Westlaw Next offers many "connectors" for building complex and specific legal searches. If you do a search by keyword or subject and get too many irrelevant results, consider using these techniques.
| OR |
Find at least one of two words/phrases (synonyms)
Example: (dog OR canine) |
| AND |
Find both of two words/phrases
Example: (dog OR canine) AND "search and seizure" |
| /N |
Find two words or phrases within N words of each other
(/5 finds words within 5 words of eachother)
Example: (dog OR canine) /5 "search and seizure"
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