Exam 4: Sources of the Law Legislation

_______ refers to a widow's common law right in her deceased husband's estate.

In State v. Nicoletto , the court held that

Where the application of a statute remains unclear in its written language and in its written context, the courts must

Statutes serve as public notice of the conduct required by law. If a statute fails to give a person of ordinary intelligence fair notice that his or her contemplated conduct is forbidden, that statute may be struck down by the _______ doctrine.

The assumption that the legislature understood the meaning of the words it used and expressed its intent is the rationale behind

Legislation has become a dominant source of law in modern America because of

Who makes the ultimate determination of the constitutionality of a law?

In Big John's Billiards, Inc. v. State , the court held that

Comprehensive legislation covering a general area of law-for example, "civil procedure"-refers to the process of

In Ponder v. Graham , the court invalidated a legislative divorce because

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The landmark school case Goss v. Lopez is frequently cited as establishing public education as a

Courts may invalidate legislation on the grounds of unconstitutionality or

When a legislative body narrows its focus to resolve a particularized dispute, it may be challenged as violating the principle of

In Papachristou v. Jacksonville , the Supreme Court held that Jacksonville's vagrancy ordinance

The court may depart from the plain meaning rule when

The responsibility for statutory interpretation falls upon the

A(n) _______ is an order by a higher court addressed to a lower court telling the lower court not to exercise its jurisdiction over a case.

In Wiley v. RockTenn , the court held that

When legislation is enacted that changes common law principles, it