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LPP 255 - Chapter 1 Exam Questions With
Correct Answers
Administrative Agency - answer✔A federal, state, or local government unit established to
perform a specific function. Administrative agencies are created and authorized by legislative
bodies to administer and enforce specific laws.
Administrative law - answer✔The body of law created by administrative agencies (in the form
of rules, regulations, orders, and decisions) in order to carry out their duties and
responsibilities.
allege - answer✔To assert without proof
appellee - answer✔The party opposing an appeal from a lower court to an appellate court.
binding authority - answer✔Any source of law that a court must follow when deciding a case.
breach - answer✔(n.) an opening, gap, rupture, rift; a violation or infraction; (v.) to create an
opening, break through
breaking of contract or duty; fissure; ga
case law - answer✔The rules of law announced in court decisions. Case law includes the
aggregate of reported cases that interpret judicial precedents, statutes, regulations, and
constitutional provisions.
case on point - answer✔A previous case involving factual circumstances and issues that are
similar to those in the case before the court.
chancellor - answer✔prime minister
citation - answer✔A note, inserted into the text of a research paper that refers the reader to a
source in the bibliography
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