The medieval English system in which groups of families agreed to uphold the law, keep order, and bring violators, to court was known as:
A. tithing.
B. the frankpledge.
C. the watch system.
D. the hue and cry.
E. familia.
Answer: B
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
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a. limiting b. agency c. proximate cause d. accomplice
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a. People convicted of heinous murders deserve to be executed. b. People convicted of status offenses can only be stopped from reoffending by a death sentence. c. The death penalty saves the money that would be spent on years of confinement were the offender to serve a life sentence. d. The death penalty sends a message to potential murderers and thus has a general deterrent effect on homicide.
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A) invalid because the driver failed to give affirmative consent to opening the trunk. B) invalid because the officer failed to warn the driver that he did not have to open the trunk. C) valid because the driver's actions indicate voluntariness. D) valid because the driver was not under arrest.