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| Consist of the rules, orders, and decisions of administrative agencies. |
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| A federal, state, or local government agency established to perform a specific function. |
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| Is to compare the facts in the case at hand to the facts in a previous case and, to the extent that the patterns are similar, to apply the same rule of law to the present case. |
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| The party appealing the case |
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| The party against whom the appeal is taken. |
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| Any source of law that a court must follow when deciding a case. |
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| Binding Authorities include |
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| Constitutions, Statutes, and Regulations that govern the issue being decided. |
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| To violate a low, by an act or an omission, or to break a legal obligation that one owes to another person or to society. |
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| The doctrines and principles announced in cases-governs all areas not covered by statutory law or administrative agencies. |
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| previously decided cases that are as similar as possible to the one under consideration, |
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| Person who had the power to grant new and unique remedies. |
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| Identifies the publication in which a legal authority such as a statute or a court decision or other source- can be found. |
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| The rights and duties that exist between persons and their governments, as well as the relief available when a person's rights are violated. |
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| A body of general rules that applied throughout the entire english realm. |
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| Took the place of the chancellor |
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| The courts that awarded compensation |
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| An amount given to a party whose legal interest have been injured |
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| An argument by a party being sued |
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| Propositions or general statement of equitable rules |
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| An administrative agency within the executive branch of government. |
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| Independent regulatory agency |
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| The federal level agencies |
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| emphasizes the evolutionary process of law by concentrating on the origin and history of the legal system. |
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| Learning about different schools of jurisprudential thought and discovering how the approaches to law characteristic of each school can affect judicial decision making. |
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| The equitable doctrine that bars a party's right to legal action if the party has neglected for an unreasonable length of time to act on his or her rights. |
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| The body of enforceable rules governing relationships among individuals and between individuals and their society. |
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| There can be no higher law then a nations positive law- created by a particular society at a particular point in time. |
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| The process of reasoning by which a judge harmonizes his or her decision with the judicial decisions of previous cases. |
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| the believe that government and the legal system should reflect universal moral and ethical principles that are inherent in human nature. |
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| A statement by the court expressing the reasons for its decision in a case |
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| A law passed by a local governing unit, such as a municipality or a county |
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| In equity practice, a party that initiates a lawsuit |
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| Once who initiates the lawsuit |
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| A court decision that furnishes an example or authority for deciding subsequent cases involving identical or similar facts. |
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| Rules that define the manner in which the rights and duties of individuals may be enforced. |
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| A government policy based on widely held societal values and (usually) expressed or implied in laws or regulations. |
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| The relieve given to an innocent party to enforce a right or compensate for the violation of a right |
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| A remedy available in a court of law. Money damages are awarded as a remedy at law. |
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| A remedy allowed by courts in situations where remedies at law are not appropriate. |
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| A publication in which court cases are published, or reported. |
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| In equity practice, the party who answers a bill or other proceedings. |
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| A school or legal thought that views the law as a tool for promoting justice in society. |
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| A common law doctrine under which judges are obligated to follow the precedents established in prior decisions. |
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| A federal or state statute setting the maximum time period during which a certain action can be brought or certain rights enforced. |
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| The body of law enacted by legislative bodies |
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| Law that defines the rights and duties of individuals with respect to each other, as opposed to procedural law, which defines the manner in which these rights and duties may be enforced. |
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| A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise; a minor premise; and a conclusion. |
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| A model law created by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws and/ or the American Law Institute for the states to consider adopting. If the State adopts the law, it becomes statutory law in that state. |
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