What Is Primary Authority?

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Primary Authority is a law used to support propositions or to persuade a court authority to be in favor of that individuals position. For the purpose of clarity, Primary Authority is defined in reference to legal research statements of the law that are binding in regards to the government, the courts, and individuals. It is important to always read and evaluate primary authority no matter how spot on and helpful your secondary sources are to your legal research because primary authority establishes the law, and if no legal no documents exists, it will be the legal opinion of a court. Furthermore, secondary sources are used as tools to find primary sources. Secondary sources are very important because they are designed to explain the legal

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