en CR Civil Law 25 balance of probabilities : The standard of proof in civil case binding precedent : A decision of a higher court that must be followed by lower courts in the same hierarchy common law : Decisions made by judges that form part of the law court hierarchy : The ranking of courts according to thee seriousness of the matters they deal with damages : A civil remedy(an order of a court) that aims to compensate the person who has been wronged for the injury or loss suffered defamation : Written or verbal statements that lower a person's reputation in the eyes of the community defendant : Person against whom a civil action is taken disapprove : When a court expresses disapproval of a previous precedent but is still bound by it distinguish : When a court decides that the material facts of a case are sufficiently different to a precedent to make the precedent not binding on that court doctrine of precedent : The common law principle by which the decisions of higher courts in a hierarchy are binding on lower courts in the same hierarchy where the material facts are similar duty of care : A legal obligation to avoid causing harm to a person injunction : A court order to stop someone doing something or compels them from doing something jurisdiction : The power a particular court has on certain cases negligence : doing or not doing something a reasonable person would or would not do in certain circumstances neighbour principle : Used in negligence cases to determine whether a duty of care was owed to the person who was injured obiter dictum : a remark made by a judge in passing which is not binding order of specific performance : A civil remedy that requires someone to perform a specific act overrule : When a case is reheard in a high court the previous ruling gets thrown out persuasive precedent : A decision in another court which is influential but not binding plantiff : Person who is bringing in the case precedent : A courts decision that is followed by another court lower in the hierarchy private nuisance : An act or omission that substantially and unreasonably interferes with the use and enjoyment of land public nuisance : An act or omission that interferes with the comfort or convenience of a number of people to a considerable degree ratio decideni : The reason for a decision remedy : A way in which the court will enforce a right, impose a penalty or make another court order for the benefit of the plaintiff reverse : A higher court makes a different decision than a lower court in the same case appeal statue : An act of Parliament sue : Start civil proceedings against another person tort : An civil wrong trespass to goods : Direct interference by one person with another persons possession of goods trespass to person : Assault, battery or false imprisonment of another person

Civil Law

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Across:

1.	A way in which the court will enforce a right, impose a penalty or make another court order for the benefit of the plaintiff
3.	A court order to stop someone doing something or compels them from doing something
7.	Written or verbal statements that lower a person's reputation in the eyes of the community
8.	When a court decides that the material facts of a case are sufficiently different to a precedent to make the precedent not binding on that court
9.	When a case is reheard in a high court the previous ruling gets thrown out
10.	Start civil proceedings against another person
12.	A courts decision that is followed by another court lower in the hierarchy
14.	Person who is bringing in the case
17.	The power a particular court has on certain cases
21.	Decisions made by judges that form part of the law
23.	The common law principle by which the decisions of higher courts in a hierarchy are binding on lower courts in the same hierarchy where the material facts are similar
24.	An act or omission that substantially and unreasonably interferes with the use and enjoyment of land
25.	The ranking of courts according to thee seriousness of the matters they deal with

Down:

2.	Person against whom a civil action is taken
4.	Used in negligence cases to determine whether a duty of care was owed to the person who was injured
5.	A higher court makes a different decision than a lower court in the same case appeal
6.	The standard of proof in civil case
11.	An act of Parliament
13.	When a court expresses disapproval of a previous precedent but is still bound by it
15.	An act or omission that interferes with the comfort or convenience of a number of people to a considerable degree
16.	a remark made by a judge in passing which is not binding
18.	A civil remedy(an order of a court) that aims to compensate the person who has been wronged for the injury or loss suffered
19.	doing or not doing something a reasonable person would or would not do in certain circumstances
20.	A legal obligation to avoid causing harm to a person
22.	An civil wrong

Civil Law

Across:

1.	A way in which the court will enforce a right, impose a penalty or make another court order for the benefit of the plaintiff
3.	A court order to stop someone doing something or compels them from doing something
7.	Written or verbal statements that lower a person's reputation in the eyes of the community
8.	When a court decides that the material facts of a case are sufficiently different to a precedent to make the precedent not binding on that court
9.	When a case is reheard in a high court the previous ruling gets thrown out
10.	Start civil proceedings against another person
12.	A courts decision that is followed by another court lower in the hierarchy
14.	Person who is bringing in the case
17.	The power a particular court has on certain cases
21.	Decisions made by judges that form part of the law
23.	The common law principle by which the decisions of higher courts in a hierarchy are binding on lower courts in the same hierarchy where the material facts are similar
24.	An act or omission that substantially and unreasonably interferes with the use and enjoyment of land
25.	The ranking of courts according to thee seriousness of the matters they deal with

Down:

2.	Person against whom a civil action is taken
4.	Used in negligence cases to determine whether a duty of care was owed to the person who was injured
5.	A higher court makes a different decision than a lower court in the same case appeal
6.	The standard of proof in civil case
11.	An act of Parliament
13.	When a court expresses disapproval of a previous precedent but is still bound by it
15.	An act or omission that interferes with the comfort or convenience of a number of people to a considerable degree
16.	a remark made by a judge in passing which is not binding
18.	A civil remedy(an order of a court) that aims to compensate the person who has been wronged for the injury or loss suffered
19.	doing or not doing something a reasonable person would or would not do in certain circumstances
20.	A legal obligation to avoid causing harm to a person
22.	An civil wrong