Statutory law is the concept used to describe written laws passed by legislative bodies. It is law that a government creates by an official legislative process and courts are generally bound by its express terms. Statutes may be repealed by a subsequent legislative act, or if a court of competent jurisdiction finds them unconstitutional.

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Two financial planners work together to plan a crime. They use the money the client wanted to invest in a retirement plan to pur

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Answer:

B. extortion.

Explanation:

In the context of law, extortion is defined as a criminal offence where an offender/criminal obtains something, particularly money or property, through force or violent threats.

If we look into the above scenario, the two criminals have committed a series of offences, however, they did not force nor threat the client to invest his money into their scheme. Therefore, they cannot be charged with extortion by the court.

Instead they would be charged with criminal conspiracy for scheming a fraud, money laundering for transfering the money into their family business to conceal income and deceit for deceiving the man with lies.

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What clause is included in the 14th Amendment? a. Open Door clause c. Silent clause b. Justice clause d. Equal Protection clause

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Answer:

Citizenship Clause?? thats what its supposed to be

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