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A writ of certiorari is a written order of an appellate court with discretionary jurisdiction (usually the highest court) stating that it chooses to review a lower court decision and the writ directs the lower court to produce its records for review.

The final decision that a trial court enters into its records is the Judgment or Final Decree.

The Latin term “prima facie” literally means “on its face” and refers to a presumption which is assumed to be true, but which could be incorrect.

The United States Supreme Court Digest corresponds to which publishing company’s reporter?

Legal researchers usually need to refer to _________, a version of the Constitution containing case summaries of how the courts have interpreted the Constitution.

In addition to Texas state court opinions, the Texas Digest will also contain federal cases that originate in Texas.

When using the Topic and Key Number System in Westlaw, the topic is assigned a particular abbreviation.

The Topic and Key Number System is the index to the entire National Reporter System.

The West Reporter that contains case law that deals ONLY with procedural law is called Federal Rules Decisions.

_______ is the citation for a case that is found in more than one reporter. For example, the same U.S. Supreme Court case can be found in United States Reports, in Supreme Court Reporter, and in United States Supreme Court Reports, Lawyer’s Edition.ct!