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1. Precedent






2. Digests






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






4. What federal session laws are published in






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






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






7. An index






8. Federal Cases






9. Statutory law






10. 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.






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






12. S.Ct.






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






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






15. As session laws






16. 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






17. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter






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






19. An unofficial publication of law that is known for its extensive use of annotations






20. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court






21. Summarized statute topics






22. 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.






23. The Federal Reporter






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






25. Compiled chronologically






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






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






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






29. 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






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






31. 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






32. Compilations of cases and historical matter dealing with various aspects of a code of statute - which contain short summaries of other cases - both for and against






33. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).






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






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






36. Shepard's Citations - statute edition






37. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House






38. Rule of law for which the case is cited as precedent; it is the legal effect of the facts of the case






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






40. The cited authority contradicts the proposition stated in the memorandum






41. 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






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






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






44. Published by West






45. 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.






46. 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'






47. Decennial Digest






48. 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






49. L.Ed or L.Ed.2d

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50. State and federal







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