SEARCH BOOK
search book.A lawbook that contains no statements of the law but instead consists of lists or
tables of cases, statutes, and the like, used simply to help a researcher find the law. • Most indexes,
other than index-digests, are search books. sea lane.Int’l & maritime law. A designated course or regularly used route for ships, esp. in
restricted waters such as harbors and straits. • Although sea lanes have obvious safety advantages,
they were long resisted by sea captains, who saw them as a threat to their freedom to navigate. [Blacks Law 8th]