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Argylls 1 Laws Shelb

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Enforceable rules of conduct in a society?   Laws  
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Law bases on the current standards or customs of the people?   Common Law  
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The power to decide a case--over the most important cases?   Jurisdiction  
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Citizens from each region to help interpret that region's customs for the court?   Jury  
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Fairness..   Equity  
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Stops something from being done..   Injunction  
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A document that sets forth the framework of a government and its relationship to the people it governs?   Constitution  
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When constituions are adopted or amended, or when courts interpret constitutions, what is made?   Constitutional Law  
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Reserves the rights of citizens and protects them from actions of their governments?   Bill of Rights  
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Pieces of legislation created by a town or city council or by a county board or commision are typically referred to as..   Ordinances  
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Usually made after a trial has ended and one of the parties has appealed the result to a higher court..   Case Law  
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This doctrine requires that lower courts must follow established case law in deciding similar cases..   Stare Decisis  
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Govermental bodies formed to carry out particular laws?   Administraive Agencies  
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The group of laws that allows individuals to seek legel remedies for wrongs done to them?   Civil Law  
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An offence against society?   Crime  
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This sets forth how rights and responsibilites can be legally exercised and enforced through the legal system?   Procedural Law  
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This defines rights and duties?   Substantive Law  
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The process for enforcing the law when someone is carged with a crime?   Criminal Procedure  
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This covers rules that apply to business situations and transactions?   Business Law  
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The courts use prior cases as a guide for deciding similar new cases..   Precedent  
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