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Civics Legal Terms
Legal Terms for the Test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Precedent | a legal decription or authorative rule. |
| Common law | the unwritten law, especially those of England, based on custom or court decision. |
| Law | a rule or set of rules, especially those made by the government or ruler. |
| Democracy | a way of governing a country, in which the people elect representitives to govern the country on their behalf. |
| Civil laws | the body of laws established by a state or nation for its own rights. |
| Belittles | to make something seem unimportant: she hurt their feelings when she belittled their work. |
| Feudal system | having to do with a way of life in which ordinary people lived on and used the land of a nobleman, giving him military and other service in return. |
| Oral law | someone who speaks and makes them the law. (spoken set of laws) |
| Jury | the group of people chosen to hear and try to decide the outcome of a court case |
| Trial by order | a hearing of the facts or a trying of someone's guilt or innocence in a law court. |
| Criminal law | The body of law dealing with crimes and their punishment |
| Negligence | In law, especially tort law, the breach of an obligation (duty) to act with care, or the failure to act as a reasonable |
| Tres-pass | Unlawful entry onto land. |
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