Civics Legal Terms
| Description: | Legal Terms for the test |
| Category: | AP Comparative Gov. |
| Created by: | livinb on 2009-02-16 |
| Question | Answer |
| Precedent | An example of a past decision used to justify decisions. |
| Common Law | A system of law from england. |
| Laws | A set of rules. |
| Democracy | A way of governing, one person=one vote. |
| Civil Law | Laws based on court cases. |
| Belittles | To make someone feel small. |
| Fuedal Sysytem | A form of governing, a country where there is only one ruler. |
| Court | A place where justice is served. |
| Trial by jury | A form of court where the people of society choose guilty or inocent. |
| Trial by Ordeal | Where your fate is decided over torture, (e.g a with was thrown into the lake and if they float they are guilty. |
| Oral Laws | A cultures laws. |
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