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INTRO TO CLEET – QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
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INTRO TO CLEET – QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONSExecutive Branch Right Ans - Involves the President and enforces the law.
Leglislative Branch Right Ans - Makes laws: Congress
Judicial Branch Right Ans - the branch of government that interprets laws:
Supreme Court.
Statutory Law Right Ans - Law passed by the U.S. Congress or state
legislatures
Case Law Right Ans - Judicial interpretations of common law principles and
doctrines, as well as interpretations of constitutional law, statutory law, and
administrative law.
Private Wrong Right Ans - enforced by the victim suing the wrong doer for
money
Crime Right Ans - the violation of a society's formally enacted criminal law
perponderance of the evidence Right Ans - the greater weight of the
evidence required in a civil (non-criminal) lawsuit for the trier of fact (jury or
judge without a jury) to decide in favor of one side or the other. This
preponderance is based on the more convincing evidence and its probable
truth or accuracy, and not on the amount of evidence.
Reasonable Suspicion Right Ans - Evidence that justifies an officer in
stopping and questioning an individual believed to be involved in criminal
activity
Probable Cause Right Ans - reasonable cause for issuing a search warrant
or making an arrest; more than mere suspicion
clear and convincing evidence Right Ans - The standard of proof required
in some civil cases and, in federal courts, the standard of proof necessary for a
defendant to make a successful claim of insanity.
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