National Archives and Records Administration. An independent federal agency that sets procedures for managing governmental records; helps federal agencies manage their records; provides record-storage access; and manages the Presidential Libraries system. • The agency is run by the Archivist of the United States. It publishes the United States Statutes at Large, the Federal Register, the […]
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A copyrightable work produced either by an employee within the scope of employment or by an independent contractor under a written agreement; esp., a work specially ordered or commissioned for use as (1) a contribution to a collective work, (2) a translation, (3) a supplementary work, (4) a part of a movie or other audiovisual
Regiam Majestatem (ree-jee-[schwa]m maj-[schwa]-stay-t[schwa]m). [Latin “the (books of the) Royal Majesty”] Scots law. An ancient collection of Scottish laws, so called from its opening words. • The four-book collection is generally believed to be genuine, although its origins are widely disputed. It was partly copied from Glanville’s treatise De Legibus et Consuetudinibus Angliae, as appears
archive, n. (usu. pl.) 1. A place where public, historical, or institutional records are systematically preserved. 2. Collected and preserved public, historical, or institutional papers and records. 3. Any systematic compilation of materials, esp. writings, in physical or electronic form. — archive, vb.
Amalphitan Code ([schwa]-mal-f[schwa]-t[schwa]n). Hist. A compilation of maritime law made late in the 11th century at the port of Amalfi near Naples. • The Code was regarded as a primary source of maritime law throughout the Mediterranean to the end of the 16th century. — Also termed Amalphitan Table; Laws of Amalfi; Tablets of Amalfi.
transcript of proceedings. A compilation of all documents relating to a bond issue, typically including the notices, affidavits of notices, a bond resolution (or bond ordinance), official statement, trust indenture and loan agreements, and minutes of meetings of all authorizing bodies.
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color book. Archaic. Int’l law. An official compilation of diplomatic documents and internal papers and reports of a government, the purpose of which is to inform the legislature and the public about foreign policy, esp. during foreign crises. • Color books reached their height of popularity in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. They
Hatsell’s Precedents. A compilation of points of order decided in the House of Commons, published by the House’s clerk, John Hatsell, in two volumes, the first in 1776 and the second in 1781. • Hatsell’s compilation was a primary source for the manual that Thomas Jefferson compiled while presiding over the United States Senate.
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digest, n. 1. An index of legal propositions showing which cases support each proposition; a collection of summaries of reported cases, arranged by subject and subdivided by jurisdiction and court. • The chief purpose of a digest is to make the contents of reports available and to separate, from the great mass of caselaw, those
casebook. A compilation of extracts from instructive cases on a particular subject, usu. with commentary and questions about the cases, designed as a teaching aid. See SOCRATIC METHOD. Cf. HORNBOOK.