Unit 6 Vocabulary

Match the following

• a body of law based on court decisions rather than codes or statutes

• jurisprudence

• knowledge of law

• civil law

• a lawsuit that will be determined according to the judgement of the court as to what is fair

• common law

• type of custodial sentence that consists of a range of years and not fixed

• suit of equity

• the law that pertains to persons, things, and relationships that develop among them

• indeterminate sentencing

Match the following

• a minor wrongdoing

• juvenile delinquents

• holds that courts and judges should honor rulings from prior cases

• Stare decisis

• a young person how habitually commits criminal acts

• misdemeanor

• the legislature deemed that it takes away the discretion of the judge

• rehabilitate

• help regain a normal life after imprisonment, illness or addiction

• mandatory sentencing

Match the following

• an authoritative warning or order

• torts

• an earlier occurrence of something similar

• injunction

• a claim or dispute brought to a court of law

• lawsuit

• a wrongful act or an infringement of a right leading to civil legal liability

• precedent

• temporary relief that preserves the status quo until the courts decide on the merits of the case

• preliminary hearing

Match the following

• an expression of dissatisfaction about an act, omission, decision, or a service provided by us.

• complaint

• formally accused or charged with a serious crime

• statute

• a written law passed by a legislative body

• indict

• rights granted by the U.S Constitution

• summons

• a court form which notifies the defendant that they are being sued

• Constitutional Law

Match the following

• the first time the defendant appears in court

• criminal law

• a set of statutes that concern criminal offenses

• plea bargain

• offer of a plea deal to avoid a trial and reduce sentencing

• administrative law

• a system of laws concerned with crimes and the punishment of individuals who commit crimes

• penal code

• the body of law that regulates the operation and procedures of government agencies

• arraignment

Match the following

• law established by an act of the legislature that is signed by the executive

• verdict

• a decision on a civil or criminal case

• plaintiff

• person accused of committing a crime

• defendant

• the party who initiates a lawsuit

• prosecution

• to initiate criminal proceedings against a person

• statutory law

Match the following

• jurors are unable to reach a unanimous verdict

• hung jury

• failure to take proper care in doing something

• parole

• the conditional release of prisoners before they complete their sentence

• negligence

• a more serious crime usually involving violence

• international law

• body of rules established by custom or treaty binding nations in relation to one another

• felony