A person who brings a suit, action, bill, or complaint. A paper-back supplement to a book, inserted in the book through a slit in its back cover. Depending on the type of publication, it may have textual, case, or statutory references keyed to the original publication. Precedent A decision or determination of a point of law made by a court in a case to be followed by a court of the same rank, or of a lower rank, in a subsequent case presenting the same legal problem, although different parties are involved in the subsequent case. Primary Authority or Law Statutes, administrative rules and regulations, and case law.
Primary authority is generally mandatory authority.
Regional Reporter A unit of West's National Reporter System which reports the state court decisions of a defined geographical area. For example, the Southern Reporter, Pacific Reporter, etc. The rules regulating practice and procedure before the various courts. In most jurisdictions, these rules are issued by the individual courts or by the highest court in that jurisdiction. A notation appearing below a topic heading in a publication, that delimits and identifies the content of the topic.