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52 Cards in this Set
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Administrative Agency
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A federal, state, or local government agency established to perform a specific function. Administrative agencies are authorized by legislative acts to make and enforce rules to administer and enfoce the acts.
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Administrative Law
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the body of law created by administrative agencies (in the form of rules, regulations, orders, and decisions) in order to carry out their duties and responsibilities.
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Allege
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To state, recite, assert, or charge.
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Analogy
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In logical reasoning, an assumption that if two things are similar in some respects, they will be similar in other aspects. Often used in legal reasoning in a case being decided by referring to previous cases involving different facts but considered to come within the policy underlying the rule.
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Appellee
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The party against whom an appeal is taken- that is, the party who opposes setting aside or reversing the judgment.
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Binding Authority
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Any source of law that a court must follow when deciding a case. Binding authorities include constitutions, statutes, and regulations that govern the ssue being decided, as well as court decisions that are controlling precedents within the jurisdiction.
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Breach
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to violate a law, by an act or an omission, or to break a legal obligation that one owes to another person or society.
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Case Law
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The rules of law announced in court decisions. Case law includes the aggregate of reported cases that interpret judicial precedents, statues, regulations, and constitutional provisions.
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Case on Point
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A previous case involving factual circumstances and issues that are similar to the case before the court.
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Chancellor
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An adviser to the king at the time of the early king's courts of England. Individuals petitioned the king for relief when they could not obtain an adequate remedy in a court of law, and these petitions were decided by the chancellor.
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Citation
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a reference to a publication in whihc a legal authority- such as a statute or a court decision- or other souce can be found.
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Civil Law
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The branch of law dealing with the definition and enforcement of all private or public, rights, as opposed to criminal matters.
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Common Law
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The body of law developed from custom or judicial decisions in English and U.S. courts, not attributable to a legislature.
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Constitutional Law
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Law that is based on the U.S. Constitution and the constitutions of the various states.
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Court of Equity
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A court that decides controversies and admisters justic according to the rules, priciples, and precedents of equity.
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Court of Law
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A court in which the only remdeis that could be granted were things of value, such as money damages. In the early English king's courts, courts of law were distinct from courts of equity.
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Criminal Law
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Law that defines and governs actions that constitute crimes. Generally, criminal law has to do with wrongful actions commited against society for which society demands redress.
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Cyberlaw
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An informal ter used to refer to all laws governing electronic communications and trasactions, particularly those conducted via the Internet.
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Damages
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Money sought as a remedy for a breach of contract or for a tortious act.
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Defendant
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One aginst whom a lawsuit is brought; the accused person in a criminal proceeding.
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Defense
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Reasons that a defendant offers in an action or suit as to why the plaintiff should not obtain what he or she is seeking.
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Equitable Maxims
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General propositions or principles of law that have to do with fairness (equity).
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Executive Agency
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An administrative agency within the executive branch of government. A the federal level, executive agencies are those within the cabinet departments.
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Historical School
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A school of legal thought that emphasizes the evolutionary process of law and that looks to the past to discover what the principles of contemporary law should be.
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Independent Regulatory Agency
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An adminstrative agency tha tis not considered part of the government's executive branch an is not subject to the authority of the president. Independent agency officials cannot be removed without cause.
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Jurisprudence
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The science or philosophy of law.
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Laches
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The equitable doctrine that bars party's right to legal action if the party has neglected for an unreasonable length of time to act on his or her rights.
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Law
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A body of enforceable rules governing relationships among individuals and between individuals and their society.
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Legal Realism
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A school of legal thought that was popular in the 1920s and 1930s and that challenged many assumptions, particularly the assumption that subjective elements play no part in judicial reasoning. Legal realists generally advocated a less abstract and more pragmatic approach to the law, an approach that would take into account customary practices and the circumstances in which transactions take place. The school left a lasting imprint on American jurisprudence.
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Legal Reasoning
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The process of reasoning by which a judge harmonizes his or her decision with the judicial decisions of previous cases.
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Natural Law
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The belief that governmetn and the legal system should reflect universal moral and ethical principles that are inherent in human nature. The natural law school is the oldest and one of the most significant schools of legal thought.
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Opinion
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A statement by the court expressing the reasons for its decision in a case.
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Ordinance
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A law passed by a local governing unit, such as a municipality or a county.
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Petitioner
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In equity practice, a party that initiates a lawsuit.
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Plaintiff
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On who initiates a lawsuit
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Positive Law
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The body of conventional, or written, law of a particular society at a particular point in time.
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Positivist School
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A school of legal thoguht whose adherents believe that there can be no higher law that a nation's positive law- the body of conventional, or written, law of a particular society at a particular time.
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Precedent
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A court decision that furnishes an example of authority for deciding subsequent cases involving identical or similar facts.
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Procedural Law
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Rules that define the manner in which the rights and duties of individuals may be enforced.
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Public Policy
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A government policy based on widely held societal values and (usually) expressed or implied in laws or regulations.
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Remedy
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The relief given to an innocent party to enforce a right or compensate for the violation of a right.
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Remedy at Law
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A remedy available in a court of law. Money damages are awarded as a remedy at law.
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Remedy in Equity
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A remedy allowed by courts in situations where remdies at law are not appropriate. Remedies in equity are based on settled rules of fairness, justice, and honesty, and include injuction, specific performance, rescission and restitution, and reformation.
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Reporter
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A publication in which court cases are published, or reported.
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Respondent
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In equity practice, the party who ansers a bill or other proceeding.
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Sociological School
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A school of legal thought that views the law as a tool for promoting justice in society.
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Stare decisis
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A common law doctrine under which judges are obligated to follow the precedents established in prior decisions.
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Statute of Limitations
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A federal or state statute setting the maximum time period during which a certain action can be brought or certain rights enforced.
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Statutory Law
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The body of law enacted by legislative bodies (as opposed to constitutional law, administrative law, or case law).
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Substantive Law
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Law that defines the rights and duties of individuals with respect to each other, as opposed to procedural law, which defines the manner in which these rights and duties may be enforced.
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Syllogism
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A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion.
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Uniform Law
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A model law created by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws and/or the American Law Institute for the states to consider adopting. If the state adopts the law, it becomes statutory law in that state. Each state has the option of adopting or rejecting all or part of a uniform law.
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