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Subject : law
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1. As session laws






2. At the close of each legislative term






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






4. Name of the appellant






5. United States Reports






6. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits






7. 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






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






9. Selected decisions






10. An index






11. Decennial Digest






12. Digest topic






13. Case law






14. 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.






15. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).






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






17. F.Supp






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






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






20. U.S.






21. Statutory law






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






23. Shepard's Citators






24. Federal Rules Decisions






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






26. 1. full name of author 2. designation of type of article (required only if written by student); 3. title of article (italicized or underscored) 4. volume number of law review 5. abbreviated name of law review 6. page number where article begins; and






27. 88 C.J.S. Trial A 107 (1980).






28. Secondary authority






29. Digests






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






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






32. 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






33. Federal Cases






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






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






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






37. Compiled chronologically






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






39. Georgia - North Carolina - South Carolina - Virginia - and West Virginia






40. 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






41. 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)






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






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






44. Supra

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45. Brief summary of a legal rule discussed in the opinion; headnotes are numbered. key numbers are used in West publications






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






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






48. When a federal case first decides a case. a single opinion of the court issued without headnotes and without indexing.






49. What federal session laws are codified and published in






50. Congressional Record will provide the most direct access to the text of the statute