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






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






4. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op






5. Reported selectively






6. Result or disposition of the case






7. What federal session laws are published in






8. A syllabus of the court






9. Shepard's Citations is used






10. 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






11. As session laws






12. Statutory law






13. Decennial Digest






14. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter






15. What federal session laws are codified and published in






16. Alaska - Arizona - California - Colorado - Hawaii - Idaho - Kansas - Montana - Nevada - New Mexico - Oklahoma - Oregon - Utah - Washington - and Wyoming






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






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






19. The date upon which the decision was rendered






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






21. Encyclopedia






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






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






24. Seven






25. 15 U.S.C. A 7 (1988).






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






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






28. Selected decisions






29. W. Weitz - Nocturnal Crimes - 20 Brooklyn L. Rev. 180 (1992).






30. Published by West






31. A proposed legislative measure






32. The appellate court reviews the record for prejudicial legal errors committed in the trial court but gives great deference to the findings of fact; factual findings are generally reversed only when they are 'arbitrary or capricious'






33. 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






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






35. Published by Lawyers Co-op






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






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






38. 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)






39. Digest topic






40. Precedent






41. The subsequent history of the cited case must be included in the citation






42. Type of law consisting of legislative enactments called statutes at federal level and ordinances at state levels.






43. 1. full name of author 2. designation of type of article (required only if written by student); 3. title of article (italicized or underscored) 4. volume number of law review 5. abbreviated name of law review 6. page number where article begins; and






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






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






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






47. 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






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






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






50. Official publication







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