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Primary authority

In legal research, a primary authority is a term referring to statements of law that are binding upon the courts, government, and individuals. Primary authority is usually in the form of a document that establishes the law, and if no document exists, is a legal opinion of a court. The search for applicable primary authority is the most important part of…

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Primary authority

Nodes26
Edges25
Triples18
Avg. degree1.92
Density0.076923
Components1

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related to Examples · 11
Primary authority → Administrative, Basic, Books, Constitutions, Court, Examples, Executive, Municipal, Rules, Statutes, Treaties
related to Other uses · 5
Primary authority → British Government, Local Authority Regulators, Primary Authority Partnership, Regulator, The
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Primary authority → most important part of the process of legal research.The term, term referring to statements of law that are binding upon the courts

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primary authority legal law government court texts research term also document verbatim publishing opinion applicable materials considered secondary examples lawyers

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Primary authorityis aterm referring to statements of law that are binding upon the courts0.90text
Primary authorityis amost important part of the process of legal research.The term0.90text
Primary authorityrelated to ExamplesExamples0.60section
Primary authorityrelated to ExamplesConstitutions0.60section
Primary authorityrelated to ExamplesBasic0.60section
Primary authorityrelated to ExamplesStatutes0.60section
Primary authorityrelated to ExamplesTreaties0.60section
Primary authorityrelated to ExamplesMunicipal0.60section
Primary authorityrelated to ExamplesCourt0.60section
Primary authorityrelated to ExamplesBooks0.60section
Primary authorityrelated to ExamplesRules0.60section
Primary authorityrelated to ExamplesAdministrative0.60section

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