Legal Terms for the Test
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| Precedent | A previous case or legal decision
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| Common law | Law derivied from custom and judicial precedent
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| Laws | A rule enacted or customary in a community and recognised as enjoying or prohibiting certain actions
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| Democreacy | A system of government by the whole population
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| Civil law | law concerning private rights
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| Belittles | Make or seem unimportant
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| Feudal law | The social system in medieval Europe
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| Court | A body of persons precided over by a judge
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| Oral law | A code of conduct in use in a given culture, religion or community
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| Trial by ordeal | A judicial practise by which the guilt or innocense if the accused is determined by subjecting them a task
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| Trial by jury | A legal proceeding where a jury makes a decision
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| Negligence | The faliure to exercise the degree of care that, in the circumstances, law requires for the protection of other persons
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| Trespass | An unlawful act causing injury, to the person, property or rights of another person
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| Defamation | The act of false or unjustified injury of the good reputation of another
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| Nuisance | Something offansive or annoying to individuals or the community
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| Compensation | Something given or recieved as an equivalent for services, debt, loss, injury or suffering
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| Plaintiff | The party that institutes a suit in a court
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| Judge | A public officer authorised to hear and decide cases in a court of law
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| Defendant | A person or company against whom a claim or charge is brought in a court
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| Crimes | A serious offence of unlawful activity
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| Homicide | The killing of one human being by another
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| Manslaughter | A killing of human being by another
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| Prosecute | To product criminal proceedings in court
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| Magistrate | A civil officer charged with he administration of the law
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