FINAL EXAM CHAPTER 15
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10 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Criminal law | Lose your freedom you go to jail. |
| Civil law | Lose your money |
| Plaintiff:. | Criminal- the State Civil- The person who is pressing charges |
| Defendant: | The person whom a complaint is brought against. |
| Precedent: | A case that came before, that can be used to determine the outcome of the current case. |
| Judicial Review: | Is when the Sc (supreme court) can say a law is unconstitutional. |
| Brief | : a written statement of the case. |
| Oral arguments: The spoken Part of the case | The spoken Part of the case |
| Opinion : | your opinion of the case |
| Dissent | : going against the case. |
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