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Index Research The Hierarchical System  Begin in the General Index  Topic Sub-topic Sub-sub-topic Privileges and Comm., cont’d Habeas Corpus Const. L §327 Husband and Wife Witn §359 Co-conspirators Accomplice Witn §524 Validity of Privil Witn §389 Spouse as Victim Witn §296 Waiver Witn §274 Wills See Habeas Corpus, supra Institutions Medical Staff Phys & S §165

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Words & Phrases Multi-Volume Legal Dictionary  Use as a dictionary Offers quotation from court opinion defining term Supplement  Always update with the pocket part!!!

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American Jurisprudence, 2d Lawyers’ Cooperative Publishing Company Total Client Service Library National Legal Encyclopedia  Commentary on the law Footnotes lead to cases  “Many jurisdictions define murder as the killing of one human being by another 14” 14 Gooch v. Cower, 745 P.2d 356 (Cal. 1989) Research  Step 1: General Index / General Index Update  Step 2: Topic & Section Number (Depo §273)  Step 3: Main Volume (Depositions)  Step 4: Section Number (273)  Step 5: Footnote Reference  Step 6: Volume Index  Step 7: Update (Pocket Part)  Step 8: New Pocket Service

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Corpus Juris Secundum 2d West Publishing Key Number System National Legal Encyclopedia  Commentary on the law Footnotes lead to cases Research  Step 1: General Index  Step 2: Topic & Section Number (Witn §442)  Step 3: Main Volume (Witnesses)  Step 4: Section Number (442)  Step 5: Footnote Reference  Step 6: Volume Index  Step 7: Update (Pocket Part)

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