You have found a statute that seems to address the legal issue. Which primary source of law should you also consult to see how the statute is explained and interpreted?

A) constitutional provisions
B) cases
C) regulations
D) legal treatises


B

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The bankruptcy court maintains an adversary proceeding case under its own separate docket number known as a(n)

A) Case number B) Adversary number C) Adversary docket D) Index number

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An unfavorable outcome does not necessarily equate with negligence.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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Paralegal James is doing the final packing away of the files and creating an index for them as he puts the final touches on closing the latest probate case. It was an especially interesting case because the heir to whom the testator left 99% of his worldly possession died shortly after the testator. That resulted in allof Testator's worth being passed to Heir's son. Anyway, it was an interesting

case. Now that the case is closed and Heir (the client) is dead, James is looking forward to writing an article about the case. As Heir was particularly flamboyant, James is thinking: Best Seller! As James' friend, you A) should tell him that he can write about the case if he has permission from the client or the client's heirs to release confidential information he gained while working on the case. B) should tell him that he can't write about the case even though it is closed and even though the original client is dead. C) should tell him that he can write about the case now that the case is closed. D) should tell him that he can write about the case now that the client is dead.

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Formal rulemaking is known as the "lifeblood of the administrative process."

a. True b. False

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