CPA Foundation Level
Introduction to Law and Governance glossary
Every term this guide defines, A to Z, each with the chapter that teaches it. Open it when a word in a question is unfamiliar, and test yourself on it in the last week: cover the definition and say it in one sentence.
2 terms from the free first chapter
D
- Doctrines of equity
A parallel body of principles the English Court of Chancery developed to correct the rigidity and gaps of the strict common law, offering remedies (specific performance, injunction, rescission) and doctrines (the trust, estoppel, undue influence) the common law courts alone did not provide; also received under section 3(1)(c), and, where the two conflict, equity prevails over the common law.
L
- Legislation (statute law)
Law made directly by a body with legislative authority: the Constitution itself, Acts of Parliament passed by the National Assembly and the Senate, and, at county level, County Assembly legislation within the counties' devolved functions. Legislation is the second source in the Judicature Act's hierarchy, ranking below the Constitution but above every unwritten source.
The full glossary adds every term from the other 17 chapters, A to Z, each with the chapter that teaches it.