HFT 3603 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS
Administrative Agency - Answers - A government subdivision charged with
administering legislation that applies to a particular industry.
Administrative Law - Answers - Regulations adopted by administrative agencies.
Assault - Answers - The tort of intentionally putting someone in fear of harmful physical
contact, and the crime of intentionally causing physical injury.
Casebooks - Answers - Books that publish judges' decisions.
case decision - Answers - An interpretation of the law applied by a judge to a set of
facts in a given case.
Cases - Answers - Lawsuits; also written decisions by judges.
Civil Law - Answers - Law applicable to legal wrongs other than crimes.
Common Law - Answers - Legal rules that evolved in England from decisions of judges
and from customs and practices that were intended to be common or uniform for the
entire English kingdom.
Compensatory Damages - Answers - Money awarded in a lawsuit to reimburse the
plaintiff for expenses incurred from an injury caused by defendant.
Congress - Answers - The primary law-making body of the federal government.
Constitutional Law - Answers - The law embodied in the federal constitution, prescribing
the organization and powers of the federal government, and defining rights of the
people.
Contract - Answers - An agreement between two or more parties that is enforceable in
court.
Criminal Law - Answers - The law applicable to criminal cases.
Damages - Answers - The remedy sought by the injured party in a civil case.
Decision - Answers - A judge's determination in a case as to which party should win and
which should lose.
, Delegated Powers - Answers - Those powers expressly allocated to the federal
government in the Constitution.
Facts - Answers - Objective information about circumstances that exist and/or events
that have occurred.
Fraud - Answers - The tort of intentionally misleading others resulting in financial loss
for those who were deceived.
Interstate Commerce - Answers - Business affecting more than one state, as opposed
to business done between two parties in the same state.
Issue - Answers - A legal question that parties to a lawsuit submit to the judge for
resolution.
Law - Answers - Rules, enforceable in court, requiring people to meet certain standards
of conduct.
Legislative Process - Answers - The process by which the federal government, as well
as other units of government, adopt laws.
Legislature - Answers - A law-making body whose members are elected to office by the
citizenry.
Legislators - Answers - An elected law-maker.
Negligence - Answers - Breach of a legal duty to act reasonably that is the direct (or
proximate) cause of injury to another.
ordinance - Answers - A law adopted by a local governmental body.
Precedent - Answers - A court decision that becomes a basis for deciding future cases.
Probation - Answers - A system whereby some criminal offenders remain out of jail but
are supervised by a probation officer.
Punitive Damages - Answers - Money awarded to a plaintiff over and above
compensatory damages to punish defendant for particularly reprehensible conduct.
Rape - Answers - Sexual intercourse that is against the victim's will.
Reasoning - Answers - The explanation why a judge decides a case.
Regulations - Answers - Laws adopted by administrative agencies.
ANSWERS
Administrative Agency - Answers - A government subdivision charged with
administering legislation that applies to a particular industry.
Administrative Law - Answers - Regulations adopted by administrative agencies.
Assault - Answers - The tort of intentionally putting someone in fear of harmful physical
contact, and the crime of intentionally causing physical injury.
Casebooks - Answers - Books that publish judges' decisions.
case decision - Answers - An interpretation of the law applied by a judge to a set of
facts in a given case.
Cases - Answers - Lawsuits; also written decisions by judges.
Civil Law - Answers - Law applicable to legal wrongs other than crimes.
Common Law - Answers - Legal rules that evolved in England from decisions of judges
and from customs and practices that were intended to be common or uniform for the
entire English kingdom.
Compensatory Damages - Answers - Money awarded in a lawsuit to reimburse the
plaintiff for expenses incurred from an injury caused by defendant.
Congress - Answers - The primary law-making body of the federal government.
Constitutional Law - Answers - The law embodied in the federal constitution, prescribing
the organization and powers of the federal government, and defining rights of the
people.
Contract - Answers - An agreement between two or more parties that is enforceable in
court.
Criminal Law - Answers - The law applicable to criminal cases.
Damages - Answers - The remedy sought by the injured party in a civil case.
Decision - Answers - A judge's determination in a case as to which party should win and
which should lose.
, Delegated Powers - Answers - Those powers expressly allocated to the federal
government in the Constitution.
Facts - Answers - Objective information about circumstances that exist and/or events
that have occurred.
Fraud - Answers - The tort of intentionally misleading others resulting in financial loss
for those who were deceived.
Interstate Commerce - Answers - Business affecting more than one state, as opposed
to business done between two parties in the same state.
Issue - Answers - A legal question that parties to a lawsuit submit to the judge for
resolution.
Law - Answers - Rules, enforceable in court, requiring people to meet certain standards
of conduct.
Legislative Process - Answers - The process by which the federal government, as well
as other units of government, adopt laws.
Legislature - Answers - A law-making body whose members are elected to office by the
citizenry.
Legislators - Answers - An elected law-maker.
Negligence - Answers - Breach of a legal duty to act reasonably that is the direct (or
proximate) cause of injury to another.
ordinance - Answers - A law adopted by a local governmental body.
Precedent - Answers - A court decision that becomes a basis for deciding future cases.
Probation - Answers - A system whereby some criminal offenders remain out of jail but
are supervised by a probation officer.
Punitive Damages - Answers - Money awarded to a plaintiff over and above
compensatory damages to punish defendant for particularly reprehensible conduct.
Rape - Answers - Sexual intercourse that is against the victim's will.
Reasoning - Answers - The explanation why a judge decides a case.
Regulations - Answers - Laws adopted by administrative agencies.
