Chapter 1

Glossary


administrative agency

administrative law

allege

analogy

appellant

appellee

binding authority

breach

case law

case on point

chancellor

citation

civil law

common law

constitutional law

court of equity

court of law

criminal law

cyberlaw

damages

defendant

defense

equitable principles and maxims

executive agency

historical school

independent regulatory agency

jurisprudence

laches

law

legal realism

legal reasoning

natural law

opinion

ordinance

petitioner

plaintiff

positive law

positivist school

precedent

procedural law

public policy

remedy

remedy at law

remedy in equity

reporter

respondent

sociological school

stare decisis

statute of limitations

statutory law

substantive law

syllogism

uniform law

 


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