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LPP 255 - Chapter 1 ExamStudy Set
Administrative Agency - Answer A federal, state, or local government unit established to
perform a specific function. Administrative agencies are created and authorized by
legislative bodies to administer and enforce specific laws.
Administrative law - Answer The body of law created by administrative agencies (in the
form of rules, regulations, orders, and decisions) in order to carry out their duties and
responsibilities.
allege - Answer To assert without proof
appellee - Answer The party opposing an appeal from a lower court to an appellate
court.
binding authority - Answer Any source of law that a court must follow when deciding a
case.
breach - Answer (n.) an opening, gap, rupture, rift; a violation or infraction; (v.) to create
an opening, break through
breaking of contract or duty; fissure; ga
case law - Answer The rules of law announced in court decisions. Case law includes the
aggregate of reported cases that interpret judicial precedents, statutes, regulations,
and constitutional provisions.
case on point - Answer A previous case involving factual circumstances and issues that
are similar to those in the case before the court.
chancellor - Answer prime minister
citation - Answer A note, inserted into the text of a research paper that refers the reader
to a source in the bibliography
civil law - Answer A law that governs relationships between individuals and defines their
legal rights.
common law - Answer A legal system based on custom and court rulings
concurring opinion - Answer An opinion that agrees with the majority in a Supreme
Court ruling but differs on the reasoning.
constitutional law - Answer Laws relating to the interpretation of the Constitution
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