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. Health Care Act - Pub. L. 92-117 - 83 Stat. 624 (1987).






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






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






4. Federal Rules Decisions






5. 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






6. Case law - or judicial opinion - that articulates common law principles






7. Digests






8. The Federal Reporter






9. An explanatory note






10. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House






11. United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition






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






13. 1. the title (chapter) number 2. abbreviation for the Code of Federal Regulation 3. section number symbol and the section number; and 4. year of publication






14. Statutory law






15. Federal Reporter - Third Series (F.3d) - Federal Reporter - Second Series (F.2d) - Federal Reporter (F.) - Federal Cases (F. Cas.) - all unofficial and all published by West






16. Sometimes called adjective law - it prescribes the manner in which substantive laws must be enforced.






17. Typical case reporter






18. American Digest System






19. Encyclopedias that are arranged alphabetically and contain narrative - expository information on a variety of legal topics. published by West and Lawyers Co-op






20. Infra

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


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






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






23. When an official body authorizes and directs the collection and publication of law






24. 1. name of the act 2. abbreviation of Public Law and the public law number 3. volume number of the Statutes at Large 4. abbreviation for Statutes at Large 5. page number where the statutes begins; and 6. the year when the statute was passed as law.






25. Rule of law for which the case is cited as precedent; it is the legal effect of the facts of the case






26. Result or disposition of the case






27. 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






28. Secondary authority that is leading annotated law reporter published by Lawyers Co-op. Distinguishing feature not the cases that it reports - but the extensive editorial commentary that follows each reported case






29. Statutes that are collected into a statutory code that are arranged by topic






30. Reported selectively






31. Iowa - Michigan - Minnesota - Nebraska - North Dakota - South Dakota - and Wisconsin






32. L.Ed or L.Ed.2d

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


33. S.Ct.






34. The cited authority contradicts the proposition stated in the memorandum






35. Secondary authority






36. Anew on the record - the appellate court must base its decision on the record (no new testimony can be received) but may reach an independent factual finding if the facts from the trial court are 'clearly erroneous' based on the record as a whole






37. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op






38. Connecticut - Delaware - D.C. (Court of Appeals) - Maine - Maryland - New Hampshire - New Jersey - Pennsylvania - Rhode Island - and Vermont






39. The cited authority directly supports the proposition; other authorities also could have been cited but were not cited to avoid duplication






40. Type of law consisting of legislative enactments called statutes at federal level and ordinances at state levels.






41. The date upon which the decision was rendered






42. 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






43. Case reports - published by West - that divides the United States into seven geographical regions and reports the decisions of the highest appellate court of each state within that region.






44. The three branches of government that make up each legal system- legislative - judicial and executive






45. Opinion issued by the majority of the judges of the appellate court; the holding of this opinion may be cited as precedent if all other criteria are met. There is only one in a case






46. An index






47. Precedent






48. U.S.






49. Official publication






50. Supra

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