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Subject : law
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1. Summarized statute topics






2. Unofficial U.S. Supreme Court case reporter published by West






3. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).






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






5. U.S.






6. Precedent






7. 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






8. 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






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






10. Opinion of the entire court (all judges who heard the case) - as opposed to an opinion written by a specific judge






11. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter






12. Restatement (of law)






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






14. 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






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






16. L.Ed or L.Ed.2d

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17. Summarize statute topics






18. Advance sheet published weekly by the Bureau of National Affairs






19. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House






20. Shepard's Citations is used






21. 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






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






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






24. Statutory law






25. Published by West






26. What federal session laws are published in






27. Digests






28. Opinion issued by one or more judges of the appellate court which agrees with the result reached by the majority but disagrees with the reasoning of the majority opinion. There can be more than one.






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






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






31. Rule of law for which the case is cited as precedent; it is the legal effect of the facts of the case






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






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






34. 1. name of the act 2. abbreviation of Public Law and the public law number 3. volume number of the Statutes at Large 4. abbreviation for Statutes at Large 5. page number where the statutes begins; and 6. the year when the statute was passed as law.






35. Law that establishes and defines the basic rights and duties that govern a society. It consists of constitutions - legislative enactments - common law - and certain executive actions.






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






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






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






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






40. United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition






41. 1. volume number of encyclopedia 2. abbreviated name of encyclopedia 3. title of article (underscored or in italics) 4. section symbol and section number within the article; 5. specific page within section; and 6. date of publication






42. Summarize judicial opinions






43. Name of the appellant






44. Federal Reporter - Third Series (F.3d) - Federal Reporter - Second Series (F.2d) - Federal Reporter (F.) - Federal Cases (F. Cas.) - all unofficial and all published by West






45. What federal session laws are codified and published in






46. Published by the American Law Institute - it collects and distills the primary - general rules in a given legal topic area- what the rules are and sometime what the committee believes they ought to be. It also provides explanations of the rules and g






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






48. Decisions concerning federal rules of procedure






49. An unofficial publication of law that uses the key number system to aid the researcher






50. Explanation of the subject