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Legal Research

Subject : law
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1. How civil actions are handled - including rules that cover the complaint - summons - answer - discovery process - trial - and post-trial procedures






2. Encyclopedia






3. Extensive selected annotations






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






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






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






7. Govern the way in which a defendant is charged - tried - and sentenced for a federal crime






8. Products of West Legal Studies






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






10. 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






11. The date upon which the decision was rendered






12. A proposed legislative measure






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






14. U.S.






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






16. L.Ed or L.Ed.2d

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17. 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






18. Statutes at Large






19. 1. number of the Code title 2. abbreviation for the United States Code 3. section symbol - followed by the number of the Code section; and 4. date of the Code volume in which the most recent version of the section can be found






20. F.Supp






21. U.S. Const. amend. XIV - A 1.






22. Supra

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23. Persuasive legal authority that consists of law from other jurisdictions - legal encyclopedias - American Law Reports - restatements of law - dictionaries - treatises and periodicals






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






25. Official publication






26. An index






27. 15 U.S.C. A 7 (1988).






28. Shepard's Citators






29. 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






30. Slip opinions collected and published periodically






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






32. 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.






33. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House






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






35. State and federal






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






37. Statutory law






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






39. Shepard's Citations - statute edition






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






41. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter






42. Digest topic






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






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






45. 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






46. Decennial Digest






47. Compiled chronologically






48. Infra

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






50. The Federal Reporter