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Term: N.W.
Definition: N.W. stands for North Western Reporter, which is a book that has stories about court cases that happened in the northwestern part of the United States. It's like a big book of stories about people who went to court to solve their problems.
Term: N.W.
Definition: N.W. is an abbreviation for North Western Reporter, which is a series of books that contain court cases from the states of Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri, and Wisconsin.
Example: The lawyer cited a case from N.W. in her argument.
Explanation: The example shows how N.W. is used to refer to a specific set of books that contain legal cases from the northwestern region of the United States. The lawyer used a case from N.W. to support her argument in court.