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Subject : law
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1. Restatement (of law)






2. 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






3. United States Reports






4. Case law






5. Reported selectively






6. 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






7. 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






8. Infra

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






10. Presidential proclamations






11. Secondary authority






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






13. When a federal case first decides a case. a single opinion of the court issued without headnotes and without indexing.






14. Shepard's Citations - statute edition






15. John Willis - Annotation - Industrial Noise: Promoting an Unsafe Work Enviroment - 76 A.L.R. Fed. 489 (1986).






16. Court's explanation; includes the holding - rationale - and dicta






17. American Digest System






18. 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)






19. Digest topic






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






21. 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






22. S.Ct.






23. Digests






24. F.Supp






25. 22 C.F.R. A 145.6 (1992)






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






27. United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition






28. Seven






29. Products of West Legal Studies






30. 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.






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






32. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter






33. Congressional Record will provide the most direct access to the text of the statute






34. Published by Lawyers Co-op






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






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






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






38. Encyclopedias that are arranged alphabetically and contain narrative - expository information on a variety of legal topics. published by West and Lawyers Co-op






39. Decennial Digest






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






41. 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






42. Slip opinions collected and published periodically






43. U.S. Const. amend. XIV - A 1.






44. Supra

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






46. Mandatory legal authority that consists of constitutions - statutes - case law - rules of procedure - rules of evidence - administrative rules - court rules - executive orders






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






48. 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.






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






50. Shepard's Citations is used