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Subject : law
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1. U.S.






2. Presidential proclamations






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






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






5. Illinois - Indiana - Massachusetts - New York - and Ohio






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






7. 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






8. A system where every topic and subtopic is assigned its own key number






9. The appellate court reviews the record for prejudicial legal errors committed in the trial court but gives great deference to the findings of fact; factual findings are generally reversed only when they are 'arbitrary or capricious'






10. Avery v. Exxon Co. - 397 U.S. 812 (1991).






11. 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.






12. W. Weitz - Nocturnal Crimes - 20 Brooklyn L. Rev. 180 (1992).






13. 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






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






15. What federal session laws are codified and published in






16. Caption - date of decision - parallel citations - headnote or syllabus - statement of facts - opinion - holding - rationale - dicta - decision






17. Legal encyclopedia published by West






18. Digests






19. Products of West Legal Studies






20. Typical case reporter






21. Statutes at Large






22. 22 C.F.R. A 145.6 (1992)






23. Identifies the court issuing the opinion - the parties - and the docket number assigned to the case






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






25. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).






26. Name of the appellant






27. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits






28. Ritches Jr. v. Li - 665 F. Supp. 139 (E.D.Pa. 1991).






29. 15 U.S.C. A 7 (1988).






30. The West key number system






31. Case law






32. Govern the types of evidence that are admissible in criminal and civil trials and - in some situations - the manner in which the evidence can be presented during trial






33. 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






34. As session laws






35. The subsequent history of the cited case must be included in the citation






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






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






38. All slip laws enacted during a legislative session that are arranged in chronological order according to date of enactment






39. Primary authority






40. 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






41. L.Ed or L.Ed.2d

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






43. Often provide case citations upon which a definition is based. A couple of them are Black's Law _____ and Ballantine's Law _____.






44. Statutory law






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






46. A bill that has been adopted into a law but has been printed singly rather than as a part of a group of laws






47. Decisions concerning federal rules of procedure






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






49. If the same case is published in another case reporter - the volume and page number of that reporter is shown






50. Obiter dictum- comments of the court about minor issues or concerns other than the specific holding - rationale - and decision. Never cited as precedent