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17 Cards in this Set
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Legal analysis
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The process of applying the law to specific facts. AKA legal reasoning.
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Fact bound
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Legal issues are said to be fact bound when even a minor change in the facts can change the outcome.
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Cause of action
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A claim that, based on the law and facts, is sufficient to support a lawsuit.
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Constitution
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The fundamental law of a nation or state.
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Statute
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A law enacted by a state legislature or by congress.
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Ordinacne
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A law enacted by a local government; a subcategory of statutory law.
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Regulation
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A law promulgated by an administrative agency
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Substantive facts
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Things that happened to the parties before the litigation began and that are relevant to their claims.
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Procedural facts
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Actions taken by lower courts or administrative agencies before the case reached the court issuing the opinion you are reading.
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Legal Issues
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Questions about the interpretation and application of the law.
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Disposition
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The result reached in a particular case.
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Affirm
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A decision is affirmed when the litigants appeal the trial court decision and the higher court agrees with what the lower court has done.
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Revers
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A decision is reversed when the litigants appeal the trial court decision and the higher court disagrees with what the lower court has done.
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Remad
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When an appellate court sends a case back to the trial court for a new trial or other action.
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Concurring opinion
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An opinion that agrees with the majority's result but disagrees with its reasoning.
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Dissenting Opinion
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An opinion that disagrees with the majority's decision and reasoning.
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ex post facto
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with retroactive effect or force
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