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Subject : law
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1. Govern the form and procedure for appeals from the U.S. District Court to the Court of Appeals within the federal system






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






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






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






5. Extensive selected annotations






6. 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






7. A syllabus of the court






8. 1. full name of author; 2. the word 'Annotation'; 3. title of annotation (underscored or in italics); 4. volume number of A.L.R. series 5. abbreviation for Annotated Law Reports 6. page number where the annotation begins; 7. year of publication






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






10. Supra

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11. Restatement (of law)






12. Federal Cases






13. Secondary authority






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






15. L.Ed or L.Ed.2d

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






17. The West key number system






18. F.Supp






19. The Federal Reporter






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. 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.






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






23. Reviews the record for errors of law and reaches its own factual finding.






24. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used






25. As session laws






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






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






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






29. 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)






30. 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.






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

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32. Reported selectively






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






34. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits






35. 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






36. 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'






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






38. 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






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






40. Seven






41. 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.






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






43. 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






44. 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






45. Shepard's Citations - statute edition






46. Published by Lawyers Co-op






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






48. 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






49. United States Reports






50. Infra

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