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Subject : law
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1. Ratio decidendi- court's reasoning or basis for it sholding and decision






2. 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






3. 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






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






5. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits






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






7. The Federal Reporter






8. United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition






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






10. Selected decisions






11. Name of the appellant






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






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






14. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used






15. 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






16. 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.






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






18. Slip opinions collected and published periodically






19. Arkansas - Kentucky - Missouri - Tennessee - Texas - and Indian Territories






20. Shepard's Citations is used






21. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court






22. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).






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






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






25. Summarized statute topics






26. Summarize judicial opinions






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






28. The court's ruling or disposition of the case (whether affirmed - reversed - remanded - or dismissed)






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






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






31. Compiled by topic






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






33. Unofficial U.S. Supreme Court case reporter published by Lawyers Co-op

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






35. F.Supp






36. Statutes at Large






37. All slip laws enacted during a legislative session that are arranged in chronological order according to date of enactment






38. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi






39. 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.






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






41. Restatement (of law)






42. S.Ct.






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






44. A prior case within a particular jurisdiction that has 1. facts and legal issues substantially similar to the facts of the case before the court and 2. it was decided by a majority decision of a higher court of that jurisdiction and 3. the case was r






45. Summarize statute topics






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






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






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






49. 1. the title (chapter) number 2. abbreviation for the Code of Federal Regulation 3. section number symbol and the section number; and 4. year of publication






50. 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.