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Boone C&E #5&6
C&E Goal 5&6 Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| jurisprudence | the study of law |
| common law | law based on court decisions rather than on a legal code |
| precedents | legal opinions that became part of the common law |
| statute | the act of a lawmaking body |
| plaintiff | the party that brings charges against an alleged criminal |
| defendant | the individual or group being sued |
| felony | a serious crime |
| misdemeanor | a less serious offense |
| lawsuit | a legal action in which a person or group sues to collect damages for some harm that is done |
| torts | civil wrongs |
| stare decisis | the practice of using earlier judicial rulings as a basis for deciding cases |
| writ of habeas corpus | a legal order that requires an official who has arrested someone to bring that person to court and explain why he or she is being held |
| bill of attainder | a law that punishes a person accused of a crime without a trial |
| ex post facto law | a law that would allow a person to be punished for an action that was not |
| against the law when it was committed | |
| due process of law | a guarantee that government may not take people’s lives, liberty, or property except according to the proper exercise of law |
| search warrant | a judge’s authorization to search a place |
| double jeopardy | putting a person on trial again for a crime of which he or she was already acquitted |
| grand jury | a group of citizens that decides whether there is sufficient evidence to accuse someone of a crime |
| bail | a sum of money an arrested person pays to a court to win release from jail while awaiting trial |
| plaintiff | the party bringing a lawsuit |
| defendant | the party being sued |
| injunction | a court order commanding a person or group to stop a certain action |
| complaint | a formal statement naming the plaintiff and the defendant and describing the nature of the lawsuit |
| summons | a document telling parties of a suit against them and ordering them to appear in court on a given date and time |
| crime | an act that breaks a federal or state criminal law and causes harm to people or society in general |
| arraignment | a procedure in which a defendant is formally presented with the charges against him or her and is asked to enter a plea |
| testimony | the answers that witnesses in a trial give under oath |
| cross-examine | questions asked by the opposing side in a testimony |
| acquittal | a vote of not guilty |
| hung jury | a jury that cannot agree on a verdict |
| juvenile | anyone under age 18 |
| juvenile delinquents | young people who commit crimes |
| rehabilitate | to correct a person’s behavior |
| Internet | a mass communication system of millions of networked computers and databases all over the world |
| World Wide Web | a system that operates within the Internet, allowing users to interact with billions of documents stored on computers across the Net |
| Web site | “pages” on the World Wide Web that may contain text, images, audio, and video |
| archives | files of older stories |
| nonpartisan | free from political ties or bias |
| newsgroups | Internet discussion forums |
| authoritarian | a kind of government in which one leader or group of people holds absolute power |
| dissident | a person who disagrees with the established political or religious system |
| propaganda | the spreading of certain ideas and may involve misleading messages designed to manipulate people |
| intellectual property | things that people create, such as songs, movies, books, poetry, art, and software |
| copyright | the owner’s exclusive right to control, publish, and sell an original work |
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