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Subject : law
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1. The cited authority contradicts the proposition stated in the memorandum






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






3. Govern the types of evidence that are admissible in criminal and civil trials and - in some situations - the manner in which the evidence can be presented during trial






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






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






6. Summarized statute topics






7. 22 C.F.R. A 145.6 (1992)






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






9. All slip laws enacted during a legislative session that are arranged in chronological order according to date of enactment






10. 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






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






12. What federal session laws are published in






13. Case reports - published by West - that divides the United States into seven geographical regions and reports the decisions of the highest appellate court of each state within that region.






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






15. Is used in the first 50 volumes of the United States Reports plus all unofficial reporters of Supreme Court decisions






16. Unofficial U.S. Supreme Court case reporter published by Lawyers Co-op

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17. Selected decisions






18. 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






19. Statutes at Large






20. 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






21. Is used in legal memoranda and briefs to indicate the full citation for the case follows at a later point in the memorandum or brief






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






23. 1. name of the act 2. abbreviation of Public Law and the public law number 3. volume number of the Statutes at Large 4. abbreviation for Statutes at Large 5. page number where the statutes begins; and 6. the year when the statute was passed as law.






24. L.Ed or L.Ed.2d

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25. 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






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






27. Extensive selected annotations






28. United States Reports






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






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






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






32. 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.






33. Reported selectively






34. Shepard's Citations - statute edition






35. Federal Reporter - Third Series (F.3d) - Federal Reporter - Second Series (F.2d) - Federal Reporter (F.) - Federal Cases (F. Cas.) - all unofficial and all published by West






36. Case law






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






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






39. State and federal






40. 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






41. Brief summary of facts of case - including its procedural posture






42. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.

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43. What federal session laws are codified and published in






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






45. 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






46. 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.






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






48. Seven






49. 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.






50. An index