Stare decisis: This means standing by decided cases, upholding precedents, and maintaining former adjudications.
Adjudication: This refers to the process of the judicial resolution of disputes.
Napoleonic code: This means that all laws are codified and applied by judges to individual cases based on what each judge assesses as the legislative intent, not on pre-existing precedent from higher courts.
Federalism: This refers to a system of government in which power is divided between a central authority and individual states or regions.
Match each term with the correct definition.
Stare decisis Federalism Adjudication Napoleonic code
This means standing by decided cases, upholding precedents, and maintaining former adjudications. This refers to the process of the judicial resolution of disputes. This means that all laws are codified and applied by judges to individual cases based on what each judge assesses as the legislative intent, not on pre-existing precedent from higher courts.
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