Vocab
Misc
Law in America
Civil Law
Criminal Law
Law Law Law
100
A person who brings charges against another in court
What is Plaintiff
100

A court with no lawyers, no jury, and fewer steps to through is a

What is a Small Claims Court

100
A set of rules and standards by which a society governs itself is known as
What is Law
100
Disputes between two or more individuals or between individuals and governments is known as
What is Civil Law
100
An act that breaks criminal law and causes injury or harm to people or society is known as
What is crime
100

A court that hears cases about crimes like burglary, murder, or driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

What is a Criminal Trial Court

200
A law written by the legislative branch
What is Statute
200

A minor crime that is usually punished by a fine or jail sentence of less than a year

What is Misdemeanor

200

Negligence, and intentional harm can fall under what type of Civil Law?

What is Torts or Civil Wrongs

200
Relationships involving marriage, divorce, or custody issues
What is Family Law
200
Getting a ticket for parking illegally is an example of
What is Petty Offense
200

A court that hears cases where one person or group thinks another person or group should pay for causing harm

What is a Civil Trial Court

300

The person against whom a civil or criminal suit is brought in court

What is Defendent

300

A set of voluntary promises, enforceable by law, between two or more parties

What is Contract

300
Judges comparing new cases to old cases to help them make their decision would fall under which type of law.
What is Common Law
300
Discrimination against someone trying to buy a house would fall under what type of civil law
What is Property Law
300
Being drunk or disorderly in public is an example of what kind of crime
What is Misdemeanor
300

True or False: A person may be arrested without a warrant if the police catch him/her in the act or have a reasonable suspicion that they committed a crime.

What is True

400

A group of citizens who hear evidence during a trial and give a verdict

What is Jury

400
A minor crime usually punished by a ticket rather than being arrested.
What is Petty Offense
400
Innocent until proven guilty is an example of what Legal System Principle
What is Presumption of Innocence
400
Any wrongful act other than a breach of contract, for which the injured party has a right to sue for damages
What is Tort/Civil Wrong
400
Manslaughter is an example of what kind of crime
What is Felony
400

A person pleading guilty to a lesser crime is known as a

What is Plea Bargaining

500

The punishment to be imposed on an offender after a guilty verdict

What is Sentence

500
An official notice of a lawsuit that includes the date, time, and place of the initial court appearance.
What is Summons
500

An early system of 282 laws, written by a Babylonian King.

What is the Code of Hammurabi

500
Name three conditions needed for a person to sign a contract.
What is mentally competent, be legal age in most cases, cannot sell anything illegal
500
According to your notes, what is a punishment for a felony
Jail sentence for more than a year, death penalty, loss of certain rights, loss of job opportunities
500

Name all four pleas that a person can enter at an arraignment

What is Guilty, Not Guilty, Not Guilty by insanity, No Contest

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