Law Ed 1.2 Vocab Review

A systematic collection of statutes

• Law Codes

• Statutes

• Decentralized

• Æthelberht King of Kent

A written law passed by a legislative body

• Law Codes

• Statutes

• Decentralized

• Æthelberht King of Kent

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

• Law Codes

• Statutes

• Decentralized Power

• Æthelberht King of Kent

Wrote the first Law Code of England

• Law Codes

• Statutes

• Decentralized Power

• Æthelberht King of Kent

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

• Writ

• Jury

• Shire Reeve

• Charter

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

• Writ

• Jury

• Shire Reeve

• Charter

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

• Writ

• Jury

• Shire Reeve

• Charter

A legal document giving certain rights to a person or company

• Writ

• Jury

• Shire Reeve

• Charter

An officer of court having custody of prisoners under arraignment.

• Bailiff

• Trial By Fire

• Trial By Water

• Ordeal

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.

• Bailiff

• Trial By Fire

• Trial By Water

• Ordeal