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26 Cards in this Set
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What are the four sources of law? |
Statutory Law Administrative laws and ordinances Constitutional law Case law |
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What source of Laws regulates government action? |
Constitutional Law |
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Which source of law regulates individual or private actions? |
Statutory Law |
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Which source of law governs the creation and operation of public regulatory agencies? |
Administrative Laws/Ordinances |
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Which source of laws establishes legal precedent as a result of the court’s interpretation of the other source of law? |
Case Law |
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The supreme source of law in the US that is applicable in every state.(Each state has there own constitution based off the US constitution)! |
Constitutional Law |
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This source of law that can be either federal (enacted by Congress) or state (enacted by state governments) laws/statues! |
Statutory law |
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What is substantive law? |
Law governing behavior. Example : what a person may or may not do, including rights and responsibility. |
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What are the 2 primary ways to categorize law? |
Substantive and procedural |
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What is procedural law? |
Laws defining rule by which legal proceedings are conducted. |
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What are Two main groups of procedural law? |
Civil procedure Criminal procedure |
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What does criminal procedure describe? |
The rules used by the courts to preside over a case in which the state is prosecuting an individual for violation of criminal law. |
Prosecution |
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What does civil procedure describe? |
The rules and judicial practices used by the courts to conduct civil trials. |
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What are 3 types of law and dispute resolutions? |
Litigation Arbitration Mediation |
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The parties meet with an *objective* third-party go between to attempt to resolve their differences. The decision is mutual and binding. What method of dispute resolution is this? |
Mediation |
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The parties agree to let an *impartial* third party determine the outcome of the dispute. The decision can be binding or non binding. What method of dispute resolution is this? |
Arbitration |
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The parties attempt to settle their differences in a court of law via a lawsuit. What method of dispute resolution is this? |
Litigation |
LAM |
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43,560 SQ FT is equivalent to what? |
1 Acre |
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Common land measurements |
5,280 feet ➡️ Mile 43,560 square feet ➡️ Acre Three feet ➡️ yard 640 Acre➡️Square mile 144 inches➡️square foot |
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What’s the area of a triangle with a base of 14 cm and a height of 10 cm? |
70 centimeters squared 14 / 2 = 7 7 x 10 = 70 |
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How many acres are in a square mile? |
640 |
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According to the national standards, under what circumstances may a pool house be included in the total square footage? |
If it is attached to the main house by a hallway or stairway |
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What Unit if measurement is used when determining volume? |
Centimeters cubed |
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How large is this area of a rectangular survey: The SE 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of Section 6 in a township? |
10 acres
A section in the rectangular survey system is 640 acres. Looking at the NE 1/4 of the section narrows the size to 160 acres (640 ÷ 4). The NW 1/4 of that area is 40 acres (160 ÷ 4). The SE 1/4 of that are is 10 acres (40 ÷ 4). |
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What type of measurement is used with three dimensional shapes? |
Volume |
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Foreclosures increase and prices fall during what Phase of the real estate cycle? |
Recession |
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