PENN FOSTER: U.S. COURT SYSTEM PART 1
EXAM
Inadequate Remedy at Law - Correct Answers -A situation where the wrong alleged by
the plaintiff is more appropriately remedied by an injunction or other equitable relief than
by an award of damages
Amicus Curiae - Correct Answers -Literally, "friend of the court": persons with strong
views on the subject matter of a lawsuit, but not involved in it directly, may ask the court
for permission to file a brief giving their views on the subject; often filed in appeals
concerning matters of broad public interest, such as civil rights cases
Annotated - Correct Answers -Furnished with comments to explain the meaning of the
text
Blue Laws - Correct Answers -Laws forbidding stores to be open on Sunday
Casebook - Correct Answers -A book containing the text of court decisions, along with
explanatory commentary, used in law school to teach legal theories
Case Law - Correct Answers -The law as laid down in the published decisions of courts,
which are used as precedent for future cases; includes reported cases that interpret
statutes and constitutional provisions
Citable - Correct Answers -Able to be used as an authority
Code - Correct Answers -A systematic collection of laws and regulations, classified
according to subject matter
Codification - Correct Answers -The process of writing and arranging statutes to state
clearly the obligations, duties, and rights of citizens, and the procedural rules of law
Common Laws - Correct Answers -Principles, rules of action, and rights whose authority
comes because of longtime historical acceptance or from judgment by courts, and not
from statutes
Concurrent Jurisdiction - Correct Answers -Authority shared by two different courts,
such as state and federal, at the same time over the same subject matter and in the
same geographic area
EXAM
Inadequate Remedy at Law - Correct Answers -A situation where the wrong alleged by
the plaintiff is more appropriately remedied by an injunction or other equitable relief than
by an award of damages
Amicus Curiae - Correct Answers -Literally, "friend of the court": persons with strong
views on the subject matter of a lawsuit, but not involved in it directly, may ask the court
for permission to file a brief giving their views on the subject; often filed in appeals
concerning matters of broad public interest, such as civil rights cases
Annotated - Correct Answers -Furnished with comments to explain the meaning of the
text
Blue Laws - Correct Answers -Laws forbidding stores to be open on Sunday
Casebook - Correct Answers -A book containing the text of court decisions, along with
explanatory commentary, used in law school to teach legal theories
Case Law - Correct Answers -The law as laid down in the published decisions of courts,
which are used as precedent for future cases; includes reported cases that interpret
statutes and constitutional provisions
Citable - Correct Answers -Able to be used as an authority
Code - Correct Answers -A systematic collection of laws and regulations, classified
according to subject matter
Codification - Correct Answers -The process of writing and arranging statutes to state
clearly the obligations, duties, and rights of citizens, and the procedural rules of law
Common Laws - Correct Answers -Principles, rules of action, and rights whose authority
comes because of longtime historical acceptance or from judgment by courts, and not
from statutes
Concurrent Jurisdiction - Correct Answers -Authority shared by two different courts,
such as state and federal, at the same time over the same subject matter and in the
same geographic area
