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legal terms for test

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precedent   an act,statement etc that may serve as an example or justification for a later one.  
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common law   law based on custom. useage and judical decisions.  
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laws   all the rules of conduct established by athourity or costom of a nation.  
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democarcy   A COUNTRY ETC , WITH SUCH GOVERNMENT .  
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belittles   to represent or speak of as contemptibly small or unimportant;disparage  
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cival war   war between differnet factions of the same nation  
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feudal system   the system which medieval times used for social highracky  
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court   a place in which law is practised  
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oral law   a code of conduct in a given culture , religion or community  
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trial by ordeal   ancient methods of determining quilt or innocent  
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trail by jury   expanded right to jury trail means more appeals by criminal defendants.  
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civil law   the first set of laws regulates peoples behaviour with other indivduals  
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negligence   the quality, fact, or result of being negligent; neglect: negligence in discharging one's responsibilities.  
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negligence   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 quality, fact, or result of being negligent; neglect: negligence in discharging one's responsibilities.  
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negligence   the quality, fact, or result of being negligent; neglect: negligence in discharging one's responsibilities.  
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compensation   the act or state of compensating  
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plaintiff   plaintiff  
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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   Law. a person, company, etc., against whom a claim or charge is brought in a court (opposed to plaintiff ).  
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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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manslaughter   Law. the unlawful killing of a human being without malice aforethought.  
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murder   Law. the killing of another human being under conditions specifically covered in law. In the U.S., special statutory definitions include murder committed with malice aforethought, characterized by deliberation or premeditation or occurring during the comm  
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proecute   to institute legal proceedings against (a person).  
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fine   of superior or best quality  
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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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magistrate   civil officer charged with the administration of the law.  
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