CLU 3M1 Intro Quiz

a proposed law; a draft form of an act or statute

• case

• trial

• precendent

• bill

A system of law based on past legal decisions

• Civil law

• public law

• private law

• Common law

a term for private law governing relationships between individuals

• civil law

• contract law

• tort law

• public law

One of the earliest known set of written laws

• Code of Hammurabi

• Napoleonic Code

• Magna Carta

• Justinian Law

In civil law, the person being sued

• Plaintiff

• Defendant

• Crown

• Civilian

A legal decision that serves as an example and authority in future similar cases

• case law

• precedent

• citation

• bill

Attempt to influence government decision making

• Lobby

• Citation

• Plaintiff

• Precedent

Identify the type of law: A law that outlines the steps in obtaining a search warrant

• Substantive

• Procedural

Identify the type of law: makes it illegal to possess controlled substantives

• Procedural

• Substantive

Identify the type of law: You sue a doctor for causing extensive throat injury during surgery

• Contract

• Tort

• Family

• Civil