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Subject : law
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1. Within the federal system - the chronologically published rules and regulations of administrative agencies






2. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits






3. Statutory law






4. 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






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






6. Digest topic






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






8. Selected decisions






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






10. 1. number of the Code title 2. abbreviation for the United States Code 3. section symbol - followed by the number of the Code section; and 4. date of the Code volume in which the most recent version of the section can be found






11. Supra

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12. United States Reports






13. Persuasive legal authority that consists of law from other jurisdictions - legal encyclopedias - American Law Reports - restatements of law - dictionaries - treatises and periodicals






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






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






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






17. 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






18. Caption - date of decision - parallel citations - headnote or syllabus - statement of facts - opinion - holding - rationale - dicta - decision






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






20. 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.






21. Encyclopedia






22. United States Reports






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






24. 15 U.S.C. A 7 (1988).






25. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House






26. 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






27. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op






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






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






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






31. A syllabus of the court






32. The West key number system






33. Case law






34. 88 C.J.S. Trial A 107 (1980).






35. Published by West






36. Legal dictionary - treatise - restatement of law - encyclopedia






37. The publication where rules and regulations of administrative agencies are codified






38. Shepard's Citations - statute edition






39. 22 C.F.R. A 145.6 (1992)






40. 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






41. American Digest System






42. Statutory law






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






44. Summarize statute topics






45. Summarized statute topics






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






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






48. When a federal case first decides a case. a single opinion of the court issued without headnotes and without indexing.






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






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