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Legal Research/Writing I Flashcards

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P

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Plaintiff

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D

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Defendant

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§

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Section

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K

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Contract(s)

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Jdx

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Jurisdiction

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J/

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Judgment for…

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Rev’d

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Reserved

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Aff’d

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Affirmed

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TC

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Trial Court

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AC

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Appellate Court

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TRO

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Temporary Restraining Order

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MTD

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Motion to Dismiss

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MSJ

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Motion for Summary Judgment

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Ev.

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Evidence

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b/c

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Because

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a/st

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Against

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E’er

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Employer

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E’ee

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Employee

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w/

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With

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w/o

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Without

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re:

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About

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22
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Is this correct? Why or why not?

Beavis and Butthead vs. Burger World

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No.
vs.–> v.
Beavis and Butthead—> Beavis

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What is the difference between a textual sentence and a stand-alone sentence?

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A textual sentence is just a sentence: when the citation is an integral part of a larger sentence. A stand alone sentence in citations in a sentence that is made entirely of citation(s) that relate directly to the previous sentence.

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Can you abbreviate the names of the US or states while citing a case?

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No. It has to be the full “United States”, or “Georgia”.

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True or False
You should include prepositional phrases in case citations

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False, unless followed by “city” or similar word

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How should a properly written case name be otherwise formatted?

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Underscored or italicized

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What is a parallel citation?

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A citation that provides all of the official and unofficial reporters a case can be found in

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True or False:
Paralegals must always accurately cite case information, including page number, so the reader can find exactly where the actual case material is.

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True

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What are the four types of statutes?

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Public law, private law, permanent law, temporary law

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What counts as a block quote?

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Over 50 words

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Are you a hard worker?

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Yes

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Is the United States Reports the official reporter of the U.S. Supreme Court?

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Yes

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What is a string citation?

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Citing multiple cases in the same citation sentence

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What is jurisdiction?

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The ability to take legal action/power for a court to hear a case

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What is primary law?

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A real source of actual law that courts have to abide by

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What is secondary law?

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Sources that provide an annotated and/or summarized version of laws for readers to develop a more nuanced and complex understanding of the law in a shorter amount of time.

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What is a writ of certiorari?

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When a higher court confirms a lower courts appeal for review of a case, and asks them to send the case for that review.

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38
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How long are federal judges appointed for?

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For life

39
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What is federalism?

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The sharing of powers between state and federal governments

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What is jurisdiction?

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The power to take legal action/the power for a court to hear a case

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What states make up the 11th circuit Court of Appeals?

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Alabama, Florida, Georgia

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What is the difference between primary and secondary authorities?

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Primary authorities are the actual written law that must be followed in court, secondary authorities are third party annotated versions of the law given for context and nuance

43
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What is a compromise bill?

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If both Senate and House pass similar bills, a conference committee works out differences and makes one of these

44
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What is the difference between Lexis and Nexis in LexisNexis?

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Lexis is research, Nexis is storage

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What is CAR?

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Computer-aided research

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Do you have to shepardize or keycite all primary authorities as a paralegal?

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YES!

47
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Does each state have its own code?

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Yes

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Who publishes USCA?

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West(law)

49
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Who publishes USCS?

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LexisNexis

50
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Follow the bluebook unless there is a what?

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Local Rule

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What is the supreme court official reporter?

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United States Reports

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What does Id mean?

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A reference to the previous case cited

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Which of the following is not an element of a case? (Names of counsel, code section, date of decision, opinion)

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Code Section

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Which of the following is not part of a typical case citation as per the bluebook? (Reporter name, case name, history of case, month of decision)

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Month of decision

55
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Which of the following documents is not part of legislative history? (Committee Reports, debate transcripts, cabinet transcripts, versions of a bill)

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Cabinet transcripts

56
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Does every state have an official reporter?

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Yes

57
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Where can the states’ official reports be found?

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In the bluebook, under T1.3, next to the state’s name

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If an exam question asks you for a citation, where do you cite the case to?

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The most relevant reporter (maybe regional)

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If an exam question asks you for a parallel citation, where do you cite it to?

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All published reports, including official and unofficial

60
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Who is the official reporter for the Federal Court of Appeals?

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Federal Reporter (F., F.2d, F.3d)

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Based on the citation, how do you know if the case is in the federal court of appeals?

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When it has a circuit listed and parentheses

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What are the seven regional reporters?

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Pacific, Southern, South Western, South Eastern, North Western, North Eastern, Atlantic

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Where in the bluebook is the rule for citing cases?

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Rule 10

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What is the abbr for the GA State code?

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O.C.G.A.

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What is rule 12 in the bluebook?

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States rules for citing statutes

66
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What is a digest?

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A book or index arranging one sentence summaries of cases by subject

67
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Whats an example of a digest?

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The Decennials, American Law Reports

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What are common features of digests?

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Organized by uniform classification, descriptive word indexes, table of cases, supplementation, cross referencing

69
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Whats a legal encyclopedia?

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Alphabetically arranged legal topics, first half is legal summaries

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Whats a legal periodical?

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Regular publications that discuss legal topics

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What do treatises have?

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Format, table of contents, index, table of cases, table of statutes, appendices, updating

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What are restatements?

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What they sound like. Published by the ALR, they restate complicated and specific parts of the law

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What’s the difference between the Whitepages and the Bluepages?

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Whitepages teach how to cite for academic review/law journal. Bluepages teach how to convert law review format to court docs and memorandas

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OPAC

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Online Access Public Catalog

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(Obiter) dictum

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“in passing” (a comment made in a case reasoning that isn’t precedential)

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ratio decidendi

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Reason for deciding

77
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Where in the Constitution is the federal court system established?

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Article III

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What is the difference between Federal Question Jurisdiction and Diversity Jurisdiction?

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Diversity jurisdiction is a federal ability to handle cases with plaintiffs from different states, so the states aren’t biased or misinformed about the laws in their separate jurisdictions. The suing amount must be >75,000.

Federal Question Jurisdiction is the federal courts’ ability to handle cases that deal with federal laws.

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How many groups of statutes are there in U.S.C.?

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54

80
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One of the only hard and fast rules of law is what relating to pocket parts and legal research books.?

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If a legal tomb has a pocket part, you must consult it since its the newer information.

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What’s a slip law?

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The first part of a three part codification of Congressional laws. Real laws, public or private.

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Why is using USCA or USCS for legal research better than USC?

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USC is slower to update and has no annotations. USCA & USCS have added details

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What code sources do USCA and USCS use?

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USCA uses USC and USCS uses USSL (US Statues at large)

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CIS

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Congressional Information Serivce

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FDsys

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Currently Govinfo, previously Federal Digital System

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USCCAN

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United States Code and Congressional Administrative News

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USCA

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United States Code Annotated

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PACER

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Public Access to Court Electronic Records

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USCS

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United States Code Service

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USC

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United States Code

91
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Stare Decisis

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“to stand by things decided”

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Writ of Certiorari

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An order from a higher court to a lower court to have the appealed case info sent to the higher court

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Pro Hac Vice

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“for this turn”- used for one-time attorney passes to work on a case outside of their jurisdiction

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