U4 VOCABULARY

Constitutional: If law is constitutional, it is connected with the way the state or

country is governed especially with regards to the rights of the people in that place

Court rule: Court rules are the regulations that people must follow in court

Legislation: Legislation is a law or set of laws that is

formally decided and put in force by a government

Pertain: If something pertains to something else, it is connected to it

Precedent: a precedent is a decision in a past law case.

Lawyers use this information because future may result in
similar decisions

Procedure: A procedure is a set of steps you must follow

in order to do something correctly

Relevant: if something is relevant, it is connected with what is happening.

State law: State law is the set of rules which applies in one area of a country

Statue: A statue is a law that has been written down formally

Policy: A policy is a principle which the law encourages

Procedure: a procedure is a set of steps you must follow in

order to something correctly