Hospitality Law
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- law progulgated by legislature and generally agreed to by the executive
- statutory law
- when local legislators adopt a law
- ordinance
- consists of legal rules that have evolved not from statues but rather from decisions of judges and from customs and practices taht obtained their authority from the test of time
- common law
- a basis for deciding future cases
- precident
- refers to laws that define the powers, limitations, and procedures of administrative agencies
- administrative law
- breach of a legal duty to act reasonably,
- negligence
- an intentional untruthful statement made to induce reliance by another person
- fraud
- money awarded in excess of compensatory damages
- punitive damages
- the party who initiates the lawsuit
- plaintiff