Legal Systems Vocab

Rules or regulations put in place by a government over a community

• plaintif

• ordinace

• amendments

• laws

A person being charged

• defendant

• the judge

• Ms. Griffith

• Plantiff

The person/group bringing the charges

• defendant

• judge

• Pete Davidson

• plantiff

Deals with disputes between people

• Criminal Law

• Civil Law

• Juvenile court

• Judge Judy

a type of civil law, where a civil wrong has taken place and one

side wants monetary retribution for what they lost

• divorce law

• custodial law

• torts

• law suit

the branch of law that deals with the constitution or written plan

of government- it deals with cases involving the government’s power, what the constitution

saws, and the rights of citizens

• Constitutional Law

• Statutory Law

• Administrative Law

• Torts

is a branch of law that deals with laws, rules, regulations

made by the executive branch to carry out other laws

• Constitutional Law

• Statutory Law

• Administrative Law

• Torts

branch of law that deals with the statutes, or laws, that are

created by the national, state, or local governments- they regulate individual behavior

• Constitutional Law

• Statutory Law

• Administrative Law

• Torts

Equal Protection for all under the law

• Amendment 10

• Amendment 12

• Amendment 22

• Amendment 14

people file them because they feel wronged and want things righted

• Taxes

• Paperwork

• Police reports

• Lawsuits