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15 Cards in this Set
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Order issued by the President that becomes law without Congress approval?
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Executive Order.
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The division of power among the three branches of goverment that keeps any one branch from assuming to much power?
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Checks and Balances.
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Law established through common law and legal precedent.
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Case law.
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Body of unwritten law made in England, from judicial decisions based on tradion and customs?
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Common Law.
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Decisions made by judges in courts that become rule of law and apply to future cases, even though not enacted in by legislation?
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Legal Precedents.
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Law passed by the U.S. Congress or state legislatures?
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Statutory Law.
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Enabling statutes enacted to define powers and procedures when an agency is created?
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Administrative Law.
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A law that involves crimes against the state?
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Criminal Law.
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An offense punishable by death or by prison in a state or federal prison for more then 1 year?
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Felony.
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A crime punishable by fine or by imprisonment in a place other that a prison for less than 1 year?
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Misdemeanor
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Tha complaining party in a lawsuit is called?
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Plaintiff
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This is the government as the plaintiff in a criminal case?
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Prosecution
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The person against whom the charges/case are brought against in criminal/civil lawsuit?
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Defendant
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This kind of law does not involve crimes, but involves wrongful acts against persons?
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Civil Law
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A civil wrong committed against a person/property, excluding breach of contract?
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Tort
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