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Subject : law
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1. Govern the way in which a defendant is charged - tried - and sentenced for a federal crime






2. 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.






3. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used






4. Statutory law






5. Legal encyclopedia published by West






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






7. Primary authority






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






9. Official publication






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






11. 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






12. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House






13. Statutory law






14. Federal Rules Decisions






15. But they are required for home state cases when parallel citations exist






16. Avery v. Exxon Co. - 397 U.S. 812 (1991).






17. Supra

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18. The date upon which the decision was rendered






19. Reported selectively






20. Decisions concerning federal rules of procedure






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






22. Type of law consisting of legislative enactments called statutes at federal level and ordinances at state levels.






23. A single-volume text written by a legal scholar in a given topic area






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






25. Precedent






26. 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






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






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






29. American Digest System






30. United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition






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






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






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






34. Published by West






35. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi






36. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).






37. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court






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






39. Shepard's Citations - statute edition






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






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






42. What federal session laws are codified and published in






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






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






45. 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






46. 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






47. State and federal






48. Within the federal system - the chronologically published rules and regulations of administrative agencies






49. Published by Lawyers Co-op






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