Vocabulary, Complete and Comprehensive : The primary object of a dictionary being collection and not selection of words and phrases. In the collection of words, special care has been taken by us to include only those words which properly belong to the domain of law as distinguished from the domain of literature, science or art. As most of our Codes are based on English statutes or decisions, and as English Acts, decisions and Text Books are often referred to, explanatory definitions of terms of words and phrases which are peculiar to such foreign disciplines are included in this book. Quasi-legal terms relating to other branches like Science, Art and Commerce Provincial and Vernacular terms used in Revenue Records and Private Documents Obsolete words not omitted

Nature of the Definitions : The value of a dictionary also consists in furnishing a clear, full and accurate meaning comprising various shades arising out of legislative enactment, reported decisions or established usage. Legislative Definitions The definitions enacted by law are, for the most part, terse, practical, and of course, authoritative References to most of such statutory interpretations of words and phrases will be found under their appropriate titles. Judicial Definitions : Yet another feature of this dictionary will be found in the illustrative and explanatory quotations from the more outstanding judgments of Indian, English and American Courts. Adjudged Words and Phrases : What are generally termed "adjudged words and phrases", that is, a judicial interpretation of words having no distinctive legal bearing but interpreted solely in the light of their context or use in a particular context, have also been inserted in their appropriate places.

Words defined in standard legal text books : Definitions found in well known works of law, such as the works of Justice Story, Blackstone, Jarman, Williams and Russel, have also been adopted under appropriate titles. Synonyms discriminated : Wherever necessary, the more important synonyms occurring in legal phraseology have been distinguished from allied words and expressions. Legal Maxims : Inclusion of legal maxims used in our system of law which must be brought home to the judge and the lawyer alike, as also to the student of legal history or comparative jurisprudence. We have ensured that this book fulfills the true functions of a legal dictionary. It is intended to supply a key to the great works in Indian jurisprudence, and to serve as an aid to the use of those words themselves, defining and explaining the various meaning, which are or have been attached to them in our legal literature.