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Criminal Law and Procedure

Please fill in the blank that best fits the word

1) Only Human Conduct that violates the criminal ____________________ can properly be called criminal.

2) A _______________ is any act or omission in violation of penal law, committed without defense or justification, and made punishable by the state in a judicial proceeding.

3) A private or civil wrong or injury is referred to as a(n) ____________________.

4) Where a case is ________________ , a court finds that prior cases are sufficiently dissimilar to the one under review that previous precedents do not apply.

5) The Ten Commandments are an example of ______________________ law.

Explanation / Answer

1. The correct answer in the blank is Law. Criminal law is basically a system of law concerned with the punishment of offenders.

2. The correct answer is crime.  A crime is any unlawful act which can be punished by a state or other authority.

3. The correct answer is Tort. The unlawful violation of a private legal right other than a mere breach of contract. A tort may also be the violation of a public duty if, as result of the violation, some special damage accrues to the individual.

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