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Legal Terms for the text

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Precedent   a legal decision or authoritive rule  
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Court   a judicalhearing legal cases  
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Common law   a system of law from England.  
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Oral law   a code of conduct in use in a given culture, religion and communities.  
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Laws   A set of rules.  
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Trial by odeal.   a judical practise by which the guilt or innocence of the accused is determined by subjecting them to a task.  
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Democracy   a way of governing- one person- one vote  
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trial by jury   A legal proceeding where a jury makes a decision.  
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Civil law   Laws based on court cases  
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Belittles   Make or seem un-important  
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Feudal System   A medieval system of land tenture with allegiance and service due to the landowner.  
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Criminal Law   Criminal law protects individuals from others doing the wrong thing. It outlines the way people should act-what they can and cannot do.  
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