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






2. 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.






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






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






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






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






7. Products of West Legal Studies






8. 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






9. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House






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






11. Selected decisions






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






13. State and federal






14. Statutory law






15. Decennial Digest






16. Supra

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17. A proposed legislative measure






18. Presidential proclamations






19. 1. U.S. Constitutional provision and amendments 2. Federal statutes 3. Federal procedural rules 4. Federal cases (U.S. - F.3d - the F.Supp.) 5. State cases (official reporter - then regional reporter) 6. Federal administrative rules and regulations 7






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






21. The West key number system






22. 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






23. Statutes at Large






24. 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






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






26. United States Reports






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






28. As session laws






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






30. Seven






31. 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'






32. 1. full name of author; 2. the word 'Annotation'; 3. title of annotation (underscored or in italics); 4. volume number of A.L.R. series 5. abbreviation for Annotated Law Reports 6. page number where the annotation begins; 7. year of publication






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






34. 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






35. 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






36. 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.






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






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






39. Compiled chronologically






40. 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






41. Name of the appellant






42. Ratio decidendi- court's reasoning or basis for it sholding and decision






43. 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.






44. 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.






45. Decisions concerning federal rules of procedure






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






47. Primary authority






48. Compiled by topic






49. Legal publisher noted for its extensive use of annotations.






50. An explanatory note