Intro to Law Basics Questions and Answers
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Law - ANSWER-enforceable rules of conduct in a society
Code - ANSWER-laws grouped into an organized form
Common Law - ANSWER-law based on current standards or customs of the people
Jurisdiction - ANSWER-power of a court to decide a case (it means that a court has
a power to do this)
Equity - ANSWER-basic fairness
Stages In the Growth of Law - ANSWER-1. individuals are free to take revenge for
wrongs done to them
2. a leader acquires enough power to be able to force revenge-minded individuals
to accept an award of goods or money instead
3. the leader gives this power to a system of courts
4. the leader or central authority acts to prevent and punish wrongs that provoke
individuals to seek revenge
Jury - ANSWER-panel of citizens used to help interpret customs for the court; The
Jury is an institution unique to the English Common Law system
Injunction - ANSWER-stops something from being done
Constitution - ANSWER-document that sets forth the framework of the government
and its relationship to the people it governs; highest sources of law; "the supreme
law of the land" (U.S. Constitution, Article VI)
Statutes - ANSWER-law(s) enacted by state or federal legislatures
Ordinances - ANSWER-legislation(s) enacted by a town, city, or county board or
commission
Case Law - ANSWER-made when an appellate court endorses a rule to be used in
deciding court cases
Stare Decisis - ANSWER-doctrine that requires lower courts to follow existing case
law in deciding similar cases; this is an example of Procedural Law
Administrative Agencies - ANSWER-governmental body formed to carry out
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Law - ANSWER-enforceable rules of conduct in a society
Code - ANSWER-laws grouped into an organized form
Common Law - ANSWER-law based on current standards or customs of the people
Jurisdiction - ANSWER-power of a court to decide a case (it means that a court has
a power to do this)
Equity - ANSWER-basic fairness
Stages In the Growth of Law - ANSWER-1. individuals are free to take revenge for
wrongs done to them
2. a leader acquires enough power to be able to force revenge-minded individuals
to accept an award of goods or money instead
3. the leader gives this power to a system of courts
4. the leader or central authority acts to prevent and punish wrongs that provoke
individuals to seek revenge
Jury - ANSWER-panel of citizens used to help interpret customs for the court; The
Jury is an institution unique to the English Common Law system
Injunction - ANSWER-stops something from being done
Constitution - ANSWER-document that sets forth the framework of the government
and its relationship to the people it governs; highest sources of law; "the supreme
law of the land" (U.S. Constitution, Article VI)
Statutes - ANSWER-law(s) enacted by state or federal legislatures
Ordinances - ANSWER-legislation(s) enacted by a town, city, or county board or
commission
Case Law - ANSWER-made when an appellate court endorses a rule to be used in
deciding court cases
Stare Decisis - ANSWER-doctrine that requires lower courts to follow existing case
law in deciding similar cases; this is an example of Procedural Law
Administrative Agencies - ANSWER-governmental body formed to carry out
