Test your basic knowledge |

Legal Research

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Statutes that are collected into a statutory code that are arranged by topic






2. Ballantine's Law Dictionary 41 (3rd ed. 1969).






3. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court






4. State and federal






5. Unofficial U.S. Supreme Court case reporter published by Lawyers Co-op

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


6. Name of the appellant






7. Georgia - North Carolina - South Carolina - Virginia - and West Virginia






8. Official case reporter for the U.S. Supreme Court






9. Legal dictionary - treatise - restatement of law - encyclopedia






10. United States Reports






11. Headnotes in the American Digest System are cataloged in this manner: Thing - Action - Relief - Parties






12. When a federal case first decides a case. a single opinion of the court issued without headnotes and without indexing.






13. 1. full name of author; 2. the word 'Annotation'; 3. title of annotation (underscored or in italics); 4. volume number of A.L.R. series 5. abbreviation for Annotated Law Reports 6. page number where the annotation begins; 7. year of publication






14. What federal session laws are published in






15. A publication of law that is not specifically authorized or sanctioned by an official body but - rather - is compiled by a private publisher i.e. West Publishing Company (West) and Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)






16. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi






17. Infra

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


18. Decennial Digest






19. Federal Rules Decisions






20. Reviews the record for errors of law and reaches its own factual finding.






21. Legal publisher noted for its extensive use of annotations.






22. Compiled by topic






23. Published by Lawyers Co-op






24. 1. case name 2. case reporter in which the case is published (include volume number - abbreviation of case reporter - and page where case begins); 3. identity of court issuing the opinion 4. year in which the decision was issued; and 5. subsequent hi






25. 1. volume number of encyclopedia 2. abbreviated name of encyclopedia 3. title of article (underscored or in italics) 4. section symbol and section number within the article; 5. specific page within section; and 6. date of publication






26. An unofficial publication of law that is known for its extensive use of annotations






27. An unofficial publication of law that uses the key number system to aid the researcher






28. Published by the American Law Institute - it collects and distills the primary - general rules in a given legal topic area- what the rules are and sometime what the committee believes they ought to be. It also provides explanations of the rules and g






29. The cited authority states a proposition that is different from the proposition stated by the writer - but the proposition stated in the cited authority is sufficiently similar to lend support to the writer's proposition






30. United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition






31. Anew - from the beginning - the case is tried in the appellate court as if it had not been tried previously - and witness are allowed to testify.






32. Congressional Record will provide the most direct access to the text of the statute






33. Legal encyclopedia published by West






34. Compilations of cases and historical matter dealing with various aspects of a code of statute - which contain short summaries of other cases - both for and against






35. Mandatory legal authority that consists of constitutions - statutes - case law - rules of procedure - rules of evidence - administrative rules - court rules - executive orders






36. Explanation of the subject






37. The court's explanatory comments - which can included the holding - the rationale for the holding - and dicta






38. Statutory law






39. Brief summary of a legal rule discussed in the opinion; headnotes are numbered. key numbers are used in West publications






40. The publication where rules and regulations of administrative agencies are codified






41. Brief summary of facts of case - including its procedural posture






42. 1. U.S. Constitutional provision and amendments 2. Federal statutes 3. Federal procedural rules 4. Federal cases (U.S. - F.3d - the F.Supp.) 5. State cases (official reporter - then regional reporter) 6. Federal administrative rules and regulations 7






43. Slip opinions collected and published periodically






44. Is used in legal memoranda and briefs to indicate the full citation for the case follows at a later point in the memorandum or brief






45. A prior case within a particular jurisdiction that has 1. facts and legal issues substantially similar to the facts of the case before the court and 2. it was decided by a majority decision of a higher court of that jurisdiction and 3. the case was r






46. 15 U.S.C. A 7 (1988).






47. Federal Supplement (F. Supp.) - Federal Reporter - Second Series (F.2d) - Federal Reporter (F.) - Federal Cases (F. Cas.) - all unofficial and all published by West






48. Shepard's Citations - statute edition






49. Unofficial U.S. Supreme Court case reporter published by West






50. Legal document that carries the most weight and embodies the government's authority to exist and serves as an outline for the exercise of governmental powers.