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About the U.S. Code:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/span>The<\/span>\u00a0United States Code<\/a>\u00a0is a consolidation of general and permanent\u00a0laws compiled by<\/span>\u00a0The Office of Law Revision Counsel<\/a>\u00a0of\u00a0<\/span>The House of Representatives<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0Sections of the code can also be found on websites such as<\/span>\u00a0www.FBI.gov<\/a>. \u00a0Under<\/span>\u00a01 U.S.C. 204<\/a>, the matter set forth in a main edition of the Code (together with its current supplement) establishes the law<\/span> prima facie<\/a>\u00a0(“at first sight”),\u00a0except that the text of titles enacted into positive law is legal evidence of the law. \u00a0The U.S. Code is a set of federal laws; see<\/span> about federal courts<\/a><\/em>. <\/span><\/strong>[1]<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

United States Code<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1. A multivolume published codification of federal statutory law.<\/strong> [2]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. The codification of federal statutes.<\/strong> [3]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. The official codification of the statutes enacted by Congress.<\/strong> [4]<\/span><\/p>\n

United States Code Annotated<\/span>:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1. A multivolume publication of the complete text of the United States code with historical notes, cross-references, and casenotes of federal and state decisions construing specific Code sections.<\/strong> \u2014 Abbr.<\/span> USCA<\/strong><\/em><\/span>. [3]<\/span><\/p>\n

References:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Disclaimer:<\/span><\/span><\/strong> All material throughout this website is compiled in accordance with Fair Use<\/a>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[1]: U.S. House of Representatives’ Office of Law Revision Counsel, <\/b><\/span>“<\/span>ABOUT THE UNITED STATES CODE AND THIS WEBSITE“<\/span>: http:\/\/uscode.house.gov\/about_code.xhtml<\/a>
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[2]: Black\u2019s Law Dictionary\u00a0Deluxe Tenth Edition\u00a0by Henry Campbell Black & Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner<\/a>. ISBN: 978-0-314-62130-6<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[3]: Ballantine\u2019s Law Dictionary\u00a0<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/strong>with Pronunciations
\n<\/b><\/span><\/em>Third Edition<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>by James A. Ballantine\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/em>Edited by William S. Anderson.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a9 1969 by THE LAWYER\u2019S CO-OPERATIVE PUBLISHING COMPANY.\u00a0 Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 68-30931<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[4]:\u00a0\u00a0Ballantine\u2019s Law Dictionary <\/a><\/b><\/span><\/strong>Legal Assistant Edition<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em>
\nby Jack Ballantine\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/em>Doctored<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>by\u00a0Jack G. Handler,\u00a0J.D.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a9 1994 Delmar by Thomson Learning.\u00a0 ISBN 0-8273-4874-6.<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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