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RVC BUS 200 CH1
business Law
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Business
Undergraduate 3
09/02/2009

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Constitutin
Definition
fundamental law of a nation
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Precedent
Definition
decisions in a case that is used to guide decisions in later cases with simular facts
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stare decisis
Definition
to stand on decided cases- deciding new cases by referncing previous decisions
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criminal law
Definition
governs or defines legal wrongs, or crimes committed against society
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felony
Definition
a serious class of crivme- such as rape, murder or robbery-that may be punishable by imprisonment in excess of one year or death
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misdemeanor
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a lesser crimve that is neither a felony nor treason, punishable by a fien and/or imprisonment in other than state or federal penitentiaries
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reasonable doubt
Definition
to find a person guilty of a crime trial cournt mus find that the evidence presented show that the person committed the crime
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preponderance of the evidence
Definition
In civil trials the burden of persuasion to win a verdict requires the plaintiff to prove it claim by having the majority or bulk of the evidence on its side
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substantive law
Definition
common law and sstatutory law that defind and establish legal rights and regulate behavior
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procedural law
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degermines how substantive law is enforced through the courts by determining how a lwsuit begins
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morals
Definition
general accepted standards of right and wrong in a society
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ethics
Definition
teh duties which a member of society owes to other memebers
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law
Definition
refers to a code of conduct that defines the behaviral boundries for business activity
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common law
Definition
Law made & applied by judges as they resolve disputes between private parties
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compliance programs
Definition
key factor in agency's decision whether to prosecute an organization or to recommend lenience to a court when a legal problem arisis
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US Constitution
Definition
law that is supreme over state & federal law that go beyond what the constitution allows
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Statutory law
Definition
Congress and the state legislatures are the souce
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Case law
Definition
Under common law case comes to court in a form of a case
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Public Law
Definition
concerns the legal relatinship between members of society - businesses and individuals and the government
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