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25 Cards in this Set
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Code
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A group of laws in an organized form.
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Civil Law
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A law concerning private individual rights
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Case Law
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A law created by a judicial branch.
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Statute
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A law enacted on state or federal level.
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Invalid
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A law that conflicts with a constitution.
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Tort
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A private wrong against an organization
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Substantive law
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A type of law that defines legal rights.
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Crime
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An offense against society.
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Injunction
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An order that prevents something from being done
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UCC
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Commonly followed uniform business law.
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King's Bench
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Court appointed by king henry II as highest court.
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Laws
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Enforceable rules of society.
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Business Law
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Law applying to transactions between businesses.
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Positive Law
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Law dictated by a sovereign or higher authority.
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Common Law
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Law that is based on current standards or customs.
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Hammurabi's Code
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One of the first sets of written law.
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Jury
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Panel of citizens who interpret society's customs.
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Stare Decisis
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The demand that lower courts follow prior case laws.
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Jurisdiction
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The power to decide a case.
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Precedent
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Using prior cases as a guide.
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Damages
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The financial compensation awarded to someone who suffered an injury or was harmed by someone else's wrongful act.
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Remedy
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A court of law enforces a right or imposes a penalty.
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U.S.
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U.S. Constitution and a state constitution are in conflict, which constitution is upheld?
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Uniform Commercial Code
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Commonly followed uniform of business.
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Negligence
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Somebody does not exercise the amount of care that a reasonably careful person would use under the circumstances; or somebody does something that a reasonably careful person would not do under the circumstances.
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