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Subject : law
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1. Congressional Record will provide the most direct access to the text of the statute






2. 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






3. Precedent






4. 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.






5. United States Reports






6. 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






7. United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition






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






9. 22 C.F.R. A 145.6 (1992)






10. Infra

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






12. What federal session laws are codified and published in






13. Secondary authority






14. Extensive selected annotations






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






16. The West key number system






17. Statutory law






18. Encyclopedia






19. Decennial Digest






20. Statutes at Large






21. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House






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






23. Federal Supplement (F. Supp.) - Federal Reporter - Second Series (F.2d) - Federal Reporter (F.) - Federal Cases (F. Cas.) - all unofficial and all published by West






24. Primary authority






25. 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






26. 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






27. At the close of each legislative term






28. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court






29. The date upon which the decision was rendered






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






31. Presidential proclamations






32. The appellate court reviews the record for prejudicial legal errors committed in the trial court but gives great deference to the findings of fact; factual findings are generally reversed only when they are 'arbitrary or capricious'






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






34. Opinion of the entire court (all judges who heard the case) - as opposed to an opinion written by a specific judge






35. Supra

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36. 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






37. Federal Rules Decisions






38. 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






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






40. If the same case is published in another case reporter - the volume and page number of that reporter is shown






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






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






43. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op






44. Result or disposition of the case






45. Restatement (of law)






46. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.

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47. Illinois - Indiana - Massachusetts - New York - and Ohio






48. Connecticut - Delaware - D.C. (Court of Appeals) - Maine - Maryland - New Hampshire - New Jersey - Pennsylvania - Rhode Island - and Vermont






49. Summarize judicial opinions






50. A single-volume text written by a legal scholar in a given topic area