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| to state, recite, assert or charge |
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| the party who takes an appeal from one court to another |
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| the party against whom an appeal is taken |
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| any source of law that a court must follow when deciding a case; statutes, constitutions, and regulations |
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| the rules of law announced in court decisions; includes the aggregate of reported cases that interpret judicial precedents, statutes, regulations, and constitutional provisions |
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| a previous case involving factual circumstances and issues that are similar to the case before the court |
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| the branch of law dealing with the definition and enforcement of all private or public rights, as opposed to criminal matters |
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| that body of law developed from custom or judicial decisions in english and U.S. courts, not attributable to a legislature |
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| law that is based on the U.S. constitution and the constitutions of various states |
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| a court that decides controversies and administers justice according to the rules, principles, and precedents of equity |
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| a court in which the only remedies that can be granted are things of value such as money damages |
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| law that defines and governs actions that constitute crimes |
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| an informal term used to refer to all laws governing electronic communications and transactions, particularly those conducted via the internet |
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| a school of legal thought that emphasizes the evolutionary law and that looks to the past to discover what the principles of contemporary law should be |
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| science of philosophy of law |
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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 own rights |
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| a body of enforceable rules governing relationships among individuals and between individuals and their society |
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| based on the idea that law is just one of may institutions in society and that it is shaped by social forces and needs |
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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 belief that government and the legal system should reflect universal moral and ethic principles that are inherent in human nature |
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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 law suit |
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| the body of conventional, or written, law of a particular society at a particular point in time |
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| a school of legal though whose adherents believe that there can be no higher law than a nations positive law |
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| rules that define the manner in which rights and duties of individuals may be enforced |
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| the relief 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 rewarded as a remedy at law |
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| a remedy allowed in situations where a remedy at law is not appropriate |
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| in equity practice, the party who answers a bill or other proceeding |
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| a school of legal thought that views the law as a tool for promoting justice in society |
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| judges are obligated to follow the precedents |
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| 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 |
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| a model law created for the states to consider adopting. If the do, it becomes a statute |
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