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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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