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Civics Legal Terms Test

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Common Law
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Democracy
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Fedual Systum
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Trespass
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Crimes
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Oral Law
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Law
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Compensation
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Precedent
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Crinimal Law
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Defamation
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Sue
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fine
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Beliefs
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Murder
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Nuisance
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Cival Law
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Trail by order
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Homicide
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Defendant
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a rule or a set of rules, especially those made by the govermentor ruler
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A legal decision or a authorative rule.
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The unwrittens laws, especially those of England, based on customons or court decision
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A plaintiff (Π in legal shorthand), also known as a claimant or complainant, is the party who initiates a lawsuit (also known as an action) before a court.
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murder, criminal homicide, usually distinguished from manslaughter by the element of malice aforethought.
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the branch of law that defines crimes, treats of their nature, and provides for their punishment.
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someone who speaks and makes them the law. (spoken instead of written)
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homicide, in law, the taking of human life. Homicides that are neither justifiable nor excusable are considered crimes.
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In law, unlawful entry onto land.
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A defendant or defender (Δ in legal shorthand) is any party who is required to answer the complaint of a plaintiff or pursuer in a civil lawsuit before a court, or any party who has been formally charged or accused of violating a criminal statute.
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fine. 1 In criminal law, sum of money exacted by a lawful tribunal as punishment for a crime.
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in law, an act that, without legal justification, interferes with safety, comfort, or the use of property
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In the sociological field, crime is the breach of a rule or law for which some governing authority or force may ultimately prescribe a punishment.
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Damages - legal term referring to the financial compensation recoverable by reason of another's breach of duty; the money paid or awarded to a plaintiff
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a way of goverment a country, is which the people elect repesentatives to govern the country on their behalf.
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having to do with a way of life in which ordinary people lived on and used the land of a nobel man, giving him military & other servicein return.
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A hearing of the facts or a trying of someone quilt or innecence in a law court.
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To make something seem important, she hurt their feelings when she bellitled their work.
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The body of law established by a state or nation for it's owen rights.
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In law, issuance of false statements about a person that injure his reputation or that deter others from associating with him.
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The unwrittens laws, especially those of England, based on customons or court decision
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A hearing of the facts or a trying of someone quilt or innecence in a law court.
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manslaughter, homicide committed without justification or excuse but distinguished from murder by the absence of the element of malice aforethought.
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negligence, in law, especially tort law, the breach of an obligation (duty) to act with care, or the failure to act as a reasonable and prudent person would under similar circumstances.
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A legal decision or a authorative rule.
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In law, unlawful entry onto land.
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the branch of law that defines crimes, treats of their nature, and provides for their punishment.
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A judge, or justice, is an official who presides over a court of law.
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a way of goverment a country, is which the people elect repesentatives to govern the country on their behalf.
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To make something seem important, she hurt their feelings when she bellitled their work.

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