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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Statutes adopted in many states that impose strict liability upon tavern owners for injuries to third parties caused by their intoxicated patrons
dram shop acts
Jurisdiction
Venue
Petitioner
2. Relieve you of some liability when reasonable care is used
Good samaritan statues
Origins Of Common Law
law
Areas of Law that may affect business decision making
3. A rule of evidence whereby the negligence of an alleged wrongdoer can be inferred from the fact that the accident happened
Question of law
breaches
Res ipsa loquitur
Public Policy
4. A motion asserting that the trial was so fundamentally flawed (because of error - newly discovered evidence - prejudice - or another reason) that a new trial is necessary to prevent a miscarriage of justice.
Police powers
Motion for a new trial
Long arm statue
Mini-trial
5. Specific length of time an individual can sue for injury resulting from negligence
Affirmative defense
Statues of limitation
Full faith and credit clause
Public Policy
6. Based on the idea that law is just one of many institutions in society and that it is shaped by social forces and needs
Respondent
Alleges
Legal realism
Courts of law
7. Questioning of a witness during a trial or during the taking of a deposition - by the party opposed to the one who produced the witness.
Constitutional Law
Rules of evidence
Affirmative defense
Cross-examination
8. A court will award money or other relief to a party injured by a breach of contract
Remedies
Areas of Law that may affect business decision making
Symbolic speech
State Jurisdiction
9. A legal proceeding in a court
State level appeal eligibility
Categorical imperative
Public Policy
Litigation
10. Motion to dismiss - motion for judgment on the pleadings - motion of summary judgement(amont others - motion to strike - motion to make more definite and certain - motion for judgement on the pleadings - motion to compel discovery - motion for summar
dram shop acts
citation
Pretrial motions
Federal Jurisdiction
11. Law that involves the interpretation and application of the U.S. Constitution and state constitutions
Slander of title
Petitioner
Concurrent Jurisdiction
Constitutional Law
12. Handle only bankruptcy proceedings - which are governed by federal bankruptcy law
Principle of rights
Punitive damages
Bankruptcy courts
Common law
13. A school of legal thought centered on the assumption that there is no law higher then the laws created by the government. Laws must be obeyed - even if they are unjust - to prevent anarchy.
Disparagement of property
Question of fact
positivist school
Compensatory damages
14. A doctrine by which equitable relief is denied to one who has waited TOO long to seek relief
Rebuttal
Independent regulatory agencies
laches
Writ of certiorari
15. A federal - state - or local government unit established to perform a specific function. Administrative agencies are created and authorized by legislative bodies to administer and enforce specific laws.
Defense
Administrative agency
Exclusive Jurisdiction
Ninth Amendment
16. Three remedies known as land - items of value - or money
In rem jurisdiction
Bankruptcy courts
Affirmative defense
Remedies of Law
17. The First Amendment guarantee that citizens may freely engage in the religious activities of their choice
Stare Decisis and legal Reasoning
Trespass to land
positive law
Free exercise clause
18. (accident - breach of contract - or other event) > Party consults with Attorney(Initial client interview - signing of retainer agreement) > Informal investigation > Plaintiffs attorney files complaint > Defendant attorney files answer to complaint or
State and Federal Court Systems
Symbolic speech
Corporate social responsibility
Stages in an A Typical Lawsuit
19. Rules governing the admissibility of evidence in trial courts.
Relevant evidence
Rules of evidence
Respondent Superior
abnormally dangerous
20. Evidence tending to make a fact at issue in the case more or less probable than it would be without the evidence. Only relevant evidence is admissible in court.
