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






2. Unofficial U.S. Supreme Court case reporter published by West






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






4. Infra

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5. 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






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






7. 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






8. 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.






9. A syllabus of the court






10. The process used to synthesize legal principles from all prior cases with similar facts and similar issues of law to arrive at a decision in a specific case






11. 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






12. Primary authority






13. 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






14. 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






15. The Federal Reporter






16. U.S.






17. Published by West






18. F.Supp






19. The date upon which the decision was rendered






20. Court's explanation; includes the holding - rationale - and dicta






21. 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






22. 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






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






24. The subsequent history of the cited case must be included in the citation






25. United States Reports






26. Precedent






27. United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition






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






29. As session laws






30. Govern the form and procedure for appeals from the U.S. District Court to the Court of Appeals within the federal system






31. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter






32. What federal session laws are published in






33. Federal Cases






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






35. Digest topic






36. 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.






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






38. Restatement (of law)






39. Explanation of the subject






40. Identifies the court issuing the opinion - the parties - and the docket number assigned to the case






41. Compiled chronologically






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






43. W. Weitz - Nocturnal Crimes - 20 Brooklyn L. Rev. 180 (1992).






44. Secondary authority






45. State and federal






46. Encyclopedia






47. The three branches of government that make up each legal system- legislative - judicial and executive






48. Shepard's Citations - statute edition






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






50. The entire court participates rather than the permissible quorum. This does not mean that the entire court agrees on the outcome - however.







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