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Does LawDiver support boolean search operators?

Yes. Examples: negligence AND causation (both words), rescission OR cancellation (either word), immunity NOT prisoner or immunity BUT NOT prisoner (exclude that word; NOT, BUT NOT, and % are the same exclusion), "clearly established" (those words in order), employer /s negligent (within 25 words), summary w/3 judgment (within 3 words). /p is within 80 words. Pin Boolean when every term must match. The rules are at /docs/search-connectors. Citation lookup, case-name lookup, and semantic search run alongside that on the default search.

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AND or & — both words, anywhere. negligence AND causationand — lowercase and is not a connector.
OR — either word. rescission OR cancellationor — lowercase or is not a connector.
NOT, BUT NOT, or % — drop opinions that contain the next word. immunity BUT NOT prisoner
"phrase" — those words, in that order. "clearly established"
/s — within 25 words. employer /s negligent
/p — within 80 words. "forum non conveniens" /p factors
w/5 — within 5 words. summary w/3 judgment

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