| A | B |
|---|
| tort | Private wrongs against people or organizations |
| business law | Covers rules that apply to business situations and transactions. |
| case law | Made after trial has ended and appeal has occured. |
| equity | Administered when no remedy available in common law. |
| ordinance | Statutory law created by a town, city, or county. |
| civil law | Law concerned with private wrongs against individuals. |
| liable | Loses civil case and must pay money to plantiff. |
| stare decisis | The principle that new cases must be decided in ways consistent with prior case law. |
| common law | Case law, relfecting customs of the people . |
| administrative agencies | Governmental bodies which adinister certain statues. |
| constitutional law | Law created when constitutions are adopted or amended or when courts interpret constitutions. |
| interstate commerce | Commerce between two states. |
| specific performance | Court mandated action. |
| intrastate commerce | Commerce within one state. |
| UCC | Large set of business statues which simplified and clarified many laws concerning commercial transactions. |
| injunction | Court order to stop doing something. |
| supremacy | A point to be determined when laws conflict on diferent government levels. |
| rules and regulations | Administrative laws created by administrative agenices given legislative power. |
| money damages | A court-ordered payment by the defedant to a plaintiff. |
| Magna Carta | In 1215, provided protection against unreasonable acts byt eh king. |
| criminal law | Laqw concerned with public wrongs against society. |
| procedural law | Rules for enforcement of legal rights and duties. |
| substantive law | Rules that define by a state or federal legislature. |
| statute | Law enacted by a state or federal legislature. |
| unconstitutional | Invalid because in conflict with a constitution. |
