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From any Search form, select "this Boolean query" from the drop-down menu next to the search box.
Use the following Boolean operators to specify the relationship between the terms in your search:
| and | all search terms in same document, e.g. customary and right |
| or | either or both search terms in the same document, e.g. customary or ordinary |
| /n/ | Terms within n terms of each other where n is a number, e.g. statutory right /10/ wages |
| near | Terms within 50 words of each other, e.g. right near recreation |
| not | to exclude documents with a specific term, e.g. customary not statutory |
| ( ) | If you use multiple operators in your search, use parentheses
to resolve any ambiguity. Terms placed within parentheses are processed as a unit and are processed before the terms and/or operators outside the parentheses, e.g. (terminat* or dismiss*) and statutory right /10/ wages requires the either the word root terminat* or dismiss* to be in the same document with the word wages or wage within ten or fewer words of the phrase statutory right (patient or parent) /3/ best /3/ interest /3/ requires either the word patient or parent to be within three or fewer words of best with three or fewer words of interest. (customary or traditional) near (recreation* /5/ right) searches for the word customary or traditional within 50 words or fewer of the word root recreation* within five words or fewer of the word right. (Public /10/ recreation*) /5/ (purpose or use) the word public within ten words or fewer of the word root recreation* must be within five words or fewer of the word purpose or the word use. |