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Search Operator Grid
Operator
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How it works
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Example
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| default operator |
when no operator is specified, adjacent
is assumed |
emotional distress damages will
find that exact phrase in the document; also used
to search for a case by its citation – 123
P.2d 456 |
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and
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finds both query terms |
ethics and violation will
find documents containing both ethics and violation |
or
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finds either query term |
suspend or disbar will find
documents containing either the term suspend
or the term disbar |
and not
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finds first query term then excludes documents that also contain second query term |
malpractice and not medical will find documents containing malpractice but
do not contain the word medical. If NOT is the first connector in a request the
"AND" is not necessary. , e.g., not reckless w/5 misrepresentation |
w/n
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proximity operator, finds query term within specified number of
words of another query term
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reckless w/5 misrepresentation
will find documents where the word misrepresentation
appears no more than five words on either side of the
word reckless, e.g., reckless in his misrepresentation
of the facts |
not w/n
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The NOT W/ ("not within") operator allows you to search for a
word or phrase not in association with another word or phrase.
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reckless not w/5 misrepresentation
will search for documents with reckless and exclud documents where
misrepresentation is within five words of reckless, e.g., reckless in
his misrepresentation
of the facts |
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? |
wildcard; single character |
a?e will find ace, age,ale, ape, ate, awe; wom?n will find woman,
women |
| not 2/n? |
wildcard; single character |
a?e will find ace, age,
ale, ape, ate, awe; wom?n will find woman, women |
| * |
wildcard;
any string of characters |
jud*ment will find judgment, judgement; negligen* will find
negligent, negligence, negligently |
( )
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scope delimiters, used to group
alternate search terms |
(accountant or auditor) and
(fraud or reckless or negligent) |
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