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Chapter 15
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Common law | law based on court decisions rather than on legal code |
| precedent | a ruling that is used as the basis for a judycial decision in a later, similar case |
| statute | a law written by a legislative branch |
| potential | future |
| resolve | answering |
| tradition | customs |
| plaintiff | the party that brings the charges against the accused |
| defendant | individual or group acced of a crim |
| felony | a serious crine such as murder, rape, kidnaping, or robery |
| misdemeanor | a realativy minor offence such as vanalism or stealing inexpensive items |
| larceny | the unlawful taking away of another person's probertry with the intent of never to return it |
| robbery | taking of property from a person's possession by using force or threats |
| burglary | the inlawful entry into any dwelling or structure with the intention to commit a crime |
| lawsuit | when a civil case goes to court |
| tort | civil wrongs |
| libel | the printing of false and damaging information |
| constitutional law | branch of law dealing with formation, construction, and interpretation of constitutions |
| prohibition | bans |
| recover | get back |
| stare decisis | the practice of using earler judical rulings as a basis for deciding cases |
| writ of habeas corpus | a court order that requires police to bring a prisoners to court to explain why they are holding the person |
| bill of attainder | law that punishes a person accused of a crime without a trial or a fair hearing in court |
| ex post facto law | law that would allow a person to be punished for an action that was not against the law when it was commited |
| due process of law | procedures established by law and guaranteed by the Constitution |
| search warrent | judges authorization to search a specific place |
| double jeopardy | a person who is tried for a crime and found not gulity may not be placed in jeopardy |
| grand jury | a group of 12 to 23 citxens that hears evidence presented by a prosecutor |
| plea bargain | a negotiation between the government attorney and the prosecutor |
| bail | sum of money an arrested person bays to a court to win release from jail while awaiting trial |
| interpret | defining |
| factor | influences |
| presume | belived to be |
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