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LPP 255 Exam Study Guide.
Law Merchant - answer✔medieval legal system prevalent in Europe that established practical
rules of commerce and trade
Legislative Laws - answer✔laws, including the federal Constitution and state constitutions, that
have been passed by legislative bodies
Judicial Pronouncements - answer✔Legal statements made by courts. Based on statutory
interpretation or common law.
Procedural Laws - answer✔laws that establish how laws are applied and enforced-how legal
proceedings take place
Substantive Law - answer✔laws that regulate and control the rights and duties of persons and
are used to resolve disputes
Procedural Law - answer✔laws that establish the process by which litigation is conducted
Sources of Law - answer✔Constitution, Statute, Court decisions, administrative agency
regulations
Separation of Powers - answer✔the doctrine that the legislative, executive, and judicial
branches of government function independently of another and that each branch serves as a
check on the others
Judicial Review - answer✔the power of courts to declare laws and executive actions
unconstitutional
Statute - answer✔A law passed by Congress or by a state legislature
Ordinance - answer✔generally speaking, the legislative act of a municipality (a city council is a
legislative body, and it passes ordinances that are the laws of the city)
Code - answer✔a collection or compilation of the statutes passed by a legislative body on a
particular subject
Common Law - answer✔that body of law deriving from judicial decisions
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Civil Law - answer✔a system of law based on legislation or codes, as in the European system of
codified law
stare decisis - answer✔The doctrine that law should adhere to decided cases and "stand by the
decision"
res judicata - answer✔the legal doctrine that once a dispute is litigated and resolved, these
parties are forever barred from litigating the same matter again - "the thing has been decided"
dicta - answer✔statements of the court that are not necessary to decide the controversy before
the court
conflict of laws - answer✔a body of legal principles used to determine that appropriate law to
apply to a litigated case when more than one state is involved
Indictment - answer✔a grand jury's finding that it has probable cause to believe there is
sufficient evidence to require that the accused be tried and that informs the accused of the
offense with which he/she is charged so the accused may prepare a defense
Jurisdiction - answer✔the court's power or authority to conduct trials and decide cases
Legal Remedies - answer✔relief sought from a court, involving monetary damages
Equitable Remedies - answer✔any form of relief that does not involve a request for monetary
damages
Decree - answer✔the decision of the chancellor (judge) in a suit in equity that, like a judgment
at law, is the determination of the rights between the parties
Ethics - answer✔determining how one should act based on a group's determination of right and
wrong
Morals - answer✔personal principles, associated with one's conscience, that guide an individual
in determining right and wrong
Business ethics - answer✔the application of ethical behavior in a business context
rights/duties system - answer✔A variety of philosophical theories holding that rights and duties
flow from fundamental human precepts
consequential system - answer✔a number of philosophical theories based on the idea of
whether an action is ethical and determined by examining the consequences of the proposed
action
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11/16/2024 10:16 AM
LPP 255 Exam Study Guide.
Law Merchant - answer✔medieval legal system prevalent in Europe that established practical
rules of commerce and trade
Legislative Laws - answer✔laws, including the federal Constitution and state constitutions, that
have been passed by legislative bodies
Judicial Pronouncements - answer✔Legal statements made by courts. Based on statutory
interpretation or common law.
Procedural Laws - answer✔laws that establish how laws are applied and enforced-how legal
proceedings take place
Substantive Law - answer✔laws that regulate and control the rights and duties of persons and
are used to resolve disputes
Procedural Law - answer✔laws that establish the process by which litigation is conducted
Sources of Law - answer✔Constitution, Statute, Court decisions, administrative agency
regulations
Separation of Powers - answer✔the doctrine that the legislative, executive, and judicial
branches of government function independently of another and that each branch serves as a
check on the others
Judicial Review - answer✔the power of courts to declare laws and executive actions
unconstitutional
Statute - answer✔A law passed by Congress or by a state legislature
Ordinance - answer✔generally speaking, the legislative act of a municipality (a city council is a
legislative body, and it passes ordinances that are the laws of the city)
Code - answer✔a collection or compilation of the statutes passed by a legislative body on a
particular subject
Common Law - answer✔that body of law deriving from judicial decisions
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Civil Law - answer✔a system of law based on legislation or codes, as in the European system of
codified law
stare decisis - answer✔The doctrine that law should adhere to decided cases and "stand by the
decision"
res judicata - answer✔the legal doctrine that once a dispute is litigated and resolved, these
parties are forever barred from litigating the same matter again - "the thing has been decided"
dicta - answer✔statements of the court that are not necessary to decide the controversy before
the court
conflict of laws - answer✔a body of legal principles used to determine that appropriate law to
apply to a litigated case when more than one state is involved
Indictment - answer✔a grand jury's finding that it has probable cause to believe there is
sufficient evidence to require that the accused be tried and that informs the accused of the
offense with which he/she is charged so the accused may prepare a defense
Jurisdiction - answer✔the court's power or authority to conduct trials and decide cases
Legal Remedies - answer✔relief sought from a court, involving monetary damages
Equitable Remedies - answer✔any form of relief that does not involve a request for monetary
damages
Decree - answer✔the decision of the chancellor (judge) in a suit in equity that, like a judgment
at law, is the determination of the rights between the parties
Ethics - answer✔determining how one should act based on a group's determination of right and
wrong
Morals - answer✔personal principles, associated with one's conscience, that guide an individual
in determining right and wrong
Business ethics - answer✔the application of ethical behavior in a business context
rights/duties system - answer✔A variety of philosophical theories holding that rights and duties
flow from fundamental human precepts
consequential system - answer✔a number of philosophical theories based on the idea of
whether an action is ethical and determined by examining the consequences of the proposed
action
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