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Ch.1 business law
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Question | Answer |
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Constitutional Law | Constitutions are adopted/amended,/when courts interprets constitution. |
Statutes | law enacted by state/federal legislatures |
ordinance | legislation enacted my a town, city, country broad/commission |
administrative agencies | government bodies by federal, states, & local legislatures carry out particular laws |
case law | made when an appellate court endorses a rule to be used in deciding court cases |
stare decisis | doctrine that requires lower courts to follow existing case law ind deciding similar cases and there fore invalid |
unconstitutional | law that conflicts w/ a constitution |
civil law | 1 person right to sue another |
crime | punishable offenses against society |
criminal law | offenses against society |
procedural law | enforce legal rights & duties, whether equitable remedies |
substantive law | rights & duties, vehicular offenses business situations and transactions |
torts | private wrongs against people/organization such as defective products that injure uses |