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Legal Research

Subject : law
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1. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House






2. Presidential proclamations






3. Seven






4. Summarize statute topics






5. Legal encyclopedia published by West






6. F.Supp






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






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. Compiled chronologically






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. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.

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12. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op






13. What federal session laws are published in






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






15. Compiled by topic






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






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






18. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).






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






20. 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






21. The cited authority states a proposition that is different from the proposition stated by the writer - but the proposition stated in the cited authority is sufficiently similar to lend support to the writer's proposition






22. Summarize judicial opinions






23. The Federal Reporter






24. 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






25. A syllabus of the court






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






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






28. Supra

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29. Result or disposition of the case






30. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi






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






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






33. Decennial Digest






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






35. Encyclopedia






36. Name of the appellant






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






38. State and federal






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






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






41. Secondary authority that is leading annotated law reporter published by Lawyers Co-op. Distinguishing feature not the cases that it reports - but the extensive editorial commentary that follows each reported case






42. 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






43. Digest topic






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






45. 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






46. Official publication






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






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






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






50. Explanation of the subject