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Subject : law
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1. F.Supp






2. Federal Rules Decisions






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






4. American Digest System






5. As session laws






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






7. W. Weitz - Nocturnal Crimes - 20 Brooklyn L. Rev. 180 (1992).






8. Restatement (of law)






9. Statutes at Large






10. Compiled by topic






11. Summarize judicial opinions






12. Precedent






13. Decennial Digest






14. 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






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






16. 88 C.J.S. Trial A 107 (1980).






17. 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






18. John Willis - Annotation - Industrial Noise: Promoting an Unsafe Work Enviroment - 76 A.L.R. Fed. 489 (1986).






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






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






21. 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






22. Compilations of cases and historical matter dealing with various aspects of a code of statute - which contain short summaries of other cases - both for and against






23. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House






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






25. The publication where rules and regulations of administrative agencies are codified






26. Legal encyclopedia published by West






27. A syllabus of the court






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






29. Extensive selected annotations






30. Shepard's Citations - statute edition






31. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter






32. 15 U.S.C. A 7 (1988).






33. Statutes at Large






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






35. Summarized statute topics






36. 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






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






38. Published by Lawyers Co-op






39. 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






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






41. Explanation of the subject






42. Result or disposition of the case






43. 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






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






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






46. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op






47. Identifies the court issuing the opinion - the parties - and the docket number assigned to the case






48. Statutory law






49. An index






50. Encyclopedia