LSTD 2106 EXAM 1 KEY TERMS Question and answer already passed
Law - correct answer A body of rules of action or conduct prescribed by controlling authority.
Jurisprudence - correct answer The science and philosophy of law that defines various approaches to the appropriate function of law...
LSTD 2106 EXAM 1 KEY TERMS
Question and answer already passed
Law - correct answer ✔A body of rules of action or conduct prescribed by
controlling authority.
Jurisprudence - correct answer ✔The science and philosophy of law that
defines various approaches to the appropriate function of law and how legal
doctrines should be developed and applied.
Counsel - correct answer ✔Another name for an attorney. Results in reduced
costs and limitation of risk and liability.
Black's law Dictionary - correct answer ✔the leading legal dictionary
constitutional law - correct answer ✔the body of law interpreting state and
cereal constitutions
statutory law - correct answer ✔the body of law created by the legislature
and approved by the executive branch of state and federal governments
common law - correct answer ✔law that has not been passed by the
legislature, but rather is made by the courts and is based on the fundamentals
of previous cases with similar facts
administrative (regulatory) law - correct answer ✔law made by government
administrative agencies
ordinances - correct answer ✔local statutes passed by local legislatures
, statutory scheme - correct answer ✔the structure of a statute and format of
its mandates
legislative history - correct answer ✔the records kept by the legislature
including debates, committee and conference reports, and legislative findings
of fact used when creating a law, which can be used to show the legislature's
intent
citation - correct answer ✔the special format used by the legal community to
express where a statute or case law can be found
precedent - correct answer ✔when courts apply the law of a previous case to
current cases with similar facts
remedies - correct answer ✔judicial actions, which can be monetary or
equitable, taken by courts that are intended to compensate and injured party
in a civil lawsuit
equitable relief - correct answer ✔A type of remedy, including injunctions and
restraining orders, that is designed to compensate a party when money alone
will not do, but instead forces the other party to do (or not do) something.
equitable maxims - correct answer ✔common laws rules that guide courts in
deciding cases and controversies are intended to be broad statements of
rules based on notions of fairness and justice
doctrine of stare decisis - correct answer ✔a policy of courts to stand by a
precedent and apply it to all future cases where the facts are substaintially the
same. to stand by things decided. stand by the decision
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