法律英语(第五版)
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Ⅱ. Fill in the blanks with the legal terms given below and change the form if necessary.

jurisdiction legislation equity common law civil law judicial petition arbitration private law canon law

1. In 1848 the state of New York enacted a code of civil procedure(drafted by David Dudley Field)that merged law and equity into one____ .

2. The concept of“inalienable rights”reflects the influence of____ on the Declaration of Independence.

3. Veto power is one of the most important and most specific powers of the President, the power to veto____ .

4. The term“____ ”is sometimes used to refer to all judicial decisions in a system where those decisions have precedential effect.

5. ____independence was thought necessary to assure immunity from pressure from the political branches to decide cases a particular way.

6. ____is the body of laws and regulations made by or adopted by ecclesiastical authority, for the government of the Christian organization and its members.

7. ____is a method of dispute resolution involving one or more neutral third parties who are chosen by or agreed to by the disputing parties, and whose decision is binding.

8. The right of the people to____ for redress of grievances is guaranteed by the First Amendment, United States Constitution.

9. The term“____ ”means all that part of the law which is administered between citizen and citizen, or which is concerned with the definition, regulation, and enforcement of rights in cases where both the person in whom the right inheres and the person upon whom the obligation is incident are private individuals.

10. In____ system, the idea of legislative supremacy was really one of legislative exclusivity—that legislation was the sole legitimate source of law. Judicial lawmaking was formally denied.