Chapter 15

Question 0

Statute

Answer 0

A written law by the legislative branch

Question 1

Constitutional law

Answer 1

Involves the in term for Tatian and application of the US Constitution and state constitutions

Question 2

Statutory law

Answer 2

A law that is written down so that everyone might know and understand it

Question 3

Administrative law

Answer 3

Law that spells out the authority procedures rules and regulations to be followed by the government agencies

Question 4

Common-law

Answer 4

Law made by judges in the process of resolving individual cases

Question 5

Substantive due process

Answer 5

Certain rights of the individuals in the application of laws some of the constitution and so not specified

Question 6

Procedural due process

Answer 6

Principle that prohibits obituary enforcement of the law but also provide safeguards to ensure that the constitutional and statutory rights are protected by law enforcement

Question 7

Civil law

Answer 7

One relating to disputes among two or more individuals or between individuals and the government

Question 8

In Dict ment

Answer 8

Formal charge by grand jury

Question 9

Real property

Answer 9

Land and whatever is attached to it

Question 10

Personal property

Answer 10

Movable belongings that you can take whatever you want

Question 11

Plea bargain

Answer 11

Process of the defendant pleads guilty to a lesser crime than the one with which the defendant has originally been
accused

Question 12

Tort

Answer 12

Wrongful act, other than the breach of the contract, for Which and injured party has the right to sue

Question 13

Plaintiff

Answer 13

Person who brings charges in a court

Question 14

The defendant

Answer 14

Person against whom a civil or criminal suit is being brought up in court

Question 15

Injunction

Answer 15

Order that will stop in particular action or enforce a rule

Question 16

Summons

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An official notice of the lawsuit that includes the date, time, and place of the initial court appearance

Question 17

Mediation

Answer 17

Process in which each side is given the opportunity to explain its side of the dispute and must listen to the other side

Question 18

Affidavits

Answer 18

Written statement to prove statements of fact signed by a witness under oath

Question 19

Criminal law

Answer 19

Defines crime or punishment

Question 20

A petty offense

Answer 20

Minor crimes such as the punished for the traffic ticket

Question 21

A misdemeanor

Answer 21

Minor crime punished by a fine or jail time less than a year

Question 22

A felony

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Major crimes such as murder, rape or some other type of taboo

Question 23

An arrest warrant

Answer 23

And order signed by Judge for the arrest of the specific crime

Question 24

The grand jury

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The group that here’s charges against a suspect and decides whether there is enough of it for the trial