Preface to the first edition

• Date: 07 September 2019

PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION

SASEGBON’S JUDICIAL DICTIONARY OF NIGERIAN LAW (A

COMPREHENSIVE DICTIONARY OF WORDS AND PHRASES IN 7

VOLUMES)

Life itself has given me the heart-breaking task of having to write a Posthumous

Preface to the last New Publication conceived and edited by my husband, the late

and illustrious Legal Publisher, DEJI SASEGBON ESQ, SAN.

Deji Sasegbon’s membership of the class of great achievers stemmed from his

assiduousness as a meticulous lawyer, a visionary and an industrious and most thorough

author and publisher. D.S.C. Publications was his brainchild and greatest achievement.

At the start of his legal career as a Lagos State Prosecutor, he experienced first-

hand the effects of the lack of published Law Reports and what this dearth meant to

legal scholarship, to the practice of law and to the administration of justice generally.

In 1987 he took a bold step towards the realisation of his dreams by setting up his

private legal practice, Deji Sasegbon & Co. In 1988 the culmination of his experiences,

dreams and tenacity were actualised in the establishment of D.S.C. Publications, a

now house-hold name in the legal profession. Its publications are appreciated, sought

after, and admired by the complete gamut of the Legal Profession in Nigeria.

His deep personal convictions and driving force produced publications second to

none. As well as being a force within himself, he was a great teacher and over the

years created highly competent Editorial Teams. He lived by his firm belief that

‘KNOWLEDGE IS POWER’ and in all his endeavours strived to ensure that the

works he published not only served as comprehensive information tools but were of

such an impeccable standard as to be a vehicle for the better and more efficient

practice of Law in Nigeria.

The late Deji Sasegbon Esq, SAN began work on his fledgling idea back in 2007

after the successful launch of his ground-breaking publication: Sasegbon’s Laws

of Nigeria (an Encyclopedia of Nigerian Law in 30 volumes). This work

represents the most comprehensive overview and statement of Nigerian law to date.

The learned silk, with his ever-critical mind, determined that this mammoth work

was incomplete. Following up on his research of existing legal publications he

concluded that there was a need for a comprehensive Nigerian judicial dictionary

of words and phrases. He felt it was needed not only to complement the