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1. At the close of each legislative term
incorrect United States Code citation
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
Statutes are published as session laws...
United States Supreme Court Bulletin

2. F.Supp
the reporter in which federal trial court opinions are contained
precedent
constitutional law
A scope note tells a researcher coverage of a particular...

3. Restatement (of law)
opinion
To determine whether a particular statute has been ruled unconstitutional by a court - one may use...
a secondary authority which is not the law itself but is - rather - a persuasive presentation by legal scholars of what the law is or what it should be in a particular topic are
When an appellate court reviews a case de novo on record - it...

4. Statutory law
Executive orders are...
majority opinion
Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.)
components of a Code of Federal Regulations citation

5. 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.
correct Code of Federal Regulations citation
common law
National Reporter System
official publication of law

6. 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.
Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
TARP method
de novo
reporter of Supreme Court decisions that contains summaries of the briefs of counsel

7. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi
decision
correct citation of a Constitutional amendment
Southern Reporter (So. or So.2d)
A Decennial Digest is part of the..

8. 22 C.F.R. A 145.6 (1992)
contra
legal encyclopedias
restatements of law
correct Code of Federal Regulations citation

9. Reported selectively
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent...
reporter of Supreme Court decisions that contains summaries of the briefs of counsel
Cases decided by the U.S. Court of International Trade ( formerly the U.S. Customs Court) are _______________ in the Federal Supplement.
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure

10. Rule of law for which the case is cited as precedent; it is the legal effect of the facts of the case
Atlantic Reporter (A. or A.2d)
correct citation of Statutes at Large
holding
separation of powers

11. Congressional Record will provide the most direct access to the text of the statute
annotations
when a case has been affirmed - reversed or modified on appeal
if a researcher knows the date when a federal statute was adopted the
American Jurisprudence is a...

12. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op
de novo on record
opinion
reporter of Supreme Court decisions that contains summaries of the briefs of counsel
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)

13. Case law
A decision of an administrative agency is classified as...
elements of a reported case
Southern Reporter (So. or So.2d)
F.R.D. contains...

14. Statutes at Large
rationale
___________ is an official publication that includes all laws enacted by Congress.
components of a legal encyclopedia citation
incorrect citation of a law review article

15. What federal session laws are published in
Statutes at Large (Stat.)
Digests summarize judicial decisions - while indexes...
correct Federal Register citation
incorrect legal dictionary citation

16. Is used in the first 50 volumes of the United States Reports plus all unofficial reporters of Supreme Court decisions
cf.
dissenting opinion
legal dictionaries
star paging

17. Brief summary of a legal rule discussed in the opinion; headnotes are numbered. key numbers are used in West publications
headnote or syllabus
United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.)
South Western Reporter (S.W. or S.W.2d)
bill

18. 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.
An annotation is
components of Statutes at Large citation
Until 1932 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in...
decision

19. 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
Statutes at Large (Stat.)
the signal infra
Lawyers-Cooperative Publishing Co.
to update the status of a particular case

20. U.S. Const. amend. XIV - A 1.
Federal rules and procedures are...
United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.)
correct citation of a Constitutional amendment
Shepard's Citations

21. Official case reporter for the U.S. Supreme Court
incorrect case citation
Secondary authorities are those that contain a general commentary on or...
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition is cited as
United States Reports

22. Summarize statute topics
reporter of Supreme Court decisions that contains summaries of the briefs of counsel
If a researcher wants to check the current status of a case - he or she should use...
procedural law
Digests summarize judicial decisions - while indexes...

23. As session laws
Statutes are published as slip laws before they are published...
The signal '_____' 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.
Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent...

