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| The type of law that mandates the methods and means of enforcing legal rights |
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| The party in a lawsuit against whom an appeal has been taken |
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| The part of a contract that is an inducement to enter into the agreement |
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| rights assuring fundamental fairness and protection from arbitrary or unjust governmental action |
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| a person or organization against whom an action is brought |
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| an order by the court prohibiting the action of the defendant |
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| any wrongful act, not involving a breach of an agreement, for which civil action may be maintained |
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| a person who initiates a lawsuit |
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| the type of law that creates, defines and regulates rights |
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| a promissory agreement between tow or more parties that creates, modifies, or destroys a legal obligation. |
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| law is only valid to the extent that the will of the sovereign is compatible with long-standing social practices, customs, and values. |
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| property, family, tort, probate and corporate |
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| constitutional, criminal, administrative |
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| disputes bewteen private individuals involving iether breach of an agreement or buty imposed by law; all legal actions aside from criminal prosecution |
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| either treason, felony or misdemeanor |
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| offer, acceptance and consideration |
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| communication of a promise with a statement of what is expected in return |
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| agreement of the offeree to be bound by the terms of the offer |
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| the inducement each party has to enter into an agreement |
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| state's right as a sovereign government to enact law to protect the public's health, welfare, safety and morals |
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| money awarded the plaintiffs to compensate them for losses they sustained |
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| money awarded to the plaintiff to punish the offender |
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| law as a self-sufficient system of legal rules that the sovereign issues as commands to the governed. |
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