| A | B |
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| Administrative Agency | government body formed to carry out particular laws |
| Business Law | groups of laws that governs business situations and transactions |
| Case Law | made when an appellate court endorses a rule for deciding court cases |
| Civil Law | group of laws used to provide remedy for wrongs against individuals |
| Code | Laws grouped into an organized form |
| Common Law | Law based on the customs of a group |
| Consititutional Law | law made when the fundamental, supreme law of the land is adopted, amended, or interpreted |
| Equity | basic fairness |
| Injunction | An order that prevents something from being done |
| Jurisdiction | Power of a court to decide a case |
| Jury | Panel of citizens who help interpret society's customs |
| Laws | Enforced rules of conduct in a society |
| Ordinance | Legislative enactments by a city |
| Positive Law | Law dictated by a sovereign or higher authority |
| Procedural Law | Group of laws defining the methods for enforcing legal rights and decisions |
| stare decisis | doctrine that requires lower courts to follow existing case law in deciding similar cases |
| Statutes | laws enacted by state or federal legislatures |
| Substantive Law | Group of laws that defines rights and duties |
| Unconstitutional | law that conflicts with a constitution; therefore is invalid |
| crime | punishable offense against society |
| criminal law | group of laws that defines and sets punishments for offenses against society |
| torts | private or cival wrong for which the law grants a remedy |
