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Subject : law
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1. When an official body authorizes and directs the collection and publication of law






2. Decennial Digest






3. Precedent






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






5. Reviews the record for errors of law and reaches its own factual finding.






6. Published by West






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






8. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.

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9. Result or disposition of the case






10. Statutory law






11. Federal Supplement (F. Supp.) - Federal Reporter - Second Series (F.2d) - Federal Reporter (F.) - Federal Cases (F. Cas.) - all unofficial and all published by West






12. At the close of each legislative term






13. 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.






14. Iowa - Michigan - Minnesota - Nebraska - North Dakota - South Dakota - and Wisconsin






15. 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






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






17. A proposed legislative measure






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






19. 1. case name 2. case reporter in which the case is published (include volume number - abbreviation of case reporter - and page where case begins); 3. identity of court issuing the opinion 4. year in which the decision was issued; and 5. subsequent hi






20. Legal dictionary - treatise - restatement of law - encyclopedia






21. Compiled by topic






22. Federal Cases






23. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court






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. Compiled chronologically






26. 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






27. Persuasive legal authority that consists of law from other jurisdictions - legal encyclopedias - American Law Reports - restatements of law - dictionaries - treatises and periodicals






28. S.Ct.






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






30. 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






31. Summarize statute topics






32. 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






33. The Federal Reporter






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






35. Statutory law






36. Shepard's Citators






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






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






39. A publication of law that is not specifically authorized or sanctioned by an official body but - rather - is compiled by a private publisher i.e. West Publishing Company (West) and Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)






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






41. The cited authority directly supports the proposition; other authorities also could have been cited but were not cited to avoid duplication






42. What federal session laws are published in






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






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






45. Primary authority






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






47. F.Supp






48. Secondary authority






49. The process used to synthesize legal principles from all prior cases with similar facts and similar issues of law to arrive at a decision in a specific case






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