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1. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits






2. 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






3. Federal Rules Decisions






4. Statutory law






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






6. 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.






7. Digest topic






8. A syllabus of the court






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






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






11. The Federal Reporter






12. Result or disposition of the case






13. Name of the appellant






14. United States Reports






15. 1. number of the Code title 2. abbreviation for the United States Code 3. section symbol - followed by the number of the Code section; and 4. date of the Code volume in which the most recent version of the section can be found






16. At the close of each legislative term






17. Compiled by topic






18. Precedent






19. Extensive selected annotations






20. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used






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






22. Often provide case citations upon which a definition is based. A couple of them are Black's Law _____ and Ballantine's Law _____.






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






24. 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






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






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






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






28. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.

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29. 22 C.F.R. A 145.6 (1992)






30. 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






31. 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






32. Federal Cases






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






34. Case law






35. Summarize judicial opinions






36. 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






37. 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)






38. Summarize statute topics






39. Published by West






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






41. Selected decisions






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






43. Seven






44. 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






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






46. Infra

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47. Slip opinions collected and published periodically






48. Freedom of Information Act - 46 U.S.C. A 89 (1973).






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






50. An explanatory note






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