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Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in each of the black spaces below before clicking on it to display the answer.
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Laws   A set of rules created by a government or ruler.  
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Precedent   A legal decision or authoritive rule.  
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Common laws   The system of laws originally in England.  
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Belittles   To make someone/something seem unimportant.  
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Civil law   The body of laws of a state or nation.  
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Court   The place that legal cases and trials are heard.  
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Feudal system   The political, milartary and social system in the middle ages.  
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Trial by ordeal   A primitive method determining if a persons guilty or innocent.  
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Democracy   Everyone on a country has equal rights.  
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Oral law   Code of conduct in use in a given cultures religion or community.  
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Trial by jury   Being judged with evidence and witnesses in a court to determine if a person in guilty or innocent.  
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Negligence   The quality, fact, or result of being negligent.  
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Trespass   An unlawful act causing injury to the person, property, or rights of another, committed with force or violence, actual or implied.  
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Defamation   The act of defaming false or unjustified injury of the good reputation of another, as by slander or libel.  
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Nuisance   One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious, a bother.  
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Compensation   The act or state of compensating.  
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Sue   To institute a process in law against; bring a civil action against.  
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Plaintiff   The party that institutes a suit in a court.  
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Judge   A public officer authorized to hear and decide cases in a court of law, a magistrate charged with the administration of justice.  
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Defendant   A person, company, etc., against whom a claim or charge is brought in a court.  
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Crimes   An act committed or omitted in violation of a law forbidding or commanding it and for which punishment is imposed upon conviction.  
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Homicide   The killing of one human being by another.  
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Laws   A set of rules created by a government or ruler.  
🗑
Precedent   A legal decision or authoritive rule.  
🗑
Common laws   The system of laws originally in England.  
🗑
Belittles   To make someone/something seem unimportant.  
🗑
Civil law   The body of laws of a state or nation.  
🗑
Court   The place that legal cases and trials are heard.  
🗑
Feudal system   The political, milartary and social system in the middle ages.  
🗑
Trial by ordeal   A primitive method determining if a persons guilty or innocent.  
🗑
Democracy   Everyone on a country has equal rights.  
🗑
Oral law   Code of conduct in use in a given cultures religion or community.  
🗑
Trial by jury   Being judged with evidence and witnesses in a court to determine if a person in guilty or innocent.  
🗑
Negligence   The quality, fact, or result of being negligent.  
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Trespass   An unlawful act causing injury to the person, property, or rights of another, committed with force or violence, actual or implied.  
🗑
Defamation   The act of defaming false or unjustified injury of the good reputation of another, as by slander or libel.  
🗑
Nuisance   One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious, a bother.  
🗑
Compensation   The act or state of compensating.  
🗑
Sue   To institute a process in law against; bring a civil action against.  
🗑
Plaintiff   The party that institutes a suit in a court.  
🗑
Judge   A public officer authorized to hear and decide cases in a court of law, a magistrate charged with the administration of justice.  
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Defendant   A person, company, etc., against whom a claim or charge is brought in a court.  
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Crimes   An act committed or omitted in violation of a law forbidding or commanding it and for which punishment is imposed upon conviction.  
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Homicide   The killing of one human being by another.  
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Prosecute   Law. To institute legal proceedings against (a person).  
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Murder   Law. The killing of another human being under conditions specifically covered in law.  
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Manslaughter   Law. the unlawful killing of a human being without malice aforethought.  
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Magistrate   A civil officer charged with the administration of the law.  
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Jury   A group of persons sworn to render a verdict or true answer on a question or questions officially submitted to them.  
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