Bussiness Law Vocabulary

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Laws

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Enforce rules of conduct in a society

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Code

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Laws grouped into an organized form

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Common Law

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Law based on current standards or customs of the people

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Positive Law

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Law based on the dictates of a central political autority

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Jurisdiction

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Power of a court to decide a case

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Equity

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Basic Fairness

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Sovereign

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A powerful leader of autority

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Injunction

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To prevent something from being done.

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Consitution

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document that sets forth the framework of the government and its relationship to the people it governs.

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Statutes

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Law enacted by state or federal legislatures

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Ordinaces

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Legislation encated by a town, city, or county board or comission

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Case law

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made when an apellate court endorses a rule to be used in deciding court cases

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Stare decisis

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doctrine that requires lower courts to follow existing case law in deciding similar case laws

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Administrative agencies

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Governmental body formed to carry out particular laws

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Civil Law

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Group of laws used to provide remedy for wrongs against individuals

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Criminal Law

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Group of laws that defines and sets punishments for offenses against society

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Procedural Law

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Group of laws that define the methods for enforcing legal rights and duties

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Substantive Law

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Group of laws that define rights and duties

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Ethics

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a collection of standards of conduct and moral judment forming the basis for a reasoned, impartial decision as to what is right or wrong

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Civil Disobedience

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open, peaceful violation of a law to protest its alleged injustice.

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Declaration of independence

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Document drafted by respresentation of the 13 original colonies that asserts the rights desired by the colonists

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Articles of Confederation

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loose form of charater for charter for common government adopted by the thirtheen colonies prior to adoption of the consitution

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Us. Constitution

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document that consists of seven articles that provide a workable framework for our federal government

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Bill of Rights

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Firste ten amendments to the u.s consitution

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Civil Rights

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Personal, human rights recognized and guarenteed by the u.s consitution

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Due Process of Law

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Consitutional requirement for fundamental fairness in our legal and court system

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System of checks and balances

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division and allocation of the powers of government between its various branches

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Impeachment cases

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trying a government official for misconduct in office

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political party

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private organization of citizens who select and promote candidates for public office

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amendment

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change or alteration

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democracy

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governmental system in which citizens vote directly to decide issues

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republic

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governmental system in which citizens elect representatives to decide issues

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Sovereignty

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freedom from external control

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interstate commerce

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trade and other commercial intercourse between or among bussiness in different states

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instrastate commerce

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commerce conducted whoily within one state.

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Cyber law

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Law tghat is intended to govern the use of computers in e-commerce and the internet

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Broswer

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internet scanning program