| A | B |
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| administrative law | enabling statutes enacted to define powers and procedures when an agency is created |
| case law | law established through common law and legal precedent |
| common law | the body of unwritten law developed in England, primarily from judicial decisions based on custom and tradition |
| criminal law | law that involves crimes against the state |
| expressed contract | explicitly stated written or spoken words |
| implied contract | unspoken or unwritten agreements whose terms result from the actions of the involved parties |
| negligence | an unintentional tort alleged when one may have caused harm to another |
| statutory law | law passed by the US Congress or state legislatures |
| constitutional law | law that originates from federal and state constitutions |
| substantive law | statutory or written law that defines and regulates legal rights and obligations |
| procedural law | law that defines the rules used to enforce substantive law |
| civil law | involves wrongful acts against persons, but does not involve crimes |
| legal precedent or precedence | decisions made by judges in the various courts that become rule of law and apply to future cases: known as case law |
| jurisdiction | power and authority given to a court to hear a case and make a judgement |
| law | expected minimum standard of conduct |
