West Key Number System classification

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legal indexing system legal research tool

West Key Number System classification is a comprehensive legal indexing system used to organize and categorize case law topics and points of law for efficient research in West’s legal publications.

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Label Occurrences
West Key Number System 6
Key Number System 2
West Key Number System classification canonical 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legal indexing system ⓘ
legal research tool ⓘ
alternativeName West Key Number System classification ⓘ
surface form: West Key Number classification

West Key Number System classification ⓘ
surface form: West key-number digest classification
appliesTo administrative law decisions ⓘ
case law ⓘ
statutory interpretation issues ⓘ
associatedWith American legal research practice ⓘ
coversJurisdiction federal judiciary of the United States ⓘ
surface form: federal courts of the United States

state courts of the United States ⓘ
developedBy Thomson Reuters ⓘ
West Publishing Company ⓘ
domain law ⓘ
enables finding all cases on a specific legal issue ⓘ
tracing development of a legal doctrine ⓘ
hasComponent digest paragraphs ⓘ
key numbers ⓘ
topic headings ⓘ
hasFeature cross-references between topics ⓘ
hierarchical structure ⓘ
numerical key identifiers ⓘ
subject-based organization ⓘ
updates through pocket parts and supplements ⓘ
hasPurpose facilitating cross-jurisdictional research ⓘ
improving efficiency of legal research ⓘ
standardizing legal subject classification ⓘ
language English ⓘ
maintainedBy editorial staff of Thomson Reuters ⓘ
editorial staff of West Publishing ⓘ
organizedBy key number ⓘ
legal topic ⓘ
subtopic ⓘ
originatedIn early 20th century ⓘ
relatedTo West Key Number System classification self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: West Key Number System
usedFor categorizing points of law ⓘ
indexing legal topics ⓘ
locating relevant case law ⓘ
organizing case law ⓘ
usedIn United States legal research ⓘ
Westlaw ⓘ
West’s Federal Reporter ⓘ
National Reporter System ⓘ
surface form: West’s National Reporter System

Supreme Court Reporter ⓘ
surface form: West’s Supreme Court Reporter

West’s legal digests ⓘ
West’s regional reporters ⓘ
West’s state reporters ⓘ

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Supreme Court Reporter → hasFeature → West Key Number System classification ⓘ
National Reporter System → uses → West Key Number System classification ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Key Number System
Westlaw → hasFeature → West Key Number System classification ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Key Number System
West Key Number System classification → relatedTo → West Key Number System classification self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Key Number System
West Key Number System classification → alternativeName → West Key Number System classification ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Key Number classification
West Key Number System classification → alternativeName → West Key Number System classification ⓘ
this entity surface form: West key-number digest classification
West Publishing Company → brand → West Key Number System classification ⓘ
this entity surface form: Key Number System
West Publishing Company → developed → West Key Number System classification ⓘ
this entity surface form: Key Number System
Federal Reporter → hasCitationSystem → West Key Number System classification ⓘ
this entity surface form: West key number system
West American Digest System → usedWith → West Key Number System classification ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Key Number System
West American Digest System → relatedTo → West Key Number System classification ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Key Number System
South Eastern Reporter → hasIndexingSystem → West Key Number System classification ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Key Number System