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Legal Research

Subject : law
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1. The publication where rules and regulations of administrative agencies are codified






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






3. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op






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






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






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






7. 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.






8. United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition






9. 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






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






11. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits






12. Statutes at Large






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






14. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.

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15. An explanatory note






16. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used






17. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter






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






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






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






21. Secondary authority






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






23. What federal session laws are codified and published in






24. Compiled chronologically






25. Extensive selected annotations






26. Official publication






27. Digests






28. Typical case reporter






29. 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.






30. Primary authority






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






32. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court






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






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






35. The date upon which the decision was rendered






36. 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.






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






38. Explanation of the subject






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






40. A proposed legislative measure






41. Encyclopedia






42. Decisions concerning federal rules of procedure






43. Federal Cases






44. An index






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






46. The Federal Reporter






47. S.Ct.






48. Legal encyclopedia published by West






49. Summarize statute topics






50. Compiled by topic