Sources of Law
Classifications of Law
Torts
Hodgepodge I
Hodgepodge
100
A rule or regulation issued by the president of the U.S. that becomes law without the prior approval of congress is called...
What is an executive order?
100
Enabling statutes enacted to define powers and procedures when an agency is created is called this...
What is administrative law?
100
An unintentional tort alleged when one may have performed or failed to perform an act that a resonable person would or would not have done...
What is negligence?
100
the power of a court to hear and decide a case...
What is jurisdiction?
100
The system established by the U.S. Constitution that keeps any one branch of government from assuming too much power is called...
What is checks and balances?
200
A laaw passed by the U.S. Congress or state legislature is called this...
What is Statutory Law?
200
The statutory or written law that defines and regulates legal rights and regulations is called this...
What is substantive law?
200
The person guilty of committing a tort is called this...
What is tortfeasor?
200
A voluntray agreement between two parties in which specific promises are made is called...
What is a contract?
200
Law that is derived from federal or state constitutions is called this...
What is constitutional law?
300
Decisions made by judges in various courts that become rule of law and apply to future cases are called this...
What are legal precedents?
300
A crime punishable by fine or by imprisonment in a facility other than a prison for less than one year is called...
What is a misdemeanor?
300
Deceitful practies in depriving or attempting to deprive another of his or her rights is called this...
What is fraud?
300
State legislation governing written contracts is called this...
What is statute of frauds?
300
A civil wrong committed against a person or property excluding breach of conduct is called...
What is a tort?
400
The body of an unwritten law developed in England from judicial decisions based on custom and tradition is called...
What is Common Law?
400
An offense punishable by death or imprisonment is called this...
What is a felony?
400
An intrusion into a person's seclusion or private affairs is...
What is an invasion of privacy?
400
An unwritten and unspoke agreement ...
What is an implied contract?
400
The open threat of bodily harm to another...
What is assault?
500
A law established through common law and legal precedent is called this...
What is Case law?
500
Law that defines the rules used to enforce substantive law is called...
What is procedural law?
500
An action that causes bodily harm to another...
What is battery?
500
Unable to fully understand all of the terms and conditions of a transaction is called...
What is mentally incompetent?
500
Damaging a person't reputation by making false public statements...
What is defamation of character?
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