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    The document describes various search operators and connectors that can be used to refine searches in a database. It provides examples of how each operator functions, such as using "&" to search for terms appearing together, "or" to search terms as alternatives, and "/s" and "/p" to search terms appearing in the same sentence or paragraph. It also describes operators to define the order or distance of terms, exclude terms, expand searches to alternative word forms, and turn off automatic pluralization for certain terms.

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    The document describes various search operators and connectors that can be used to refine searches in a database. It provides examples of how each operator functions, such as using "&" to search for terms appearing together, "or" to search terms as alternatives, and "/s" and "/p" to search terms appearing in the same sentence or paragraph. It also describes operators to define the order or distance of terms, exclude terms, expand searches to alternative word forms, and turn off automatic pluralization for certain terms.

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    The document describes various search operators and connectors that can be used to refine searches in a database. It provides examples of how each operator functions, such as using "&" to search for terms appearing together, "or" to search terms as alternatives, and "/s" and "/p" to search terms appearing in the same sentence or paragraph. It also describes operators to define the order or distance of terms, exclude terms, expand searches to alternative word forms, and turn off automatic pluralization for certain terms.

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    Function Symbol Explanation Example

    AND & (or space) Search terms in the same Trade & mark & registration
    document (words can appear Trade mark registration
    in any order and anywhere in
    the document, not
    necessarily together)
    OR Or Search one term or the other Car or automobile
    Phrase “ “ Search terms appearing in “promissory estoppel”
    the same order as in the
    quotation marks
    Grammatical /s Search terms in the same Nuisance /s noise
    connectors sentence (words will appear This will yield results with nuisance or
    in either order) noise appearing first in the sentence
    /p Search terms in the same Hearsay /p admissibility
    paragraph (words will appear This will yield results with hearsay or
    in either order) admissibility appearing first in the
    sentence
    +s The first term will appear Burden +s proof
    before the second in the Burden will come before proof in the
    same sentence sentence
    +p The first term will appear Right +p counsel
    before the second in the Right will come before counsel in the
    same paragraph same paragraph
    Numerical /n Search terms with a Person /3 jurisdiction
    Connectors maximum distance of n Person and jurisdiction will not be more
    words apart (n=number than 3 words apart (can be together, 1,
    smaller than 255) 2, or 3 words apart)
    +n The first term will appear Capital +3 punishment
    before the second by no Capital and punishment will not be more
    more than ‘n’ words (n = than 3 words apart (can be together, 1,
    number smaller than 255) 2, or 3 words apart) and Capital will
    come before punishment
    But not % Documents not containing Taxation % income
    the term or terms following Search results related to taxation but do
    the % symbol (exclusion not mention the word income in the
    symbol) entire document
    Root expander ! Terms with multiple endings Object!
    = object, objected, objection, objecting,
    objectionable
    Universal * Search for words with Withdr*w
    character variable characters, using * = withdraw, withdrew
    Irregular plurals automatic Automatically retrieved
    No # Turn off plurals of a # device
    Plural/equivalents particular term by placing the
    # symbol in front of the term
    Compound terms Good-will will retrieve good-will,
    goodwill and good will

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