Brief
Relevant evidence
Cross-examination
Motion for a directed verdict
21. (law) compensation for losses that can readily be proven to have occurred and for which the injured party has the right to be compensated
Good samaritan statues
Rules of evidence
Compensatory damages
citation
22. (law) compensation in excess of actual damages (a form of punishment awarded in cases of malicious or willful misconduct)
Punitive damages
Answer
Seventh Amendment
Motion for judgement on the pleadings
23. Wrongs
Affirmative defense
Jurisdiction
Compensatory damages
Torts(Wrongs)
24. A system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power
Writ of certiorari
Full faith and credit clause
Cross-examination
Checks and balances
25. Right to a trial by jury
Seventh Amendment
Res ipsa loquitur
Slander of quality
Stages in an A Typical Lawsuit
26. Claims
Alleges
Strict product liability
Burden of proof
Rebuttal
27. (civil law) the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim for relief is based
Complaint
Long arm statue
Case law
Privileges and and immunities clause
28. The resolution of disputes wit hthe assitance of organizations that offer disputesresolution services via the internet.
Negotiation
Torts(Wrongs)
Answer
Online dispute resolution
29. The body of laws created by legislative statutes
Stare Decisis and legal Reasoning
Trespass to land
Statutory Law
citation
30. Protects you from unreasonable search and seizure of your home and property
Fourth Amendment
Commerce clause
Good samaritan statues
citation
31. Is strict liability hold a claim if the product or service in question is...
Answer
Brief
abnormally dangerous
Case Precedents and the doctrine of stare decisis
32. An act or omission without which an event would not have occurred.
uniform laws
Causation in fact
Commerce clause
Justicable controversy
33. Drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect
Sixth Amendment
Administrative law
Chancellor
Analogy
34. Any testimony given in court about a statement made by someone else who was not under oath at the time of the statement
breaches
Hearsay
Mini-trial
Answer
35. The principle pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint
Slander of title
Public Policy
Arbitration
Answer
36. A clause in a contract providing for arbitration of disputes arising under the contract
Pleadings
Arbitration clause
Case Precedents and the doctrine of stare decisis
Exclusive Jurisdiction
37. The unlawful taking or harming of another's personal property; interference with another's right to the exclusive possession of his or her personal property.
Alleges
voir dire
State level appeal eligibility
Trespass to personal property
38. Occurs when one party to a contract is not given full or accurate information by the other party about the contract subject matter - Intentional misrepresentation of material fact - reasonably relied on by plaintiff resulting in damages
Summary jury trials
Trespass to land
fradulent Misrepresentation
Petitioner
39. (law) a pleading by the defendant in reply to a plaintiff's surrejoinder
Writ of certiorari
Rebuttal
Exclusive Jurisdiction
Cyberlaw
40. The First Amendment guarantee that the government will not create and support an official state church
Cyberlaw
establishment clause
positivist school
Writ of certiorari
41. Part of the 14th Amendment which guarentees that no state deny basic rights to its people
due proccess clause
Trespass to personal property
Independent regulatory agencies
Arbitration clause
42. An economically injurious falsehood made about another's product or property; a general term for torts that are more specifically referred to as slander of quality or slander of title.
Disparagement of property
Probate courts
Legal reasoning
Business invitees
43. Law concerned with public wrongs against society
Courts of equity
Federal Jurisdiction
Civil Law
Criminal law
44. Requirement that a case can only be heard by the Supreme Court if four justices vote to hear the case
Constitutional Law
Hearsay
Rule of four
Negotiation
45. An order to appear in person at a given place and time
Summons
Binding authority
Equitable maxims
Alternative dispute resolution
46. Everyone in the commercial chain will be liable for the defect. (manafacturer - distrubutor - retailer) *end user is not in the commercial chain.
Administrative law
Analogy
Strict product liability
Pretrial motions
47. A routine court order that attempts to enforce the judgment that has been granted to a plaintiff by authorizing a sheriff to carry it out
Checks and balances
Writ of execution
Stare Decisis and legal Reasoning
Statutory Law
48. Automotic appeal based on procedure/law. appeal cannot be made on a error of fact. Car accident example. procedure - wrong court date. law - issue of law is wrong. U.S. Supreme Court appeal is still possible with permission(write of certerori)
Service of process
Summary jury trials
State level appeal eligibility
Arbitrability
49. The body of rules and regulations and orders and decisions created by administrative agencies of government
Police powers
Writ of certiorari
Rules of evidence
Administrative law
50. Law concerned with private wrongs against individuals
Disparagement of property
Commerce clause
Criminal law
Civil Law