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Legal Research

Subject : law
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1. An index






2. 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.






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






4. 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






5. Virginia Koerselman - Comment - Worker's Compensation - 15 Creighton L. Rev. 415 (1981).






6. 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.






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






8. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).






9. Federal Cases






10. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi






11. Law that establishes and defines the basic rights and duties that govern a society. It consists of constitutions - legislative enactments - common law - and certain executive actions.






12. Precedent






13. Freedom of Information Act - 46 U.S.C. A 89 (1973).






14. Reported selectively






15. 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






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






17. 15 U.S.C. A 7 (1988).






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






19. Infra

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20. 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






21. The court's ruling or disposition of the case (whether affirmed - reversed - remanded - or dismissed)






22. Summarized statute topics






23. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits






24. A very brief opinion; a cursory opinion; an opinion so abbreviated that it is hardly an opinion at all






25. 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






26. At the close of each legislative term






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






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






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






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






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






32. Presidential proclamations






33. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.

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34. 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






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






36. Federal Rules Decisions






37. (primary law - secondary law - encyclopedia - or other) issued by a private - non-government publisher.






38. Decennial Digest






39. Shepard's Citations - statute edition






40. Result or disposition of the case






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

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






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






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






45. S.Ct.






46. Within the federal system - the chronologically published rules and regulations of administrative agencies






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






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






49. 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






50. Official publication