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The legislative powers are
classified into exclusive,
concurrent and
list

Warrant of
must not be issued unless
the complainant or material
witness refused
appearance

The Court whose decision
could not be reviewed in
Nigeria is

All but one of the
followings, is not a
legislation__

The
__control of human
behaviour in a relationship
to others is called.

Under the
law, a person may not be
convicted of crime unless
the prosecution has proved
the case beyond
reasonable doubt.

_is any offence which is
punishable without proof of
previous conviction with
death or imprisonment of
three years or more

__is the highest court in the
magisterial division.

Aristotle used the word
“just” in two senses,
namely__

A procedure made
available for promptly
obtaining judgment without
trial is
_judgment.

law comprises the rule of
law and legal principles that
define the existence of a
right or liability

Customary law must
undergo the validity test
equity and good consciene

A
_is an accusation of a crime
against an acused person
on trial at the Court of Law

A principle of human
conduct, making
conscience a selflegislating mechanism, is in
the realm of__

Which of the following best
describes the Nigerian legal
system__

When there are seven
justices sitting at the
Supreme Court, it is refered
to as a

s derived from previous
decisions of courts.

What ought to be law and
not what is law represent

Criminal proceedings
brought by the state in
Nigeria is prosecuted in the
__of a State

A reference to a settled
case by a Judge in relation
to the matter before the
Court, constitutes what is
called__

Nigeria may be classified
under the common law
system because_

A witness who ignores a
subpoena may be punished
for
of Court

Social control can best be
defined as__

Where the plantiff's claim is
for a liquidated sum which
is capable of being
assessed, the plantiff
should commence the
action by way of

are laws emanating from a
particular country and
having the force of law
within its territary

One of the features of
customary law is__

While juristic persons are
the main subjects of
municipal laws,
international law deals
with__

The following are contained
in the Exclusive legislative
list except__

The action of bringing into
harmony or effecting a
settlement between
conflicting groups or
individuals is known as

literarily means the divine
law of good

The legislations passed by
various legislative
authorities in Nigeria, prior
to 1954 are called__

For__to be sustained and
consolidated, the Rule of
Law must prevail

A misdemenour is
punishable by
impresonment of not less
than
months.

All these are features of law
except__

The element of coercion is
a feature of__

The Nigerian Chief Justice
is appointed by the Nigerian
President on the
recommedation of the
and approval of the

Any offence which is
neither a felony or
misdemeanour is a

The only institution that is
traditionally vested with the
power to interprete laws is
_.

The doctrine of
enjoins that earlier
decisions should be binding
authorities for subsequent
cases

In Nigeria, substantive laws
are made by_

The Latin word “ad
infinitum, means__

The supreme law of the
land in a democracy is
_

Sources of international law
include all the following
except__

All the following are good
examples of law of nature
except__

One of these is not a
validity test for customary
law__

__is before a magistrate for
the purpose of screening
the criminal charges
brought against an acused.

In applying the mischief rule
of interpretation, the court
in The Heydon’s case has
laid down all of the
following logical approach
except one_

Nigeria constitution can be
classified as

Civil law has its origin in
the__

The constitutional doctrine
that emphasizes the
supremacy of law is