Bonding Code
Crime: -(A) An act that subjects the doer to legal punishment. -(B) The commission or omission of an act specifically forbidden or enjoined by public law. -(C) Any grave offense against morality or social order. Criminal: - Penal law vs. criminal law. - Implying crime or heinous wickedness. Civil: - Citizen rather than ecclesiastical or military. Civil Law: - Legal relations between citizens or between citizen and state - legal rights. Slander: - Oral malicious falsehood. Libel: - Written slander.
1.2 BONDING AND PRINCIPLES/MAXIMS Statutes are the motor vehicles of government. They are used to collect revenue, to collect power and to provide public service. Properly constructed statutes serve the public properly, poorly constructed statutes poorly, or destructively. A defective statute is easily misused. The easy misuse of a statute is an invitation to a rampant misuse of the statute. If a statute can be misused to get money or power, its misuse is likely. If a statute can easily be misused to get money or power, its http://www.1215.org/lawnotes/work-in-progress/bonding-code.htm (8 of 50) [11/7/2010 11:02:44 PM]