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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. 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.
Punitive damages
Independent regulatory agencies
Checks and balances
Proximate cause
2. Wrongs
in personam jurisdiction
Syllogism
Equal protection clause
Torts(Wrongs)
3. A judgment entered in favor of the plaintiff when the defendant defaults (fails to appear in court)
Default judgement
Good samaritan statues
Opinions
Privileges and and immunities clause
4. 1. Federal statute 2. Constitution(U.S.) 3. Diversity of Citizenship($75 -000 or more)
Federal Jurisdiction
Independent regulatory agencies
Jurisdiction
tilitarinism
5. 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
voir dire
Stare Decisis and legal Reasoning
Standing to sue
6. A warrant authorizing law enforcement officials to search for objects or people involved in the commission of a crime and to produce them in court
fradulent Misrepresentation
Search warrant
Rebuttal
Pretrial motions
7. A wrongful act that the actor had no right to do
Cost-benefit analysis
Malpractice
Strict product liability
Relevant evidence
8. An informal term used to refer to all laws governing electronic communications and transactions - particularly those conducted via the Internet.
American Arbitration Association
Arbitration
Cyberlaw
Independent regulatory agencies
9. 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.
Causation in fact
Public Policy
Motion for judgement on the pleadings
positivist school
10. (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
Commerce clause
Third Amendment
Corporate social responsibility
Stages in an A Typical Lawsuit
11. A form of alternative dispute resolution in which a neutral third party evaluates the strengths and weakness of the disputing parties' positions; the evaluator's opinion forms the basis for negotiating a settlement.
Slander of quality
Petitioner
Stages in an A Typical Lawsuit
Early neutral case evaluation
12. (law) the right and power to interpret and apply the law
Motion for a directed verdict
Concurrent Jurisdiction
Jurisdiction
Justicable controversy
13. The body of rules and regulations and orders and decisions created by administrative agencies of government
Statues of limitation
Analogy
Trespass to personal property
Administrative law
14. Authority shared by both federal and state courts
Venue
Concurrent Jurisdiction
Rule of four
in personam jurisdiction
15. Specific length of time an individual can sue for injury resulting from negligence
Stages in an A Typical Lawsuit
Syllogism
Statues of limitation
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
16. A body of rulings made by judges that become part of a nation's legal system
Writ of certiorari
Common law
Small Claims courts
Categorical imperative
17. Economic model that compares the marginal costs and marginal benefits of a decision
Eighth Amendment
Compensatory damages
Precedent
Cost-benefit analysis
18. A clause in a contract providing for arbitration of disputes arising under the contract
Probable cause
Bankruptcy courts
Ethical reasoning
Arbitration clause
19. 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.
Relevant evidence
Closing argument
Sixth Amendment
Petitioner
20. A doctrine by which equitable relief is denied to one who has waited TOO long to seek relief
Administrative law
Legal realism
laches
Brief
21. Jurisdiction that exists when a case can be heard only in a particular court or type of court.
Pleadings
due proccess clause
Exclusive Jurisdiction
Public Policy
22. A system of government in which the states form a union and the sovereign power is divided between the central government and the member states
Summary jury trials
voir dire
Question of law
Federal form of government
23. The rules governing the manner in which civil cases are brough in and progress through the federal courts
Analogy
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Business Ethics
Rebuttal
24. Contains the courts reasons for its decision - the rules of law that apply - and the judgement
Motion for judgement as a matter of law
Counterclaim
Opinions
Assumption of risk
25. Discussion with a view to reaching agreement; talking about a conflict where both parties give and take to reach a resolution - without attorneys.
Online dispute resolution
Default judgement
Negotiation
Case Precedents and the doctrine of stare decisis
26. The body of conventional - or written - law of a particular society at a particular point in time.
Federal Jurisdiction
positive law
Business Ethics
Natural law
27. The First Amendment guarantee that citizens may freely engage in the religious activities of their choice
Causation in fact
Arbitration clause
American Arbitration Association
Free exercise clause
28. A final judgment for one side in a lawsuit without trial when a judge finds based on pleadings - affidavits - and depositions that there is no genuine factual issue in the lawsuit
Seventh Amendment
Checks and balances
Motion for judgement on the pleadings
Statues of limitation
29. The party against whom legal action is taken; the party against whom a writ of certiorari is sought.
Causation in fact
Ethical reasoning
law
Respondent
30. To confirm priestly authority upon
Trespass to land
Second Amendment
Pretrial motions
ordinaces
31. (civil law) the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim for relief is based
Justicable controversy
Complaint
Counterclaim
Administrative agency
32. Previously decided cases that are as similar as possible to the one under consideration
Case law
Historical school
Cases on point
Case Precedents and the doctrine of stare decisis
33. The principle pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint
Binding authority
Assumption of risk
Defense
Answer
34. 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
Case law
Categorical imperative
Early neutral case evaluation
Rebuttal
35. An amendment to the Constitution of the United States guaranteeing the right of free expression
First Amendment
Answer
Constitutional Law
Mini-trial
36. 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
Probate courts
Legal and Equitable Remedies
Corporate social responsibility
Service of process
37. Jurisdiction based on claims against property
Federal form of government
In rem jurisdiction
Third Amendment
Case Precedents and the doctrine of stare decisis
38. (law) a pleading by the defendant in reply to a plaintiff's surrejoinder
Answer
Legal and Equitable Remedies
Rebuttal
Probate courts
39. The constitutional amendment designed to protect individuals accused of crimes. It includes the right to counsel - the right to confront witnesses - and the right to a speedy and public trial.
Sixth Amendment
Probable cause
Checks and balances
Courts of law
40. A nonbinding process in which attorneys for both sides present synopses of their cases to a jury - which renders an advisory opinion on the basis of these presentations
Summary jury trials
Pleadings
Strict product liability
Filtering software
41. A statement of fundamental rights and privileges (especially the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution)
Jurisdiction
Bill of Rights
Chancellor
Search warrant
42. (law) negligence allocated between the plaintiff and the defendant with a corresponding reduction in damages paid to the plaintiff
Police powers
Comparative negligence
Pretrial motions
Summary jury trials
43. The course of action the government takes in response to an issue or problem as deemed by widely held belief.
Second Amendment
Public Policy
Federal Jurisdiction
Common law
44. A sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
Motion for a new trial
Cyber torts
Damages
In rem jurisdiction
45. Nonverbal communication - such as burning a flag or wearing an armband. The Supreme Court has accorded some symbolic speech protection under the first amendment.
Symbolic speech
Stages in an A Typical Lawsuit
Sixth Amendment
Motion for judgement as a matter of law
46. Someone who petitions a court for redress of a grievance or recovery of a right
Litigation
Statues of limitation
Petitioner
Equal protection clause
47. The courts that awarded compensation back in English Realm
Ethical reasoning
Privileges and and immunities clause
Case law
Courts of law
48. 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
Origins Of Common Law
Mini-trial
Arbitrability
Opinions
49. An amendment to the Constitution of the United States that imposes restrictions on the government's prosecution of persons accused of crimes
American Arbitration Association
Arbitration
Fifth Amendment
Writ of execution
50. Precedents are determined under stare decisis. Courts of law and courts or equity have been combined.
Areas of Law that may affect business decision making
Precedent
Independent regulatory agencies
importance of common law