Law Ed 1.2 Vocab Review

A systematic collection of statutes

A written law passed by a legislative body

dispersed among many different points, especially political power distributed among many different nobles/landowners/leaders/regions

Wrote the first Law Code of England

A form of written command in the name of a court or other legal authority to act, or abstain from acting, in some way.

A group of people sworn to abide by the laws to determine the truth

In early England, the chief law enforcement official in a county, forerunner of today's sheriff.

A legal document giving certain rights to a person or company

An officer of court having custody of prisoners under arraignment.

Accused person was required to grasp a red-hot piece of metal, to walk across a bed of hot coals, or face some other physical task. If the burn wound healed, you were innocent.