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Subject : law
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1. Summarized statute topics






2. Case law






3. Is used in the first 50 volumes of the United States Reports plus all unofficial reporters of Supreme Court decisions






4. A proposed legislative measure






5. Primary authority






6. 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






7. 88 C.J.S. Trial A 107 (1980).






8. Name of the appellant






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






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






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






12. United States Reports






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






14. 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.






15. Arkansas - Kentucky - Missouri - Tennessee - Texas - and Indian Territories






16. 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






17. Compiled chronologically






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






19. Published by Lawyers Co-op






20. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used






21. 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'






22. A single-volume text written by a legal scholar in a given topic area






23. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.

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24. 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






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






26. Shepard's Citators






27. Opinion of the entire court (all judges who heard the case) - as opposed to an opinion written by a specific judge






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. U.S. Const. art. IV - A 2 - cl. 3.






30. Legal encyclopedia published by West






31. Advance sheet published weekly by the Bureau of National Affairs






32. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter






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






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






35. Seven






36. 1. volume number of Fed. Reg. 2. abbreviation for Federal Register 3. page number where administrative rule begins; and 4. year of publication






37. Decisions concerning federal rules of procedure






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






39. Ratio decidendi- court's reasoning or basis for it sholding and decision






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. Decennial Digest






42. The cited authority presents helpful background information about the proposition






43. 15 U.S.C. A 7 (1988).






44. American Digest System






45. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House






46. What federal session laws are published in






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






48. Result or disposition of the case






49. The West key number system






50. Statutes at Large