to formally expand what it means to be a woman ...

Tsatsu Tsikata, has argued that judges basing their judgement on the Black’s Law Dictionary, which is an English Law textbook has a different effect from what is in the Ghanaian statutes.

By activating young people to advocate for a positive, racially unbiased definition, let’s #RedefineBlack with #MyBlackIsBeautiful to change the definition of ‘Black/black’ in all ...

'Black is beautiful, black is brave, black is cultural and fun, it’s mysterious and classy. Black is unique, black is bold! black is natural, and powerful.' ...

If the definition of racism doesn’t fully encompass the systemic oppression that Black people have experienced in America, there will be a lack of understanding and acceptance from the wider ...