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Civics Legal Terms
Legal Terms for the text
Question | Answer |
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Precedent | a legal decision or authoritive rule |
Court | a judicalhearing legal cases |
Common law | a system of law from England. |
Oral law | a code of conduct in use in a given culture, religion and communities. |
Laws | A set of rules. |
Trial by odeal. | a judical practise by which the guilt or innocence of the accused is determined by subjecting them to a task. |
Democracy | a way of governing- one person- one vote |
trial by jury | A legal proceeding where a jury makes a decision. |
Civil law | Laws based on court cases |
Belittles | Make or seem un-important |
Feudal System | A medieval system of land tenture with allegiance and service due to the landowner. |
Criminal Law | Criminal law protects individuals from others doing the wrong thing. It outlines the way people should act-what they can and cannot do. |