LE 101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Fourteenth Amendment To The United States Constitution, Precedent, United States Constitution
2 Oct 2017
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Cause of action: a claim based on the law and facts, is sufficient to support a law suit. Legal analysis: is understanding statutes, court opinions, and administrative regulations analyzing relevant facts, reading and understanding the appropriate legal rules, applying legal rules to relevant facts. Defendant: in a lawsuit the person who is sued; in a criminal case the person who is being charged with a crime. Statute: a law enacted by a state legislature or by congress. Constitution: the fundamental law of a nation or state. Ordinance: a law enacted by a local government; a subcategory of statutory. Regulation: a law promulgated by an administrative agency. Stare decisis: the doctrine that normally once a court has decided an issue, other courts in the same jurisdiction will decide the same way. Mandatory authority: court decisions from a higher court in the same jurisdiction.
