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CJ Terms 1A
Terminology Match
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Appellate Court | Court of Appeals |
| Common Law | Resulting from Custom or Court Decision |
| Corpus Delicti | Elements of the Crime |
| Custom | Behavior Traditional with time |
| Incestuous | marriage or sexual relations between close blood relatives |
| Inherent | Within, basic to, built in. |
| Jurisdiction | Court's legal authority to act |
| Moral Turpitude | Relating to ethics, honesty, morality |
| Nullify | to dilute or abolish |
| Precedent | Resulting from Custom and court decision |
| Public Policy | Best for the majority, custom |
| Statutes | laws defining crimes and their punishments |
| Substantive law | Written law |
| Tort | Private or civil wrong |
| Venue | geographical location of a court hearing a case |