A rule or regulation issued by the president of the United States that becomes law without the prior approval of Congress.

interprets the law and oversees the enforcement of laws.

Law that derives from federal and state constitutions.

Law established through common law and legal precedent

The body of unwritten law developed in England, primarily from judicial decisions based on custom and tradition

Decisions made by judges in various courts that become rule of law and apply to future cases, even though they were not enacted by legislation.

Law passed by the U.S. Congress or state legislatures. Individual laws in this body of law are called statutes

Enabling statutes enacted to define powers and procedures when an agency is created

the statutory or written law that defines and regulates legal rights and obligations

Law that defines the rules used to enforce substantive law

Law that involves crimes against the state

An offense punishable by death or by imprisonment in a state or federal prison for more than one year

Crime punishable by fine or by imprisonment in a facility other than a prison for less than one year

Law that involves wrongful acts against persons

A civil wrong committed against a person or property, excluding breach of contract

The person guilty of committing a tort

action that causes bodily harm to another

Involves damaging a person’s reputation by making public statements that are both false and malicious

The intentional, unlawful restraint or confinement of one person by another

Deceitful practices in depriving or attempting to deprive others of their rights.

An intrusion into a person’s seclusion or private affairs

An unintentional tort alleged when one may have performed or failed to perform an act that a reasonable person would or would not have done in similar circumstances

The power of a court to hear and decide a case before it.

voluntary agreement between two parties in which specific promises are made for a consideration

Failure of either party to comply with the terms of a legally valid contract.

State legislation governing written contracts.

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chapter 4 terms

Question	Answer
executive order	A rule or regulation issued by the president of the United States that becomes law without the prior approval of Congress.
Judicial law	interprets the law and oversees the enforcement of laws.
constitutional law	Law that derives from federal and state constitutions.
Case law	Law established through common law and legal precedent
common law	The body of unwritten law developed in England, primarily from judicial decisions based on custom and tradition
legal precedents	Decisions made by judges in various courts that become rule of law and apply to future cases, even though they were not enacted by legislation.
statutory law	Law passed by the U.S. Congress or state legislatures. Individual laws in this body of law are called statutes
administrative law	Enabling statutes enacted to define powers and procedures when an agency is created
substantive law	the statutory or written law that defines and regulates legal rights and obligations
procedural law	Law that defines the rules used to enforce substantive law
criminal law	Law that involves crimes against the state
felony	An offense punishable by death or by imprisonment in a state or federal prison for more than one year
misdemeanors	Crime punishable by fine or by imprisonment in a facility other than a prison for less than one year
civil law	Law that involves wrongful acts against persons
Tort	A civil wrong committed against a person or property, excluding breach of contract
tortfeasor	The person guilty of committing a tort
Assault	threat of bodily harm
Battery	action that causes bodily harm to another
action that causes bodily harm to another	Involves damaging a person’s reputation by making public statements that are both false and malicious
False Imprisonment	The intentional, unlawful restraint or confinement of one person by another
Fraud	Deceitful practices in depriving or attempting to deprive others of their rights.
Invasion of Privacy	An intrusion into a person’s seclusion or private affairs
negligence	An unintentional tort alleged when one may have performed or failed to perform an act that a reasonable person would or would not have done in similar circumstances
jurisdiction	The power of a court to hear and decide a case before it.
contract	voluntary agreement between two parties in which specific promises are made for a consideration
breach of contract	Failure of either party to comply with the terms of a legally valid contract.
statute of frauds	State legislation governing written contracts.

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