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Business Law
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Business
Undergraduate 3
02/10/2013

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Legislative Law
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These are the laws, including the federal Constitution and state constitutions, that have been passed by legislative bodies.
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Judicial Pronouncements
Definition
These are legal statements made by courts. They can be interpretations of statues, or they can be based on common law principles that were created by the courts decades or centuries ago.
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Procedural Law
Definition
Most often this type is the product of the legislative branch, aimed at determining how lawsuits are handled in courts. These laws include such matters as the rules of evidence and related issues.
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Substantive Law
Definition
Laws that regulate and control the rights and duties of persons and are used to resolve disputes
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Conflict of Laws
Definition
A body of legal principles used to determine the appropriate law to apply to s litigated case when more than one state is involved.
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dicta
Definition
Statements of the court that are not necessary to decide the controversy before the court.
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Legislative History
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Committee hearings, the debates, and any statement made by the executive in requesting legislation
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Ordance
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Generally speaking, the legislative act of a municipally(a city council is a legislative body, and it passes ordinances that are the laws of the city)
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Statute
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A law passed by congress or the legislative body of a stateconducted
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Procedural Law
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Laws that established the process by which litigation is
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Stare Decisis
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The doctrine that law should adhere to decided cases and "Stand by the decision"
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Common Law
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That body of law deriving from judicial decisions
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Res Judicata
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The legal doctrine that once a dispute is literated and resolved, these parties are forever barred from litigating the same matter again -"the thing has been decided"
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How many of the justices must decide they want to before they hear?
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Four
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which of the following is a remedy of law
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law=money
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court hears divorces
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state never federal
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standing means
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that you must have statement for a lawsuit before you make a lawsuit
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Two different questions about standing
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The requirement (standing to sue)
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Petition
Definition
How the plaintiff got injured or suffered
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Give an order of appeal
Definition
Post appeal bond, order transcript, submit to the appeals court a proof
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WRITE A CITATION
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U.S. V. Swepston, 987 F. 2d 1510
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Trial courts, county seats
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district court
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Jury Trial
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Federal District Courts
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Federal Crimes
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Federal Questions
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Grand Jury
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Diversity of Citizenship
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Supreme Court
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Writ of Certiorary
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The legal document used within the discretion of a reviewing court to decide whether to hear a case, thereby agreeing to review a lower court's decision
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Rule of Four
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Jurisdiction
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The court's power or authority to conduct trials and decide cases
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English Court System
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Remedy at Law
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