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Legal Research

Subject : law
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1. American Digest System






2. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).






3. A proposed legislative measure






4. Digests






5. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter






6. Infra

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






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






9. Primary authority






10. 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






11. 15 U.S.C. A 7 (1988).






12. The West key number system






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






14. Decennial Digest






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






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






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






18. At the close of each legislative term






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






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






21. Explanation of the subject






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






23. The court's explanatory comments - which can included the holding - the rationale for the holding - and dicta






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






25. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.

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26. 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






27. United States Reports






28. Statutory law






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






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






31. Precedent






32. Published by West






33. What federal session laws are codified and published in






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






35. 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






36. Result or disposition of the case






37. Supra

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






39. The date upon which the decision was rendered






40. Presidential proclamations






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






42. The Federal Reporter






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






44. United States Reports






45. 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






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






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






48. Statutes at Large






49. An unofficial publication of law that is known for its extensive use of annotations






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