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26. Which of the following uses correct citation format for a citation to the definition of headnote on page 305 of Ballantine’s Law Dictionary, Third Edition (1994) if cited in a pleading, motion, or appellate brief?
  1. Ballantine’s Law Dictionary 305 (3d ed. 1994) (headnote).
  2. Ballantine’s Law Dictionary 305 (3d ed. 1994).
  3. Ballantine’s Law Dictionary, Headnote, 305 (3d ed. 1994).
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27. You are employed by an attorney in Indiana. She asks you to find Indiana state cases involving a manufacturer’s liability for rollover accidents involving three-wheeled ATVs. Which of the following Boolean searches would be most useful in locating these cases?
  1. Limiting the search to Indiana state cases: negligence & ((three /1 wheel!) /2 ATV!) & rollover.
  2. Limiting the search to Indiana state cases: (product /1 liability) & ((three /1 wheel!) /2 ATV!) & rollover.
  3. Limiting the search to U.S. state cases: (product /1 liability) & ((three /1 wheel!) /2 ATV!) & rollover.
  4. Limiting the search to Indiana state cases: (product /1 liability) & ((three /1 wheeled) /2 ATVs & rollover).
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28. Two basic approaches to finding the law are ________________________ and ____________________.
  1. The topic method; the case method.
  2. The topic method; the digest system method.
  3. The digest system method; the case method.
  4. The case method; the analytical method.
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29. Legal publishers create digests for ____________________.
  1. Every case decided at the trial level.
  2. Each major topic in the law, such as torts, contracts, etc.
  3. Each federal and state jurisdiction.
  4. Every case law reporter series.
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30. Digests are ____________________.
  1. Compilations of the headnotes prepared for judicial opinions that are organized under an outline by topic and subtopic.
  2. Reference works containing short summaries of judicial opinions organized by the federal and state jurisdictions.
  3. Reference works containing short summaries of articles published in law reviews and bar journals.
  4. Compilations of the headnotes prepared for judicial opinions that are organized by the date of the judicial opinion.
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