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Westlaw

online legal research service for lawyers and legal professionals in the United States and the United Kingdom
Organization Legal Information System Q7989031

Facts

11 properties

Identity

Instance of
legal information system, publishing house[4]
Official website
legal.thomsonreuters.com, legal.thomsonreuters.com, westlaw.com[9]
Official name
Thomson Reuters Westlaw[10]

Status and dates

Inception
1975[7]

Location

Country
United States, United Kingdom[2][3]

Industry and activity

Industry
publishing[6]

Relations

Owned by
Thomson Reuters[5]
Parent organization or unit
West, Thomson Reuters[8]
More facts +3
Described by source
Westlaw... An Early History
Has part(s) of the class
CD-ROM[11]
Social media followers
43k (42k–43k, n=4)[12][13][14][15]
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 9
Library of Congress Authorities ID
sh85146305
Facebook username
Westlaw1
Freebase ID
/m/02fxp7
Golden ID (archived)
Westlaw-6GA8A
J9U entity ID
987007555893005171
MusicBrainz label ID
237cc60c-2cc5-443b-a4a2-e95b0d80fb70
Quora topic ID
Westlaw
X (Twitter) username
westlaw, Westlaw
Yale LUX ID
concept/66e1eff3-a986-42a0-8c44-f0a909e068e5

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🔗 Connections
Country 2
United States, United Kingdom
Instance of 2
publishing house, legal information system
Has part(s) of the class 1
CD-ROM
Industry 1
publishing
Owned by 1
Thomson Reuters
Parent organization or unit 1
Thomson Reuters
← Child organization or unit 1
Thomson Reuters
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Summary

Westlaw is a legal information system[1].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Publisher[16]

  • Country: US[17]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 237cc60c-2cc5-443b-a4a2-e95b0d80fb70[18]

Related Entities

CD-ROM publishing house Thomson Reuters United Kingdom United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . scholarship.law.wm.edu. Retrieved . scholarship.law.wm.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . store.legal.thomsonreuters.com. Retrieved . store.legal.thomsonreuters.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . store.legal.thomsonreuters.com. Retrieved . store.legal.thomsonreuters.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved . id.loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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