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Subject : law
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1. S.Ct.






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






3. The process used to synthesize legal principles from all prior cases with similar facts and similar issues of law to arrive at a decision in a specific case






4. Summarize judicial opinions






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






6. Encyclopedia






7. American Digest System






8. 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






9. Compiled chronologically






10. At the close of each legislative term






11. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter






12. A proposed legislative measure






13. Shepard's Citations - statute edition






14. Legal encyclopedia published by West






15. Is used in legal memoranda and briefs to indicate the full citation for the case follows at a later point in the memorandum or brief






16. 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






17. Encyclopedias that are arranged alphabetically and contain narrative - expository information on a variety of legal topics. published by West and Lawyers Co-op






18. 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.






19. Court's explanation; includes the holding - rationale - and dicta






20. Summarize statute topics






21. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op






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






23. 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






24. An explanatory note






25. 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






26. 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.






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






28. Legal publisher noted for its extensive use of annotations.






29. Digests






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






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






32. Shepard's Citators






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






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






35. An index






36. Restatement (of law)






37. 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.






38. 1. case name 2. case reporter in which the case is published (include volume number - abbreviation of case reporter - and page where case begins); 3. identity of court issuing the opinion 4. year in which the decision was issued; and 5. subsequent hi






39. Explanation of the subject






40. Federal Rules Decisions






41. 22 C.F.R. A 145.6 (1992)






42. An unofficial publication of law that is known for its extensive use of annotations






43. But they are required for home state cases when parallel citations exist






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






45. Compiled by topic






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






47. Name of the appellant






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






49. 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






50. 1. full name of author; 2. the word 'Annotation'; 3. title of annotation (underscored or in italics); 4. volume number of A.L.R. series 5. abbreviation for Annotated Law Reports 6. page number where the annotation begins; 7. year of publication