1) law-purpose

Question 1

Injunction

Answer 1

And authoritative warning or order

A judicial order that restrains a person for beginning or continuing an action threatening or invading the legal right of another, or that compels a person to carry out a certain act e.g.,to make restitution to an injured party

Question 2

Statue

Answer 2

A law passed by Congress or the legislative body of the state

Question 3

Code

Answer 3

A collection or compilation of the statutes passed by a legislative body on a particular subject

Question 4

Conflict of laws

Answer 4

A body of legal principles used to determine the appropriate law to apply to a litigated case when more than one state is involved.

Attempts to answer which state ( substitute law) applies when there is a choice of possible laws to apply.

Reduces the instances of forum shopping

Question 5

Procedural law

Answer 5

Laws that established the process by which litigation is conducted

Question 6

Substantive law

Answer 6

Laws that regulate and control the rights and duties of persons and are used to resolve disputes

Question 7

Common law

Answer 7

The body of law deriving from judicial decisions

Question 8

Civil law

Answer 8

A system of law based on legislation or codes as in the European system of codified law

Question 9

Judicial review

Answer 9

The power of courts to declare laws and executive actions unconstitutional

Question 10

Ordinance

Answer 10

Generally speaking the legislative act of a municipality. A city Council is a legislative body and it passes ordinances that are the laws of the city

Question 11

Res judicata

Answer 11

The legal doctrine that once a dispute is litigated been resolved these parties are forever barred from litigating the same matter again quotes.

“The thing has been decided”

Applies only to the parties involved not to quarts and legal precedent

Question 12

Indictment

Answer 12

A formal charge or accusation of a serious crime.

The function of a grand jury to determine whether a criminal shall be indicted

Question 13

Dictum, dicta

Answer 13

Statements of the court are not necessary to decide the controversy before the court.

Any statement by a court the scope of which extends beyond issue before the court not binding under the principle of stair deceases but has persuasive affect.

Symplex dictum. Unproven or dogmatic statement

Orbiter dictum. Something said in passing

Judicial dictum. Court opinion on a question argued by counsel nonessential

Gratis victim. Assertion made not obligated not related to record

Dictum proprium: expressed by the judge not necessarily concurred by the court, not essential.