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Chapter 1.1
Chapter 1.2
Chapter 2.1
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Chapter 3
100
Treat others the way you want to be treated.
What is the Golden Rule?
100
Money given to the court to assure a released criminal will return to trial.
What is bail?
100
A very minor offense.
What is an infraction?
100
Unintentional killing of another person.
What is manslaughter?
100
A private wrong committed by one person against another.
What is a tort?
200
The rules of conduct for a society.
What is the law?
200
A court session to determine any good reasons to keep a juvenile in custody.
What is a detention hearing?
200
A government official who brings a court case against the defendant.
What is a prosecutor?
200
Unlawful touching of another person.
What is battery?
200
Tort resulting from carelessness.
What is negligence?
300
Treating people fairly and equally.
What is justice?
300
A person cannot be tried in court twice for the same crime.
What is double jeopardy?
300
The mental state required to carry out a crime.
What is intent?
300
Taking property using threats or violence.
What is robbery?
300
Anything that interferes with the enjoyment of property.
What is a nuisance?
400
Rules that determine between right and wrong.
What is ethics?
400
Solving disagreements outside of the court system.
What is alternative dispute resolution?
400
Coercion by a police officer to carry out a crime.
What is entrapment?
400
Physical or mental harm within a household.
What is domestic violence?
400
The decided source of negligence-based injuries.
What is proximate cause?
500
Where common law comes from.
What is England?
500
A court's power to hear a case and make a judgement.
What is jurisdiction?
500
The reason the defendant went through with a crime (not really important to the case).
What is motive?
500
Ignoring court orders or disrespecting the integrity of the court.
What is contempt of court?
500
Laws that allow a lawsuit to continue after the death of the plaintiff and/or defendant.
What are survival statutes?