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An appellate court reviews the proceedings conducted in a lower court to determine if the lower court __________________________ .

The law creates rights, duties and privileges.  A duty is ___________________________________.

The United States Constitution is the Supreme Law of the Land.

We covered several functions of law.  Perhaps the most important gives us dependability in our legal system while facilitating orderly change by _________________________ .

The body of statutory law consists of written laws passed by Congress or state legislatures that establish and regulate the conduct of citizens, businesses and other organizations. This includes ordinances the regulations enacted by local, municipal or county governments.  

One of these differences in civil law and criminal law is the basis of what is being tried.  In civil law  the court makes determinations regarding the issues involved in the case and providing the proper remedy to the situation.  In criminal law the court makes determinations regarding the guilt or innocence of the accused and:  

Civil litigation is the process of maintaining and advancing a lawsuit from beginning to final judgment.

We looked at several types of jurisdiction in the court system including all the following except:

To hear a case and render a verdict a court must have jurisdiction over either the parties or the subject matter, but not both.

Discovery refers to the process of obtaining information and gathering evidence from the opposition in a court proceeding.  The methods of discovery that we discussed include all the following except: