Category: Legal Resource

  • American Jurisprudence

    American Jurisprudence in United States Practical Information Note: Some of this information was last updated in 1982A legal encyclopedia that gives comprehensive textual statements of American case law. Am. Jur., as American Jurisprudence is commonly called, makes no attempt to cite every […]

  • American Jurisprudence

    American Jurisprudence in United States Practical Information Note: Some of this information was last updated in 1982A legal encyclopedia that gives comprehensive textual statements of American case law. Am. Jur., as American Jurisprudence is commonly called, makes no attempt to cite every […]

  • American Law Reports

    American Law Reports (ALR) in the United States Introduction Annotated opinions of appellate courts (see apellate court (in U.S. law) ) in all jurisdictions. ALR (in U.S. law) contains a minimum of U.S. Supreme Court cases; they are taken care of by the annotations in the Lawyer's Edition. […]

  • American Law Reports

    American Law Reports (ALR) in the United States Introduction Annotated opinions of appellate courts (see apellate court (in U.S. law) ) in all jurisdictions. ALR (in U.S. law) contains a minimum of U.S. Supreme Court cases; they are taken care of by the annotations in the Lawyer's Edition. […]

  • American Digest System

    American Digest System in the United States The American Digest System divides the law into major topic categories which are further divided into more specific subcategories – each subcategory is assigned a number. The number assigned to the subcategory is called a KeyNumber. When a case is […]

  • American Digest System

    American Digest System in the United States The American Digest System divides the law into major topic categories which are further divided into more specific subcategories – each subcategory is assigned a number. The number assigned to the subcategory is called a KeyNumber. When a case is […]

  • Treatise

    Treatise in the United States Treatise in the Context of Law Research The Thurgood Marshall School of Law Library defined briefly Treatise as: A scholarly work which provides detailed treatment of a particular area of law.Legal research resources, including Treatise, helpto identify the law […]

  • Advance Sheets

    Advance Sheets in United States Practical Information Note: Some of this information was last updated in 1982See national reporter system (in U.S. law) .(Revised by Ann De Vries) What is Advance Sheets? For a meaning of it, read Advance Sheets in the Legal Dictionary here. Browse and search […]

  • List of Top Popular Reference Sites

    List of Top Popular Reference Sites in the United States List of Most Visited Encyclopedia and Dictionary Sites in the United States This list of Most Visited Encyclopedia and Dictionary Sites un the United States was made using Similar Sites, in the end of 2015:  Wikipedia.org […]

  • Blue Book

    Blue Book in United States Practical Information When someone says The Blue Book, they can mean: The N.A.D.A. Official Used Car Guide, which lists the price of used cars. Could also mean one of the other N.A.D.A. guides. See Automobile Valuation Information; or The Bluebook: A […]

  • FDsys

    FDsys in the United States FDsys offers several advanced search criteria features of its U.S.C.. See more about the U.S. Code Portal here. According to FDsys, both public and private laws “are also known as slip laws. A slip law is an official publication of the law. Resources Public […]

  • List of US Legal Topics

    List of United States Legal Topics A-Z List of US Legal Topics: A Abandoned Property Abatement Abortion Abuse of Process Accessibility (ADA) Accord and Satisfaction Accountants Accounting Acknowledgments Act of God Acts of State ADA Adjoining Landlowners Administrative Law […]

  • Authentication Of Instruments

    Authentication Of Instruments in United States Practical Information Note: Some of this information was last updated in 1982The process of certifying a document worthy of acceptance or a belief. The use of authentication is not usually limited to the recording of documents or instruments that […]

  • Adjective Law

    Adjective Law in United States Adjective Law Definition That which regulates procedure; so called from its function to aid the substantive. Holland, Jur. 78. The law of pleading, practice, evidence, remedies and procedure, designed merely to secure and enforce in an orderly manner the […]

  • Free Internet Legal Research

    Free Internet US Legal Research in the United States The following guide describes selected online resources useful for researching U.S. federal and some State (such California) law. For resources that are, at low cost, available via the Internet, see here. This research entry is divided […]