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






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






3. 22 C.F.R. A 145.6 (1992)






4. Federal Cases






5. Alaska - Arizona - California - Colorado - Hawaii - Idaho - Kansas - Montana - Nevada - New Mexico - Oklahoma - Oregon - Utah - Washington - and Wyoming






6. A proposed legislative measure






7. A publication of law that is not specifically authorized or sanctioned by an official body but - rather - is compiled by a private publisher i.e. West Publishing Company (West) and Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)






8. 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.






9. 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






10. 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.






11. 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






12. United States Reports






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






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






15. United States Reports






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






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






18. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House






19. United States Reports (U.S.) - Supreme Court Reporter (S.Ct.) - United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition (L.Ed. or L.Ed.2d)






20. 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.






21. 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






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






23. 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






24. What federal session laws are codified and published in






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






26. Statutes that are collected into a statutory code that are arranged by topic






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






28. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.

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29. Presidential proclamations






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






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






32. Compiled by topic






33. S.Ct.






34. 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






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






36. Shepard's Citations - statute edition






37. Typical case reporter






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






39. At the close of each legislative term






40. As session laws






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






42. A syllabus of the court






43. Decisions concerning federal rules of procedure






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






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






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






47. State and federal






48. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits






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






50. Primary authority