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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.
Service of process
Business invitees
Opening statements
Question of law
2. The body of laws created by legislative statutes
Statutory Law
American Arbitration Association
Early neutral case evaluation
Case Precedents and the doctrine of stare decisis
3. A motion made by a party - during trial - claiming the opposing party has insufficient evidence to reasonably support its case
Cases on point
Motion for judgement as a matter of law
tilitarinism
American Arbitration Association
4. Discussion with a view to reaching agreement; talking about a conflict where both parties give and take to reach a resolution - without attorneys.
Litigation
Online dispute resolution
Negotiation
Privileges and and immunities clause
5. Statutes adopted in many states that impose strict liability upon tavern owners for injuries to third parties caused by their intoxicated patrons
Administrative agency
Sociological school
dram shop acts
Jurisdiction
6. Torts committed via the internet
Cyber torts
State Jurisdiction
diversity of citizenship
Cross-examination
7. Clause in the Constitution (Article IV - Section 1) requiring each state to recognize the civil judgments rendered by the courts of the other states and to accept their public records and acts as valid
fradulent Misrepresentation
Petitioner
Writ of certiorari
Full faith and credit clause
8. A legal proceeding in a court
Constitutional Law
Litigation
Arbitration
Free exercise clause
9. An amendment to the Constitution of the United States guaranteeing the right of free expression
Defenses to negligence
ordinaces
Opinions
First Amendment
10. (law) the right and power to interpret and apply the law
Jurisdiction
Business invitees
Legal and Equitable Remedies
Strict product liability
11. A question that had to do with the US Constitution - acts of Congress - or treaties; it provides a basis for federal jurisdiction
citation
Federal question
Equal protection clause
Cross-examination
12. State statute that permits a state to obtain personal jurisdiction over nonresident defendants
Trade libel
State and Federal Court Systems
Long arm statue
Remedies of Law
13. In a jury trial - a motion for the judge to take the decision out of the hands of the jury and to direct a verdict for the party who filed the motion on the ground that the other party has not produced sufficient evidence to support her or his claim.
Analogy
Administrative agency
Motion for a directed verdict
Statues of limitation
14. (law) evidence sufficient to warrant an arrest or search and seizure
Federal question
Probable cause
Cross-examination
Exclusive Jurisdiction
15. 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.
Award
Question of law
law
Early neutral case evaluation
16. 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
voir dire
Eighth Amendment
Search warrant
Legal and Equitable Remedies
17. The publication of false information about another's product - alleging it is not what its seller claims; also referred to as slander of quality.
Trade libel
Second Amendment
Contributory negligence
Defenses to negligence
18. 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
Respondent
Ethical reasoning
In rem jurisdiction
Checks and balances
19. Handle only bankruptcy proceedings - which are governed by federal bankruptcy law
Bankruptcy courts
Compensatory damages
Hearsay
Relevant evidence
20. 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
fradulent Misrepresentation
in personam jurisdiction
Bankruptcy courts
Closing argument
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
Jurisdiction
positive law
Corporate social responsibility
Binding authority
22. Settlement of civil disputes between parties using neutral mediators or arbitrators without going to court
Fifth Amendment
Ethical reasoning
Symbolic speech
Alternative dispute resolution
23. 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.
Negotiation
Statues of limitation
Chancellor
Binding authority
24. A clause in a contract providing for arbitration of disputes arising under the contract
Cost-benefit analysis
Arbitration clause
Second Amendment
Stages in an A Typical Lawsuit
25. Law concerned with private wrongs against individuals
Civil Law
Commerce clause
Summary jury trials
Chancellor
26. Highest official of a monarch. Granted new an unique remedies.
dram shop acts
Origins Of Common Law
Online dispute resolution
Chancellor
27. Rules governing the admissibility of evidence in trial courts.
Early neutral case evaluation
Rules of evidence
Police powers
Arbitration clause
28. Part of the 14th Amendment which guarentees that no state deny basic rights to its people
due proccess clause
establishment clause
Fourth Amendment
Hearsay
29. (law) compensation in excess of actual damages (a form of punishment awarded in cases of malicious or willful misconduct)
Eighth Amendment
Service of process
Areas of Law that may affect business decision making
Punitive damages
30. 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
Categorical imperative
Ethical reasoning
law
Alleges
31. 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.
Standing to sue
Disparagement of property
Filtering software
Respondent Superior
32. (law) a pleading made by a defendant in response to the plaintiff's replication
Ethical reasoning
Rejoinder
Summons
Historical school
33. Jury selection process of questioning prospective jurors - to ascertain their qualifications and determine any basis for challenge.
voir dire
Litigation
When constitutional lawz apply
due proccess clause
34. A controversey that is not hypotheical or academic but real and substansial; a requirement the must be satisfied before a court will hear a case
Damages
Arbitrability
Bill of Rights
Justicable controversy
35. Assumption of risk - Superseding cause - and contributory and comparative negligence.
Defenses to negligence
laches
Motion for a directed verdict
Mini-trial
36. 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
Pretrial motions
Defenses to negligence
Negligence
Writ of certiorari
37. The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution - nor prohibited by it to the states - are reserved to the states respectively - or to the people.
Tenth Amendment
Disparagement of property
Ninth Amendment
Trade libel
38. The courts that awarded compensation back in English Realm
Chancellor
Burden of proof
importance of common law
Courts of law
39. Liability without fault. (Strict product liability)
Fourth Amendment
Summary jury trials
Strict liability
tilitarinism
40. A major provider of arbitration services
American Arbitration Association
Rules of evidence
Service of process
Slander of title
41. The course of action the government takes in response to an issue or problem as deemed by widely held belief.
Administrative agency
Public Policy
Federal Jurisdiction
Motion for a directed verdict
42. The location where something takes place - esp. a trial
Sixth Amendment
Alternative dispute resolution
Jurisdiction
Venue
43. A wrongful act that the actor had no right to do
Small Claims courts
Civil Law
Natural law
Malpractice
44. The preponderance of evidence which means more likely then not.
Precedent
Long arm statue
Equal protection clause
Burden of proof
45. The process by which the parties in a dispute submit their difference to the judgment of an impartial person or group appointed by mutual consent
Damages
Arbitration
Counterclaim
Respondent Superior
46. Jurisdiction based upon claims against a person - in contrast to jurisdiction over the person's property
American Arbitration Association
ordinaces
Public Policy
in personam jurisdiction
47. 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
citation
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Civil Law
Federal form of government
48. 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.
Proximate cause
Causation in fact
Strict product liability
Principle of rights
49. (law) the initial questioning of a witness by the party that called the witness
Equitable maxims
Standing to sue
Direct examination
Answer
50. Courts that handle cases that involve less than $5000
Reporters
Good samaritan statues
Cross-examination
Small Claims courts