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Subject : law
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1. Presidential proclamations






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






3. F.Supp






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






5. The appellate court reviews the record for prejudicial legal errors committed in the trial court but gives great deference to the findings of fact; factual findings are generally reversed only when they are 'arbitrary or capricious'






6. Restatement (of law)






7. Supra

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8. Extensive selected annotations






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






10. 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






11. Anew - from the beginning - the case is tried in the appellate court as if it had not been tried previously - and witness are allowed to testify.






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






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






14. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court






15. Federal Cases






16. Official publication






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






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






19. American Digest System






20. Encyclopedia






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






22. Compiled chronologically






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






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






25. 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.






26. Govern the way in which a defendant is charged - tried - and sentenced for a federal crime






27. 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






28. S.Ct.






29. Slip opinions collected and published periodically






30. Published by Lawyers Co-op






31. Virginia Koerselman - Comment - Worker's Compensation - 15 Creighton L. Rev. 415 (1981).






32. U.S. Const. art. IV - A 2 - cl. 3.






33. 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






34. 1. number of the Code title 2. abbreviation for the United States Code 3. section symbol - followed by the number of the Code section; and 4. date of the Code volume in which the most recent version of the section can be found






35. Secondary authority






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






37. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op






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






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






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






41. United States Reports






42. Mandatory legal authority that consists of constitutions - statutes - case law - rules of procedure - rules of evidence - administrative rules - court rules - executive orders






43. United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition






44. Iowa - Michigan - Minnesota - Nebraska - North Dakota - South Dakota - and Wisconsin






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






46. What federal session laws are published in






47. Products of West Legal Studies






48. 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






49. 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






50. Statutory law