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






2. Restatement (of law)






3. 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.






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






5. 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






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






7. At the close of each legislative term






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






9. Encyclopedia






10. A proposed legislative measure






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






12. 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






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. Compiled chronologically






15. Precedent






16. Extensive selected annotations






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






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






19. Identifies the court issuing the opinion - the parties - and the docket number assigned to the case






20. Selected decisions






21. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op






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






23. The Federal Reporter






24. The court's ruling or disposition of the case (whether affirmed - reversed - remanded - or dismissed)






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






26. Connecticut - Delaware - D.C. (Court of Appeals) - Maine - Maryland - New Hampshire - New Jersey - Pennsylvania - Rhode Island - and Vermont






27. Statutes at Large






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






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






30. Statutory law






31. 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






32. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits






33. Shepard's Citations is used






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






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






36. A syllabus of the court






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






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






39. Infra

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40. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House






41. 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.






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






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






44. 88 C.J.S. Trial A 107 (1980).






45. L.Ed or L.Ed.2d

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46. 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






47. Virginia Koerselman - Comment - Worker's Compensation - 15 Creighton L. Rev. 415 (1981).






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






49. Govern the form and procedure for appeals from the U.S. District Court to the Court of Appeals within the federal system






50. An index