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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The moral principle that behavior should be determined by duty - A concept developed by the philosopher Immanuel Kant as an ethical guideline for behavior. In deciding whether an action is right or wrong a person should evaluate the action in terms o
Constitutional Law
Reporters
Contributory negligence
Categorical imperative
2. The question of whether an issue lies within the authority and jurisdiction of the arbitrator. A matter may be declared non-arbitrable either because certain steps - timetables and procedures have not been followed prior to submitting it to arbitrati
Res ipsa loquitur
law
Arbitrability
Closing argument
3. An amendment to the Constitution of the United States that imposes restrictions on the government's prosecution of persons accused of crimes
Stages in an A Typical Lawsuit
breaches
Fifth Amendment
Arbitration
4. Law concerned with private wrongs against individuals
Default judgement
Writ of certiorari
Civil Law
Slander of title
5. (law) behavior by the plaintiff that contributes to the harm resulting from the defendant's negligence
Negotiation
Absolute bar
Disparagement of property
Contributory negligence
6. In a lawsuit - an issue involving the application or interpretation of a law. Only a judge - not a jury - can rule on questions of law.
Early neutral case evaluation
dram shop acts
Question of law
Damages
7. If the injured party can be made whole by receiving something of economic value - the remedy is a legal remedy [damages] - if a remedy at law is inadequate - a litigant may seek a remedy in equity - which involves notions of fair dealing and justice
Justicable controversy
jurisprudence
Online dispute resolution
Legal and Equitable Remedies
8. The rules governing the manner in which civil cases are brough in and progress through the federal courts
Trespass to personal property
Malpractice
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Cyber torts
9. A basis for federal court jurisdiction over a lawsuit between (1) citizens of different states (2) a foreign country and citizens of a state of of different states - or (3) citizens of a state and citizens or subjects of a foreign country. The amount
Motion for judgement on the pleadings
Corporate social responsibility
diversity of citizenship
Opinions
10. The preponderance of evidence which means more likely then not.
Syllogism
Burden of proof
laches
citation
11. The power to speak the law.
Defense
State Jurisdiction
Opinions
Jurisdiction
12. Formal chancery courts - grant unique remedies. These remedies include specific performance - injunction and rescission.
Public Policy
Federal form of government
Courts of equity
Tenth Amendment
13. Authority shared by both federal and state courts
Precedent
establishment clause
Ethical reasoning
Concurrent Jurisdiction
14. The publication of a statement that denies or casts doubt on another's legal ownership of any property - causing financial loss to that property's owner.
Slander of title
Causation in fact
Commerce clause
Equal protection clause
15. Set of books containing published court decisions
Common law
Slander of quality
Bill of Rights
Reporters
16. The party who appeals a decision of a lower court
Sociological school
Bankruptcy courts
Appellant
Question of fact
17. 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
Trade libel
Motion for judgement on the pleadings
Proximate cause
fradulent Misrepresentation
18. On the premises fr the potential financial benefit of the occupier
Causation in fact
Free exercise clause
Business invitees
Ethical reasoning
19. Previously decided cases that are as similar as possible to the one under consideration
Respondent
Pretrial motions
Damages
Cases on point
20. A clause in a contract providing for arbitration of disputes arising under the contract
Res ipsa loquitur
Arbitration clause
Trade libel
Tenth Amendment
21. Doctrine under which a person cannot recover for injuries received from a dangerous activity to which she voluntarily exposed herself
dram shop acts
Assumption of risk
Motion for judgement as a matter of law
Tenth Amendment
22. (civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions
Case law
Civil Law
Rule of four
Reporters
23. A defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him
Case law
Corporate social responsibility
Defense
Pleadings
24. 14th amendment clause that prohibits states from denying equal protection under the law - and has been used to combat discrimination
Alleges
Equal protection clause
Counterclaim
Ninth Amendment
25. Highest official of a monarch. Granted new an unique remedies.
Civil Law
Chancellor
Cyber torts
Ethical reasoning
26. The First Amendment guarantee that citizens may freely engage in the religious activities of their choice
Relevant evidence
Free exercise clause
Negotiation
Ethical reasoning
27. 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.
