3.10 Vocab Quizizz

What is case law?

• Law established by the outcome of former cases

• Law that applies only to people in the military

• Law that focuses on interpreting a constitution

• Law that deals with crimes and punishments

Which type of law is concerned with private relations between community members?

• Military law

• Civil law

• Criminal law

• Natural law

What is common law?

• Law that comes from customs, traditions, and precedents

• Law passed by Congress or a state legislature

• A rule an agency of the executive branch makes to enforce a law

• A system of right or justice held to be common to all humans

What does constitutional law refer to?

• Laws passed by Congress or a state legislature

• Law that focuses on interpreting a constitution

• Law that deals with crimes and punishments

• Law that applies only to people in the military

What does criminal law refer to?

• Laws passed by Congress or a state legislature

• Law that focuses on interpreting a constitution

• Law that deals with crimes and punishments

• Law that applies only to people in the military

What does military law refer to?

• Laws passed by Congress or a state legislature

• Law that focuses on interpreting a constitution

• Law that deals with crimes and punishments

• Law that applies only to people in the military

What is a system of right or justice held to be common to all humans and derived from nature rather than from the rules of society

• natural law

• civil law

• precedent

• regulation

What is a precedent?

• A system of right or justice held to be common to all humans

• Something that will be used as an example or rule to be followed in the future

• A rule an agency of the executive branch makes to enforce a law

• Law that comes from customs, traditions, and precedents

What does statutory law refer to?

• Laws passed by Congress or a state legislature

• Law that focuses on interpreting a constitution

• Law that deals with crimes and punishments

• Law that applies only to people in the military

What is a rule an agency of the executive branch makes to enforce a law 

• regulation

• case law

• civil law

• veto