The Sources of Our Laws
Types of Laws
The American Legal System
The American Legal System
Amendments and laws
100
The Study of Law
What is Jurisprudence
100
The party that brings the charges against the alleged criminal.
What is Plaintiff
100
The practice of using earlier judicial rulings as a basis foe deciding cases
What is Stare Decisis
100
A court Order allowing law enforcement officers to search a suspects home or buisness and take specific items as evidence.
What is Search warrant
100
Protects citizens against unreasonable searches and seizures
What is Fourth amendment
200
Legal opinions that became part of the common law
What is Precedents
200
An individual or group being sued or charged with a crime
What is Defendant
200
A court order that requires police to bring a prisoner to court to explain why they are holding the person
What is Writ of Habeas Corpus
200
Putting someone on trial for a crime of which he or she was previously acquitted.
What is Double jeopardy
300
A law written by a legislative branch
What is Statute
300
A serious crime such as murder, rape, kidnapping, or robbery.
What is Felonies
300
A law that punishes a person accused of a crime without a trial or a fair hearing in court
What is Bill of Attainder
300
A group of citizens that decides whether there is sufficient evidence to accuse someone of a crime
What is Grand jury
400
A system of law based on precedent and customs
What is Common Law
400
A relatively minor offense such as vandalism or stealing inexpensive items
What is Misdemeanor
400
A law that would allow a person to be punished for an action that was not against the law when it was committed
What is Ex Post Facto Law
400
A sum of money used as a security deposit to ensure that an accused person returns for his or her trial
What is Bail
400
Compromises treaties,customs,and agreements among nations
What is International law
500
The first known system of written law
What is Code of Hammurabi
500
a legal action in which a person or group sues to collect damages for some harm that is done.
What is Lawsuit
500
Procedures established be law and guaranteed by the Constitution.
What is Due Process of Law
500
Laws that seek to prevent people from deliberately or recklessly harming wax other or each others property
What is Criminal law
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