LEB-Chapter 5 Vocabulary Quiz

system of laws which regulate personal or private matters and governs disputes between individuals

• Criminal Law

• Liability

• Civil Law

• Defendant Law

person who brings a case against another in a court of law

• plantiff

• defendant

• prosecutor

• judge

deals with agreements between two or more parties, each of which is obligated to hold up their portion of an agreement

• civil law

• criminal law

• tort law

• contract law

person who the case is brought against in a court of law

• defendant

• plantiff

• jury

• prosecution

when a person acts with intent to cause harm or injury

• negligence

• civil law

• intentional tort

• strict liability

set of laws which provides remedies to individuals who have been injured by the wrongful acts of others

• contract law

• tort law

• civil law

• criminal law

when someone has a strict duty to ensure something is safe

• defense

• negligence

• strict liability

• tort law

when a person acts with reckless disregard of another person without intent to cause harm

• strict liability

• negligence

• intentional tort

• jurisdiction

laws which deal with property owned by a person or entity

• civil law

• tort law

• family law

• property law

process issued in a civil lawsuit

• negligence

• civil procedure

• strict liability

• civil law