First Amendment
Alleges
law
Disparagement of property
28. A court will award money or other relief to a party injured by a breach of contract
Remedies
positivist school
Motion for a directed verdict
Common law
29. To confirm priestly authority upon
Disparagement of property
Pretrial motions
ordinaces
Administrative law
30. A motion made by a party - during trial - claiming the opposing party has insufficient evidence to reasonably support its case
importance of common law
Chancellor
Motion for judgement as a matter of law
American Arbitration Association
31. The reasoning process used by judges in deciding what law applies to a given dispute and then applying that law to the specific facts or circumstances of the case
Legal reasoning
Eighth Amendment
Analogy
in personam jurisdiction
32. The body of rules and regulations and orders and decisions created by administrative agencies of government
When constitutional lawz apply
Administrative law
Statutory Law
Affirmative defense
33. Jurisdiction that exists when a case can be heard only in a particular court or type of court.
Appellee
Cyberlaw
Contributory negligence
Exclusive Jurisdiction
34. (law) evidence sufficient to warrant an arrest or search and seizure
Probable cause
Federal Jurisdiction
Precedent
Corporate social responsibility
35. A computer program that is designed to block access to certain Web sites based on their content. The software blocks the retrieval of a site whose URL or key words are on a list within the program.
Filtering software
Cost-benefit analysis
Arbitrability
Equitable maxims
36. A judgment entered in favor of the plaintiff when the defendant defaults (fails to appear in court)
Question of law
Privileges and and immunities clause
Causation in fact
Default judgement
37. Is the cause that immediately and directly results in a specific event. if a person can eleminate any one of the 4 elemants - the lawsuit will not be successful.
Eighth Amendment
Cross-examination
When constitutional lawz apply
Proximate cause
38. Excessive bail shall not be required - nor excessive fines imposed - nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
Motion
Eighth Amendment
Sixth Amendment
Litigation
39. (law) the right and power to interpret and apply the law
diversity of citizenship
Jurisdiction
State and Federal Court Systems
citation
40. A sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
Contributory negligence
Damages
Trade libel
Venue
41. 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)
Binding authority
Respondent Superior
State level appeal eligibility
Criminal law
42. Adj. from the Latin 'against or about a thing -' referring to a lawsuit or other legal action directed toward property - rather than toward a particular person. Thus - if title to property is the issue - the action is 'in rem.' The term is important
dram shop acts
In rem jurisdiction
Slander of quality
Trespass to personal property
43. Enforcable rules governing relationships among individuals and between individuals and thier society.
Rule of four
Ninth Amendment
law
Online dispute resolution
44. (law) a pleading made by a defendant in response to the plaintiff's replication
Syllogism
Jurisdiction
Rejoinder
Ninth Amendment
45. Relieve you of some liability when reasonable care is used
Brief
Question of fact
Motion for a directed verdict
Good samaritan statues
46. 1. That the defendant owed a duty of care to the plaintiff. 2. The the defendant breached that duty. 3. That the defendant's breach caused the plaintiff's injury. 4. That the defendants breach caused the plaintiff's injury and that injury was forseea
Alleges
Negligence
Good samaritan statues
Principle of rights
47. The act of changing location from one place to another
Corporate social responsibility
Summons
Pleadings
Motion
48. 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.
American Arbitration Association
First Amendment
Administrative agency
Corporate social responsibility
49. The enumeration in the Constitution - of certain rights - shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
Remedies
citation
Standing to sue
Ninth Amendment
50. A brief outline of what the defendant and the plaintiff will try to prove.
Opening statements
importance of common law
Long arm statue
Stages in an A Typical Lawsuit