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Legal Research

Subject : law
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1. United States Reports






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






3. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House






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






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






6. Case law - or judicial opinion - that articulates common law principles






7. 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






8. Infra

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






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






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






12. Supra

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






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






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. Official publication






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






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






19. Precedent






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






21. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.

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22. Selected decisions






23. State and federal






24. Digests






25. Compiled by topic






26. How civil actions are handled - including rules that cover the complaint - summons - answer - discovery process - trial - and post-trial procedures






27. Published by Lawyers Co-op






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






29. Summarize statute topics






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






31. Compiled chronologically






32. Statutes at Large






33. The date upon which the decision was rendered






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






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






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






37. 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.






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






39. 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






40. Reported selectively






41. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).






42. 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






43. Shepard's Citations - statute edition






44. A proposed legislative measure






45. 22 C.F.R. A 145.6 (1992)






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






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






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






49. An index






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