DEFINITIONS QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+ 2025-2026
Rule of Law - ANS-The fundamental principle that society is govern by laws applying
equally to all persons and that neither any person nor the government is above the
law.
Case Law/Common Law - ANS-A type of law developed in England that is based on
following previous judicial decisions and is common to all the people of a country.
Lobby Group - ANS-A number of people trying to influence legislators on behalf of a
particular cause or interest
Crown (Attorney) - ANS-lawyer employed by the state to prosecute a criminal offence
Apartheid - ANS-A former policy of the South African government, designed to
maintain the separation of Blacks and other non-Whites from the dominant Whites.
Entrenched in the Constitution - ANS-forming part of the constitution, and amended
only through the formal constitutional process
ad hoc organization - ANS-an organization created for a specific purpose
National Organization - ANS-an organization that represents a particular group of
people on a permanent basis and has more than one purpose or goal