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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. 1. Resident 2. (while within boundaries of state) 3. Long arm statue.
diversity of citizenship
State Jurisdiction
Jurisdiction
State and Federal Court Systems
2. A body of rulings made by judges that become part of a nation's legal system
Probate courts
Burden of proof
Legal realism
Common law
3. Law concerned with public wrongs against society
Appellee
Punitive damages
Small Claims courts
Criminal law
4. Emphasizes the evolutionary process of law by concentrating on the origin and history of the legal system
diversity of citizenship
establishment clause
Historical school
Motion for judgement on the pleadings
5. The principle pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint
Default judgement
Slander of quality
Answer
Sixth Amendment
6. Previously decided cases that are as similar as possible to the one under consideration
positivist school
Rules of evidence
Cases on point
Business Ethics
7. 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
First Amendment
Motion for judgement on the pleadings
Service of process
Search warrant
8. Economic model that compares the marginal costs and marginal benefits of a decision
Answer
Cost-benefit analysis
positive law
Arbitration
9. Three remedies known as land - items of value - or money
fradulent Misrepresentation
Binding authority
Remedies of Law
Small Claims courts
10. 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
Question of fact
Question of law
Federal form of government
Symbolic speech
11. When the matter is between private parties the constitution laws do not apply. Between individuals and government organizations then constitutional laws apply.
Categorical imperative
Filtering software
uniform laws
When constitutional lawz apply
12. Settlement of civil disputes between parties using neutral mediators or arbitrators without going to court
Strict liability
Alternative dispute resolution
Origins Of Common Law
Disparagement of property
13. Statements made by the plaintiff and the defendant in a lawsuit that detail the facts - charges - and defenses involved in the litigation. The complaint and answer are part of the pleadings.
Probate courts
Privileges and and immunities clause
Tenth Amendment
Pleadings
14. 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
Ethical reasoning
Business invitees
Legal reasoning
Historical school
15. Handle only bankruptcy proceedings - which are governed by federal bankruptcy law
Bankruptcy courts
Statues of limitation
Respondent
Appellant
16. A motion made by a party - during trial - claiming the opposing party has insufficient evidence to reasonably support its case
Early neutral case evaluation
Constitutional Law
Respondent Superior
Motion for judgement as a matter of law
17. A rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society
Federal form of government
Natural law
Arbitration clause
Alleges
18. Statutes adopted in many states that impose strict liability upon tavern owners for injuries to third parties caused by their intoxicated patrons
breaches
dram shop acts
Mini-trial
Question of law
19. An amendment to the Constitution of the United States that imposes restrictions on the government's prosecution of persons accused of crimes
Civil Law
Trespass to land
Fifth Amendment
Assumption of risk
20. (law) the right and power to interpret and apply the law
Eighth Amendment
Public Policy
Jurisdiction
laches
21. Rules governing the admissibility of evidence in trial courts.
dram shop acts
Rules of evidence
Reporters
Seventh Amendment
22. The preponderance of evidence which means more likely then not.
Burden of proof
Alternative dispute resolution
importance of common law
Complaint
23. 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
Case Precedents and the doctrine of stare decisis
Assumption of risk
Rebuttal
24. Excessive bail shall not be required - nor excessive fines imposed - nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
due proccess clause
Assumption of risk
Eighth Amendment
Writ of certiorari
25. 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.
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Statutory Law
importance of common law
Award
26. The body of rules and regulations and orders and decisions created by administrative agencies of government
importance of common law
Alternative dispute resolution
Cases on point
Administrative law
27. A system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power
Burden of proof
in personam jurisdiction
Third Amendment
Checks and balances
28. An argument made after the plaintiff and defendant have rested their cases. Closing arguments are made prior to the jury charges.
tilitarinism
Res ipsa loquitur
Closing argument
Disparagement of property
29. (law) a pleading made by a defendant in response to the plaintiff's replication
jurisprudence
Respondent Superior
Rejoinder
Opinions
30. A legal proceeding in a court
Police powers
Litigation
Alternative dispute resolution
In rem jurisdiction
31. A sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
Arbitration
abnormally dangerous
Damages
Corporate social responsibility
32. The First Amendment guarantee that citizens may freely engage in the religious activities of their choice
Free exercise clause
Precedent
fradulent Misrepresentation
Origins Of Common Law
33. Use deductive reasoning to identify relevant legal rules - applying those rules to to the facts of the case and drawing a conclusion.
Administrative agency
Stare Decisis and legal Reasoning
Relevant evidence
Arbitration clause
34. To be on the land of another without right or permission of the owner
Good samaritan statues
Trespass to land
Categorical imperative
Hearsay
35. 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
Online dispute resolution
Brief
Compensatory damages
Search warrant
36. 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)
Equal protection clause
Standing to sue
Filtering software
State level appeal eligibility
37. Relieve you of some liability when reasonable care is used
Good samaritan statues
In rem jurisdiction
Opening statements
Jurisdiction
38. 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
In rem jurisdiction
Eighth Amendment
Sociological school
tilitarinism
39. (law) negligence allocated between the plaintiff and the defendant with a corresponding reduction in damages paid to the plaintiff
breaches
Comparative negligence
Opening statements
Police powers
40. (law) a pleading by the defendant in reply to a plaintiff's surrejoinder
Good samaritan statues
due proccess clause
Rebuttal
Case law
41. A school of legal thought that views the law as a tool for promoting justice in society.
Brief
Sociological school
Ethical reasoning
Res ipsa loquitur
42. A reasoning process in which an individual links his or her moral convictions or ethical standards to the particular situation at hand.
Rebuttal
Alleges
Good samaritan statues
Ethical reasoning
43. Party who defends an appeal
Business invitees
Commerce clause
Appellee
Precedent
44. 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.
positivist school
Cases on point
Independent regulatory agencies
Good samaritan statues
45. State statute that permits a state to obtain personal jurisdiction over nonresident defendants
Closing argument
Stare Decisis and legal Reasoning
Cyber torts
Long arm statue
46. A doctrine by which equitable relief is denied to one who has waited TOO long to seek relief
Legal realism
Ninth Amendment
laches
Opinions
47. (civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions
Closing argument
State Jurisdiction
Justicable controversy
Case law
48. Right to a trial by jury
positive law
positivist school
Trade libel
Seventh Amendment
49. Claims
in personam jurisdiction
Alleges
importance of common law
Syllogism
50. To confirm priestly authority upon
Long arm statue
breaches
ordinaces
Bill of Rights