Match each of the numbered definitions with the correct term in the following list.

1. A legally binding directive issued by the president.
2. The portion of the law based on the decisions of the old English courts.
3. A judicial body that has original jurisdiction in cases involving state law.
4. Court decisions that later courts tend to follow.
5. Those who bring suit against others.
6. A judicial body empowered by law to review the findings of a lower judicial body.
7. The practice of a court to follow previous decisions.
8. The category of law concerned with acts against society.

9. The authorization of a judicial body to hear certain types of cases when they are first brought to court.
10. The legal specialty concerned with the rights and obligations of individuals.
11. A group of laws dealing with business transactions in a consistent manner that have been adopted by most of the states.
12. The legal specialty concerned with the relationship between businesses or individuals and government agencies.
13. The branch of the law concerned with the laws passed by Congress and by state legislatures.
14. The law concerned with the unenforceable obligations that people have to one another.
15. Those against whom a suit is brought or who are charged with a violation of the law.

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