U8 Vocabulary Legal System

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Expected or required to answer for one’s actions

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Accountable

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Accountability

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Expected or required to answer for one’s actions

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Not governed by any fixed rules

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Arbitrary

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The laws established by decisions of courts, especially appellate courts in published opinions

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Case law

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The law determining private rights and liabilities, as opposed to criminal law and other public law.

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Civil law

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Law established by court decisions rather than by statutes enacted by legislatures.

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Common law

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Law that deals with the interpretation and application of the United States Constitution.

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Constitutional law

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Law that deals with crimes and their punishments.

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Criminal law

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An established course for judicial proceedings or other governmental activities designed to safeguard the legal rights of the individual

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Due process of law

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Relating to, or being the central government of the United States

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Federal Government (National Government)