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Encyclopedia > Primary authority

A Primary authority is a document that establishes the law on a particular issue, such as a case decision or legislative act. For the R.E.M. album, see: Document (album) A document is a writing that contains information. ... Law (a loanword from Old Norse lag), in politics and jurisprudence, is a set of rules or norms of conduct which mandate, proscribe or permit specified relationships among people and organizations, provide methods for ensuring the impartial treatment of such people, and provide punishments for those who do not follow...


Primary authority is any law that the court can rely on in reaching its decision. examples includes statutes, administrative regulations, constitutional provisions, executive orders, charters, ordinances, treaties, and other court opinions.


Statsky, W. (1997). Introduction to paralegalism: persepectives, problems, and skills. 5th ed. St. Paul, MN: West Publishing Company.


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Uniform Certificate of Authority Application (4189 words)
The Primary Application to the Uniform Certificate of Authority Application (UCAA) is designed for use in the formation of a new insurer, or by an existing insurer that is making application to redomesticate to another state.
Primary Applications are immediately reviewed to ensure that they are submitted in the required format as outlined in Sections II and III.
The Primary Application when used for a redomestication is filed with the insurer’s new state of domicile.
Legal research - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (4035 words)
Concepts such as law, legal authority and jurisdiction are taught to law students during their first year in Law School.
Primary authority generally consists of the verbatim texts of constitutions, case law, statutes, treaties, regulations and similar materials cited in legal documents.
The fact that a particular text is a primary authority (such as a case) does not mean that the court must follow it.
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