Intro to Law

Youths who have committed acts that would not be crimes by adults are known as

• status offenders

• delinquent offenders

• adult offenders

• legislative offenders

Legislative enactments by a city or town.

• statutes

• felonies

• misdemeanors

• ordinances

Laws enacted by state legislatures or the federal legislature

• ordinances

• statutes

• bills

• case law

Type of criminal law that results in stricter penalties of at least one year in prison

• case law

• statutes

• felonies

• misdemeanors

Laws that are created to protect both the buyer and sellers of goods would be an example of

• Consumer Law

• Constitutional Law

• Family Law

• Juvenile Law

Signing a lease for an apartment would be an example of a

• Consumer Law

• Constitutional Law

• Housing Law

• Juvenile Law

A lawsuit that can be brought by a person who feels wronged or injured by another person would be an example of a

• Consumer Law

• Civil Law

• Housing Law

• Juvenile Law

Your right to an attorney was violated. This would be an example of

• Consumer Law

• Civil Law

• Housing Law

• Constitutional Law

During a transfer hearing for a juvenile the judge considers which of the following when deciding if a juvenile will be tried as an adult?

• age

• seriousness of the crime

• past record

• all of the above

Youths who have committed acts that would be crimes by adults are known as

• status offenders

• delinquent offenders

• adult offenders

• legislative offenders