Legal Forms

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Legal Forms
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Legal Forms

Legal Forms

• There are more than 400 databases that contain forms on

Westlaw.

• Many of the forms can be copied and pasted into a word

processing document.

• The forms multibase is Forms-All ( FORMS-ALL).

• National forms databases include

– American Jurisprudence Pleading and

Practice Forms (AMJUR-PP)

– Federal Procedural Forms (FEDPROF)

– National Pleading and Practice Forms

(FORMS-PP)

– West’s Legal Forms, which contains the full text

of the print publication that has long been a favorite

(WEST-LF)

Legal Forms Database

Examples

• Many of the forms databases are state-specific.

– Arizona Legal Forms (AZ-LF)

– California Civil Practice–Combined (CCP-ALL)

– Colorado Forms (CO-FORMS)

– Personal Injury Forms:Illinois (PIFRM-IL)

• Many of the forms are specific to an area of the law, such as

bankruptcy, arbitration, or patent law.

– Alternative Dispute Resolution with Forms (ADR)

– Complete Manual of Criminal Forms (CMCRF)

– Doing Business on the Internet: Forms and Analysis

(DOBUSNET)

– Uniform Commercial Code Official National Forms

(UCC-ART9FM)

Litigation

Litigation









Treatises, CLEs, Practice Guides





Forms



Treatises, CLEs, Practice Guides



Forms

This is a partial list of the forms databases

on Westlaw. They are sprinkled throughout

the Treatises, CLEs, and Practice Guides

and the Litigation sections of the Westlaw

Directory. Many of the other practice

materials databases also include forms.

Field Searches in Forms Databases

• Database: FORMS-ALL

• Structured Search: power of attorney health-care

Title: Power of Attorney

for Health Care Title: Alphabetical

List of Titles









Database: AMJUR-PP

Search: ti(“list of titles”)

Title: Annuities

Search: ci(outline & annuity) Outline

Natural Language Searches in Forms

Databases

• Database: AMJUR-PP Database: WEST-LF

• Search: Deed of land for Search: unlawful detainer

park purposes for failure to pay rent

Title: Complaint for Unlawful

Detainer and Rent









Title: Complaint, Petition, or

Declaration to Enjoin the Diversion

of Park Property to Nonpark Use


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