civics legal terms Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| precedent | an example of past disisions used to justify desisions |
| common law | a system of law from and originated from england |
| laws | set of rules |
| democracy | a way of governig |
| civil laws | laws based on court cases |
| feudaul system | a form of governing a country where there is only one leader |
| court | a place where justice is served |
| trial by jury | where the people of the socioty decide if the accused are inoccent or guilty |
| trail by ordeal | where the defendents fait is desided by putting them to a test |
| oral law | laws passed down by speaking them to one another |
| criminal law | |
| negligence | |
| trespass | |
| defamation | |
| nuisace | |
| compensation | |
| plaintiff | |
| judge | |
| defendent | |
| crimes | |
| homicide | |
| manslaughter | |
| murder | |
| prosecute | |
| fine | |
| jury | |
| magistrate | |
| belittled | treating someone as if the are lesser than you are |
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