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Subject : law
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1. Decennial Digest






2. 15 U.S.C. A 7 (1988).






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






4. What federal session laws are codified and published in






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

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6. Summarized statute topics






7. Obiter dictum- comments of the court about minor issues or concerns other than the specific holding - rationale - and decision. Never cited as precedent






8. An index






9. 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






10. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court






11. As session laws






12. 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.






13. U.S. Const. amend. XIV - A 1.






14. 22 C.F.R. A 145.6 (1992)






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






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






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






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






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






20. Official case reporter for the U.S. Supreme Court






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






22. Products of West Legal Studies






23. Result or disposition of the case






24. Selected decisions






25. Name of the appellant






26. The cited authority presents helpful background information about the proposition






27. Case law






28. Typical case reporter






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






30. 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






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






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






33. Published by Lawyers Co-op






34. American Digest System






35. The West key number system






36. 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.






37. 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






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






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






40. Freedom of Information Act - 46 U.S.C. A 89 (1973).






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






42. 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






43. 88 C.J.S. Trial A 107 (1980).






44. 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






45. The Federal Reporter






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






47. Presidential proclamations






48. Legal encyclopedia published by West






49. Seven






50. 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