International Legal Dictionary
I'm a pro bono attorney, and have been really interested in making the law easier to understand. I also see a ton of government resources online in varying degrees of usability. And for sure, there's no interoperability between them. This is an international legal dictionary, an experiment in improving the situation: glossaries are scraped and parses from official sources: https://github.com/public-law/open-gov-crawlers. The results are saved as datasets in well formed JSON with Dublin Core metadata: https://github.com/public-law/datasets I add Library…
International Legal Dictionary launched on August 1, 2022 with 105 votes, #325 of 3,307 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 4 years on.
In plain words
International Legal Dictionary is a tool that aggregates legal glossaries and definitions from official government sources worldwide into standardized JSON datasets with Dublin Core metadata. Built by a pro bono attorney, it aims to make legal language more accessible and interoperable across fragmented government resources. The platform uses the Dale-Chall readability formula to simplify legal terminology and adds Library of Congress subject headings for searchability, serving legal professionals and the public seeking clearer understanding of international law.
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From the sources
Free legal dictionary with verified definitions from courts and justice ministries. Multi-jurisdictional coverage including US, UK, Canada, Australia.
Built from verified government sources in the US, UK, Ireland, Canada, and more. Definitions are ranked by readability for clarity and understanding. The legislature occasionally skips outline levels. For example: (3) A person may apply [...] (4)(a) A person petitioning for relief [...] In this example, (3) , (4) , and (4)(a) are all outline levels, but (4) was omitted by its authors. It's only implied. This presents an interesting challenge when laying out the text. We've decided to display a blank section with this note, in order to aidefrom public.law
In the maker’s words, at launch
I'm a pro bono attorney, and have been really interested in making the law easier to understand. I also see a ton of government resources online in varying degrees of usability. And for sure, there's no interoperability between them. This is an international legal dictionary, an experiment in improving the situation…
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