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Subject : law
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1. Seven






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






3. Supra

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






5. At the close of each legislative term






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






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






8. 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






9. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op






10. 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.






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






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






13. The date upon which the decision was rendered






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






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






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






17. Ratio decidendi- court's reasoning or basis for it sholding and decision






18. 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)






19. Published by Lawyers Co-op






20. American Digest System






21. 1. case name 2. case reporter in which the case is published (include volume number - abbreviation of case reporter - and page where case begins); 3. identity of court issuing the opinion 4. year in which the decision was issued; and 5. subsequent hi






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






23. Health Care Act - Pub. L. 92-117 - 83 Stat. 624 (1987).






24. 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






25. The cited authority directly supports the proposition; other authorities also could have been cited but were not cited to avoid duplication






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






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






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






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






30. Precedent






31. Statutory law






32. United States Reports






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






34. Digests






35. Unofficial U.S. Supreme Court case reporter published by Lawyers Co-op

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36. Presidential proclamations






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






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






39. Statutes at Large






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






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






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






43. Federal Rules Decisions






44. Restatement (of law)






45. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi






46. A syllabus of the court






47. 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






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






49. Published by West






50. Shepard's Citations - statute edition