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System to maintain order
What is law
100
Are laws that seek to prevent people from deliberately or recklessly harming each other or each other's property
What criminal law
100
Punishment with out fair trial
What is bill of attainer
100
Is a sum of money an arrested person pays to a court to win releasefrom jail while awaiting trial
What is bail
200
A science or philosophy of law
What is jurisprudence
200
The individual or group being sued is the defendant
What is defendant
200
May chose not to take the stand
What is 5th amendment
200
Double jeopardy means that that one person can not be tried for the same thing twice
What is double jeopardy
300
Based on court decisions not a code
What is common law
300
The party that brings the charges against the alleged criminal
What is plaintiff
300
Agree to lesser charge
What is plea bargain
300
A judge's authorization- specifying the exact place to be searched and describing what objects may be seied
What is search warrant
400
Are legal opinions that became part of the common law
What is precedents
400
Seriuos crimes with serious consequences
What is felony
400
Government have enough evdence to go to jail
What is grand jury
400
Police must have probable cause to abtain a search warrant
What is probable cause
500
Came to dominate the english legal system
What is statutes
500
Solves civil disputes between people gorups organizations
What is civil law
500
Must reach unanimous decision in a federal court
What is pette jury
500
You may be held in contempt of court if you interfere with process
What is held in contempt