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Unit Six Flashcards

1
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The study of law

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Jurisprudence

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2
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Stare decisis

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The practice of using earlier Judicial rulings as a basic for deciding cases

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3
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A court order that guarantees a person who is arrested the right to appear before a judge in a court of law

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Writ of habeas corpus

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4
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A law that punishes a person accused of a crime without a trial or a fair hearing in court.

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Bill of attainder

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5
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A law that would allow a person to be punished for an action that was not against the law when it was committed.

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Ex post facto law

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6
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A group of from 16 to 23 citizens that hears evidence a prosecutor presents.

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Grand jury

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7
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Means that The judge believes the person obstructing or interfering with the judicial process.

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Contempt of court

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8
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The juries that hear trials

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Petit juries

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9
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A trial by a judge

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Bench trial

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Concerned with disputes between people of groups of people or between the government and its citizens

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Civil law

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A legal action in which a person or groups sues to collect damages for some harm that is done.

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Lawsuit

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12
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The person who files the lawsuit

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Plaintiff

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The party being sued

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Defendant

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14
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An agreement between two or more parties

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Contract

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15
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A special kind of lawsuit

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Suits of equity

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16
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A court order commanding a person or group to stop a certain action.

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Injunction

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17
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A formal notice that a lawsuit is being brought

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Complaint

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18
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Crimes defined in the state’s criminal laws

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Penal code

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19
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Suit of equity

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Special kind of lawsuit

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20
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Larceny

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The taking of property unlawfully

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21
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Vandalism

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Deliberate destruction of property

22
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Fraud

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Taking property by dishonest means

23
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Mandatory sentence

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A judge must impose whatever sentence the law directs

24
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Summons

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Directing someone to appear in court

25
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Arraignment

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A hearing where the suspect pleads guilty or innocent to the charges

26
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Prosecution

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The state’s side of the proceedings

27
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Testimony

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The statements the witness makes under oath

28
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Cross-examination

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Designed to cast out doubt on the truth or reliability of the witness’s testimony

29
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Acquittal

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A vote of not guilty

30
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Hung jury

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Rules the trial mistrial, must decide whether to drop the charges or ask for a retrial

31
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Juvenile

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A person not yet legally an adult

32
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Juvenile delinquent

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A child or teenager who commits a serious crime or repeatedly breaks the Laws

33
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Offenders

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Lawbreakers

34
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Foreign policy

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Strategies and principles to guide nations

35
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National security

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The ability to keep a country safe from attack or harm

36
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Diplomacy

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The process of conducting relations with forgein governments

37
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Foreign aid

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Money, military assistance, food, or supplies given to help a country

38
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Alliances

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Formal agreements or unions among nations

39
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Trade sanctions

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Efforts to punish a nation by imposing certain trade barriers

40
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Embargoes

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Prohibiting ships, planes, trains, or trucks from entering or exiting a nation’s ports or crossing its borders

41
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Isolationism

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When a nation does not form an alliance with other countries, and remains neutral during disputes and war

42
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Collective security

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The formation of political and military alliances to protect member nations from communist aggression

43
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Disarmament

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Arm deduction

44
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Internationalism

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The idea that individual nations promote common aims through membership in an organization made up of many nations

45
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Developing nations

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Countries that are struggling to build industrial economies And meet the basic needs of their people

46
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Developed nations

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Nations that have already built strong industrial economies

47
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Nuclear proliferation

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The growth and spread of nuclear weapons

48
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Secular

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Non religious

49
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Apartheid

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A government plan of racial segregation and discrimination against the country’s black population

50
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Interventionist

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Becoming involved in the internal affairs of another country

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