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Subject : law
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1. Statutory law






2. 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.






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






4. Precedent






5. Result or disposition of the case






6. 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






7. If the same case is published in another case reporter - the volume and page number of that reporter is shown






8. Infra

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9. What federal session laws are codified and published in






10. Mandatory legal authority that consists of constitutions - statutes - case law - rules of procedure - rules of evidence - administrative rules - court rules - executive orders






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






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






13. Anew - from the beginning - the case is tried in the appellate court as if it had not been tried previously - and witness are allowed to testify.






14. The court's explanatory comments - which can included the holding - the rationale for the holding - and dicta






15. Encyclopedia






16. 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)






17. Summarize judicial opinions






18. Name of the appellant






19. 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






20. Govern the way in which a defendant is charged - tried - and sentenced for a federal crime






21. Digest topic






22. 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






23. Ritches Jr. v. Li - 665 F. Supp. 139 (E.D.Pa. 1991).






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 date upon which the decision was rendered






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






27. Decisions concerning federal rules of procedure






28. 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






29. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court






30. Reported selectively






31. 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.






32. An explanatory note






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






34. Statutes at Large






35. 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






36. 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






37. Explanation of the subject






38. Shepard's Citations - statute edition






39. Typical case reporter






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






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






42. Statutory law






43. Federal Cases






44. Summarize statute topics






45. 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.






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






47. Extensive selected annotations






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






49. Published by Lawyers Co-op






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