Answer:
It has accepted and will hear the case.
Explanation:
When the court grants a case a writ of certiorari, it means that the court has promised to handle the case but within their own discretion. As soon as a writ of certiorari is granted, The courts will order public authorities to send all relevant records about the case to them so they can proceed to the case review.
Both yes and no. Yes as in the massacre happened and many of the people shot civilians during the massacre. They weren't as in Captain Preston was found not guilty and many historians believe that he did not order the soldiers to attack but that the soldiers attacked of their own free will. There are even many who claim that it was self defense and that nobody was guilty except for the colonists.
Answer: "directive" .
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(as opposed to: analytical, behavioral, conceptual).
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