| Question |
Answer |
| ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCY |
A federal, state, or local government agency established to perform a specific function. Administrative agencies are authorized by legislative acts to make and enforce rules to administer and enforce the acts. |
| ADMINISTRATIVE LAW |
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 |
To state, recite, assert or charge. |
| ANALOGY |
In logical reasoning, an assumption that if two things are similar in some respects, they will be similar in other respects also. |
| APPELLANT |
The party who takes an appeal from on court to another. |
| APPELLEE |
The party against whom an appeal is taken-that is, the party who opposes setting aside or reversing the judgment. |
| BINDING AUTHORITY |
Any source of law that a court must follow when deciding a case. Binding Authorities include constitutions, statutes, and regulations that govern the issue being decided, as well as court decisions that are controlling precedents within the jurisdiction. |
| BREACH |
To violate a law, by an act or an omission, or to break a legal obligation that one owes to another person or to society. |
| CASE LAW |
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 |
A previous case involving factual circumstances and issues that are similar to the case before the court. |
LaTonja Al-Hedaithy
on 2009-04-20
mr. charles11
