The documentation, prepared for an appeal, of the trial court proceedings (pleadings, motions, transcripts of examination of witnesses, objections to evidence, rulings, jury instruction, opinion, etc.).

A reporter that includes opinions from several states in a region. For example, the South Western Reporter includes cases from Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Tennessee, and Texas.

Legal rules established by agencies within the executive branch of government.

To send back for further proceedings, as when a higher court sends back to a lower court.

A publication in which judicial opinions are printed.

(1) court reports—published judicial cases arranged according to some grouping, such as jurisdiction, court, period of time, subject matter, or case significance; and (2) administrative reports or  decisions—published decisions of an administrative agency.

The party who makes an answer to a bill in an equity proceeding or who contends against an appeal.

Systematic restatements of the existing common law in certain areas, published by the American Law Institute since 1923. The restatements are valuable secondary research sources, but are not binding as law.

The rules regulating practice and procedure before the various courts. In most jurisdictions, these rules are issued by the individual courts or by the highest court in that jurisdiction.