Chapter 1-4 review
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| what is law ? | a set of regulations governing the relationships among people and between people and there government, nothing more than a language.
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| what is a crime ? | a public wrong
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| public wrong ? | prosecuted by the state in its own name, punished by fine, imprisonment, or death
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| civil wrong ? | action instituted by the wronged individual, normally ordered to pay damages to the injured party.
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| criminal law is ? | an offspring of personal vendetta
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| hammurabi ? | eye for an eye
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| common law ? | was developed by the common people and was imposed on the rulers of the country
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| civil law ? | was developed by the rulers and imposed on the people
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| how many states have adopted substantive criminal law codes and at least implicitly have abolished common law offenses ? | 28
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| morality ? | morally wrong
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| felony ? | a crime for which one would forfeit all property in addiction to punishment. jail time more than a year
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| misdemeanor ? | minor nature , the penalty for which is less than a year.
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| public wrong ? | affects people of the entire state
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| mala prohibita ? | bad only because it is prohibited
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| constitution ? | grant of power
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| concurrent jurisdiction ? | two states have jurisdiction
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| jurisdiction ? | authority of a court to hear and decide case
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| law ? | guideline for all members of society
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| original jurisdiction ? | authority of a court to try a case that has never been tried before
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| personal jurisdiction ? | authority of a court to hear and decide a case by having the person charged present or capable of bring present
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| territorial jurisdiction ? | authority of a court to hear and decide a saw within geographical area
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| venue ? | geographical place where the crime was committed and where the trial will normally be held.
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| status as an act ? | a condition or state of being
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| methods used to commit the act | perp acts by his own hand, inanimate agency, innocent human agency, non human agency
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