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Legal Research

Subject : law
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1. Decennial Digest






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

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3. 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






4. Published by Lawyers Co-op






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






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






7. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits






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






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






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






11. Compiled by topic






12. Name of the appellant






13. Products of West Legal Studies






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






15. Shepard's Citations - statute edition






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






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






18. F.Supp






19. Statutory law






20. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).






21. State and federal






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






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






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






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






26. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter






27. Slip opinions collected and published periodically






28. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court






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






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






31. 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






32. United States Reports






33. The cited authority contradicts the proposition stated in the memorandum






34. 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






35. A syllabus of the court






36. Encyclopedia






37. Sometimes called adjective law - it prescribes the manner in which substantive laws must be enforced.






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






39. Infra

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40. Statutes at Large






41. Reported selectively






42. Extensive selected annotations






43. The date upon which the decision was rendered






44. The process used to synthesize legal principles from all prior cases with similar facts and similar issues of law to arrive at a decision in a specific case






45. Primary authority






46. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op






47. Federal Rules Decisions






48. Presidential proclamations






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






50. Case law