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Quiz :law - Answer :"that which is laid down, ordained, or established...a body
of rules of action or conduct prescribed by controlling authority, and having
binding legal force"
Quiz :The study of Criminal Law is a study of... - Answer :crime, moral
principles, and common law
Quiz :Norm - Answer :an unwritten rule that underlies and is inherent in the
fabric of society
Quiz :more - Answer :an unwritten, but generally known rule that governs
serious violations of the social code
Quiz :Criminal law - Answer :the body of rules and regulations that defines
and specifies punishments for offenses of a public nature or for wrongs
committed against the state or society
Quiz :Our definition of a crime - Answer :an act prohibited or an omission
required by law
Quiz :natural law - Answer :the rules of conduct inherent in human nature
and in the natural order, which are thought to be knowable though intuition,
inspiration, and the exercise of reason without the need to refer to man-made
laws
Quiz :positive law - Answer :law that is legitimately created and enforced by
governments
Quiz :common law - Answer :law originating from use and custom rather than
from written statutes; term refers to non-statutory customs, traditions, and
precedents that help guide judicial decision making
Quiz :tort - Answer :the unlawful violation of a private legal right other than a
mere breach of contract, express or implied; may also be the violation of a
public duty if, as a result of the violation, some special damage accrues to the
individual
, Quiz :tortfeasor - Answer :an individual, business, or other legally recognized
entity that commits a tort
Quiz :substantive criminal law - Answer :defines crimes and specific
punishments
Quiz :procedural criminal law - Answer :defines the processes that may be
used by law enforcement, prosecutors, victims, and courts to investigate and
adjudicate criminal cases
Quiz :felony - Answer :a serious crime, generally one punishable by death or
by incarceration in a state or federal prison facility as opposed to jail;
punishable by one year or more
Quiz :misdemeanor - Answer :a minor crime; an offense punishable by
incarceration, usually in a local confinement facility, for a period of which the
upper limit is prescribed by statute in a given jurisdiction, typically one year or
less; punishable by one year or less
Quiz :infraction - Answer :a violation of a state statute or local ordinance
punishable by a fine or other penalty, but not by incarceration; also known as
summary offense
Quiz :mala in se - Answer :acts that are regarded, by tradition and convention,
as wrong in themselves
Quiz :mala prohibita - Answer :acts that are considered "wrongs" only
because there is a law against them
Quiz :crime classifications, modern style - Answer :property crimes, personal
crimes, public order offenses, and moral offenses
Quiz :The Bill of Rights - Answer :the first ten amendments to the US
Constitution, which were made part of the Constitution in 1791
Quiz :Case Law - Answer :the body of previous decisions, or precedents, that
has accumulated over time and to which attorneys refer when arguing cases
and that judges use in deciding the merits of new cases
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