LEB- Chapter 1 Vocabulary

Enforceable rules of conduct in a society.

• laws

• equity

• code

• statutes

What is Fairness.

• laws

• codes

• statutes

• equity

The power to decide a case.

• constitution

• procedural law

• jurisdiction

• common law

Laws grouped into an organized form.

• laws

• procedural law

• common law

• code

Law based on the current standards or customs of the people.

• positive law

• common law

• procedural law

• jurisdiction

Law dictated by a sovereign or other central authority to prevent disputes and wrongs.

• positive law

• procedural law

• common law

• jurisdiction

Document that sets forth the framework of government and its relationship to people it governs

• preamble

• ordinance

• constitution

• statute

Laws enacted by legislatures.

• ordinance

• statutes

• case law

• constitution

Legislation enacted at the local level.

• statutes

• preamble

• ordinance

• constitution

Law made after a trial has ended and one of the parties appeal the result to a higher court.

• ordinance

• statutes

• constitution

• case law