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1. How civil actions are handled - including rules that cover the complaint - summons - answer - discovery process - trial - and post-trial procedures






2. Statutory law






3. Compiled chronologically






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






5. Products of West Legal Studies






6. Statutes at Large






7. An index






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






9. Govern the form and procedure for appeals from the U.S. District Court to the Court of Appeals within the federal system






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






11. Extensive selected annotations






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






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






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






15. 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






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






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






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. Selected decisions






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






21. Infra

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22. U.S.






23. All slip laws enacted during a legislative session that are arranged in chronological order according to date of enactment






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






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






26. L.Ed or L.Ed.2d

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27. Slip opinions collected and published periodically






28. Sometimes called adjective law - it prescribes the manner in which substantive laws must be enforced.






29. 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






30. Opinion issued by one or more judges of the appellate court which disagrees with both the result and the reasoning of the majority opinion. There can be more than one






31. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court






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






33. Secondary authority






34. 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






35. A proposed legislative measure






36. What federal session laws are codified and published in






37. Presidential proclamations






38. Compiled by topic






39. Brief summary of facts of case - including its procedural posture






40. Persuasive legal authority that consists of law from other jurisdictions - legal encyclopedias - American Law Reports - restatements of law - dictionaries - treatises and periodicals






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






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






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






44. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House






45. The entire court participates rather than the permissible quorum. This does not mean that the entire court agrees on the outcome - however.






46. 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






47. 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






48. 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'






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






50. 88 C.J.S. Trial A 107 (1980).