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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. The body of laws created by legislative statutes
Statutory Law
Question of law
First Amendment
Cases on point
2. A motion made by a party - during trial - claiming the opposing party has insufficient evidence to reasonably support its case
Motion for judgement as a matter of law
Negligence
due proccess clause
Reporters
3. Specific length of time an individual can sue for injury resulting from negligence
Statues of limitation
Probable cause
Punitive damages
Common law
4. 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.
State and Federal Court Systems
Relevant evidence
Strict product liability
Opinions
5. Everyone in the commercial chain will be liable for the defect. (manafacturer - distrubutor - retailer) *end user is not in the commercial chain.
positive law
Tenth Amendment
Strict product liability
voir dire
6. Right to bear arms
Cross-examination
Opinions
Second Amendment
Complaint
7. Discussion with a view to reaching agreement; talking about a conflict where both parties give and take to reach a resolution - without attorneys.
Analogy
Cases on point
Negotiation
Arbitrability
8. The rules governing the manner in which civil cases are brough in and progress through the federal courts
Appellee
dram shop acts
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Question of law
9. Any source of law that a court must follow when deciding a case. This includes constitutions - statues - and regulations - that govern the issue being decided - as well as previous court decisions in the same jurisdiction.
Rejoinder
Probable cause
Binding authority
Burden of proof
10. (law) a pleading by the defendant in reply to a plaintiff's surrejoinder
Writ of certiorari
voir dire
Exclusive Jurisdiction
Rebuttal
11. In order to bring a lawsuit before a court a party must have a sufficient 'stake' in a matter to justify seeking relief through the court system
Standing to sue
Damages
Trespass to personal property
jurisprudence
12. An argument made after the plaintiff and defendant have rested their cases. Closing arguments are made prior to the jury charges.
Federal question
Arbitrability
Administrative agency
Closing argument
13. Part of the 14th Amendment which guarentees that no state deny basic rights to its people
due proccess clause
abnormally dangerous
law
Trespass to personal property
14. Economic model that compares the marginal costs and marginal benefits of a decision
Cost-benefit analysis
Precedent
Common law
Online dispute resolution
15. The resolution of disputes wit hthe assitance of organizations that offer disputesresolution services via the internet.
Motion for a directed verdict
jurisprudence
Online dispute resolution
Trade libel
16. An informal term used to refer to all laws governing electronic communications and transactions - particularly those conducted via the Internet.
Criminal law
Second Amendment
Cyberlaw
State and Federal Court Systems
17. The idea that the goal of society should be the greatest happiness for the greatest number of its citizens
Origins Of Common Law
Tenth Amendment
tilitarinism
State and Federal Court Systems
18. Doctrine under which a person cannot recover for injuries received from a dangerous activity to which she voluntarily exposed herself
Slander of quality
Case law
Assumption of risk
Corporate social responsibility
19. To be on the land of another without right or permission of the owner
Motion for a directed verdict
Trespass to land
laches
Default judgement
20. The party against whom legal action is taken; the party against whom a writ of certiorari is sought.
Respondent
Checks and balances
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Petitioner
21. The obligation of organization management to make decisions and take actions that will enhance the welfare and interests of society as well as the organization
Stages in an A Typical Lawsuit
Respondent
Corporate social responsibility
abnormally dangerous
22. Precedents are determined under stare decisis. Courts of law and courts or equity have been combined.
importance of common law
voir dire
Defense
Syllogism
23. State courts that handle only matters relating to the transfer of a person's assets and obligations after that person's death - including issues relating to custody and guardianship of children
Direct examination
American Arbitration Association
Courts of law
Probate courts
24. Jurisdiction that exists when a case can be heard only in a particular court or type of court.
Venue
Exclusive Jurisdiction
Free exercise clause
Ninth Amendment
25. 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.
ordinaces
due proccess clause
Trade libel
Sixth Amendment
26. Set of books containing published court decisions
Defense
Negotiation
Reporters
Privileges and and immunities clause
27. A common law writ issued by a superior court to one of inferior jurisdiction demanding the record of a particular case
Writ of certiorari
Eighth Amendment
Categorical imperative
Motion for judgement on the pleadings
28. In litigation - the amount of monetary compensation awarded to a plaintiff in a civil lawsuit as damages. In the context of alternative dispute resolution - the decision rendered by an arbitrator.
Rejoinder
Award
Search warrant
Courts of law
29. 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
Opinions
Bill of Rights
Case law
Negligence
30. The courts that awarded compensation back in English Realm
Rules of evidence
Courts of law
Motion for judgement as a matter of law
Analogy
31. Enforcable rules governing relationships among individuals and between individuals and thier society.
Independent regulatory agencies
Natural law
Respondent Superior
law
32. Law concerned with public wrongs against society
Civil Law
Petitioner
Jurisdiction
Criminal law
33. Rules governing the admissibility of evidence in trial courts.
Default judgement
Binding authority
Rules of evidence
Complaint
34. Private proceeding in which each party to a dispute argues its position before the other side - and vice versa. A neutral third party may be present and act as an adviser if the parties fail to reach an agreement
Exclusive Jurisdiction
Complaint
Mini-trial
Police powers
35. Use deductive reasoning to identify relevant legal rules - applying those rules to to the facts of the case and drawing a conclusion.
Counterclaim
Statutory Law
Stare Decisis and legal Reasoning
law
36. 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.
Cost-benefit analysis
citation
Motion for judgement as a matter of law
Disparagement of property
37. The body of conventional - or written - law of a particular society at a particular point in time.
laches
Opening statements
positive law
Justicable controversy
38. A response to a plaintiff's claim that does not deny the plaintiff's facts but attacks the plaintiff's legal right to bring an action. An example is the running of the statute of limitations.
Motion for a new trial
Affirmative defense
law
due proccess clause
39. A judgment entered in favor of the plaintiff when the defendant defaults (fails to appear in court)
Rebuttal
Defenses to negligence
Default judgement
Federal Jurisdiction
40. 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
Chancellor
Writ of certiorari
Rejoinder
In rem jurisdiction
41. 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
Small Claims courts
Public Policy
Motion for judgement on the pleadings
fradulent Misrepresentation
42. Logical formula consisting of a major premise - a minor premise and a conclusion; deceptive or specious argument
Syllogism
Venue
Full faith and credit clause
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
43. 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)
Seventh Amendment
Online dispute resolution
State level appeal eligibility
Public Policy
44. Contains the courts reasons for its decision - the rules of law that apply - and the judgement
Privileges and and immunities clause
Defenses to negligence
Award
Opinions
45. The branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
citation
Trade libel
Natural law
jurisprudence
46. Ethical or unethical behaviors by employees in the context of their jobs
Motion for a new trial
Business Ethics
Remedies
Cross-examination
47. Propositions or general statements of equitable rules
Third Amendment
Case Precedents and the doctrine of stare decisis
Search warrant
Equitable maxims
48. The body of rules and regulations and orders and decisions created by administrative agencies of government
Corporate social responsibility
Legal reasoning
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Administrative law
49. On the premises fr the potential financial benefit of the occupier
Natural law
Res ipsa loquitur
Remedies of Law
Business invitees
50. (civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions
Punitive damages
Case law
Motion for judgement on the pleadings
Defense