24. An unofficial publication of law that uses the key number system to aid the researcher
digests typically
components of and A.L.R. citation
When an appellate court reviews a case de novo on record - it...
West Publishing Company (West)

25. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter
United States Supreme Court Bulletin
Lawyers-Cooperative Publishing Co.
most correct definition of star paging
Before 1924 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in

26. A bill that has been adopted into a law but has been printed singly rather than as a part of a group of laws
F.R.D. contains...
dicta
incorrect citation of a law review article
slip law

27. Federal Cases
if a researcher knows the date when a federal statute was adopted the
Until 1932 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in...
United States District Courts case reporters
Before 1924 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in

28. U.S.
reporter of Supreme Court decisions that contains summaries of the briefs of counsel
see - e.g.
correct law review citation
United States Reports is cited as

29. Name of the appellant
digests typically
caption
North Eastern Reporter (N.E. or N.E.2d)
In a petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Supreme Court - the _______________ appears first in the case caption - regardless of how the caption may have been shown in the lower courts.

30. A system where every topic and subtopic is assigned its own key number
de novo
A scope note tells a researcher coverage of a particular...
key number system
when a case has been affirmed - reversed or modified on appeal

31. Identifies the court issuing the opinion - the parties - and the docket number assigned to the case
The official reporter of the U. S. Supreme Court is...
bill
South Western Reporter (S.W. or S.W.2d)
caption

32. Result or disposition of the case
decision
Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
correct citation of a Constitutional amendment
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure

33. The Federal Reporter
holding
Until 1932 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in...
United States Supreme Court Bulletin
slip law

34. Govern the way in which a defendant is charged - tried - and sentenced for a federal crime
The _______________ contains either a separate section or a separate volume devoted to a table of cases and a descriptive word index.
correct A.L.R. citation
indexes typically
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure

35. Digest topic
A scope note tells a researcher coverage of a particular...
correct legal encyclopedia citation
Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.)
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent...

36. Typical case reporter
incorrect United States Code citation
The _______________ contains either a separate section or a separate volume devoted to a table of cases and a descriptive word index.
Southern Reporter (So. or So.2d)
An annotation is

37. When a federal case first decides a case. a single opinion of the court issued without headnotes and without indexing.
slip opinion
Federal rules and procedures are...
statement of facts
contra

38. Illinois - Indiana - Massachusetts - New York - and Ohio
Supreme Court Reporter is cited as
United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A.)
slip opinion
North Eastern Reporter (N.E. or N.E.2d)

39. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.

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40. Presidential proclamations
_______________ are published in the Statutes at Large.
key number system
correct legal encyclopedia citation
Before 1924 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in

41. Obiter dictum- comments of the court about minor issues or concerns other than the specific holding - rationale - and decision. Never cited as precedent
parallel citation
United States Code is
North Eastern Reporter (N.E. or N.E.2d)
dicta

42. Secondary authority
correct A.L.R. citation
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent...
slip law
United States Supreme Court Bulletin

43. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits
The official reporter of the U. S. Supreme Court is...
The record of a court case includes
most correct definition of star paging
Digests summarize judicial decisions - while indexes...

44. Statutes that are collected into a statutory code that are arranged by topic
de novo on record
codified
Federal session laws may be found in...
reporter of Supreme Court decisions that contains summaries of the briefs of counsel

45. Unofficial U.S. Supreme Court case reporter published by West
Cases decided by the U.S. Court of International Trade ( formerly the U.S. Customs Court) are _______________ in the Federal Supplement.
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
Statutes are published as session laws...
Supreme Court Reporter

46. Infra

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47. Freedom of Information Act - 46 U.S.C. A 89 (1973).
incorrect United States Code citation
separation of powers
cf.
United States Courts of Appeals case reporters

48. W. Weitz - Nocturnal Crimes - 20 Brooklyn L. Rev. 180 (1992).
Supreme Court Reporter is cited as
U.S. Reports contains
incorrect citation of a law review article
indexes typically

49. Secondary authority that is leading annotated law reporter published by Lawyers Co-op. Distinguishing feature not the cases that it reports - but the extensive editorial commentary that follows each reported case
when a case has been affirmed - reversed or modified on appeal
American Law Reports
correct Federal Register citation
codified

50. Legal publisher noted for its extensive use of annotations.
incorrect legal dictionary citation
per curiam opinion
A.L.R. is filled with...
Lawyers-Cooperative Publishing Co.