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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Formal chancery courts - grant unique remedies. These remedies include specific performance - injunction and rescission.
law
Courts of equity
Cyberlaw
establishment clause
2. No State can draw unreasonable distinctions between its own residents and those persons who happen to live in other States
Privileges and and immunities clause
Answer
Motion
Courts of law
3. Highest official of a monarch. Granted new an unique remedies.
Torts(Wrongs)
Chancellor
Search warrant
Stages in an A Typical Lawsuit
4. Negate the claim of negligence(assumption of risk - superceding intervening clause)
Absolute bar
Business invitees
Third Amendment
Justicable controversy
5. The enumeration in the Constitution - of certain rights - shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
American Arbitration Association
abnormally dangerous
Ninth Amendment
Civil Law
6. 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.
Malpractice
Early neutral case evaluation
Alleges
American Arbitration Association
7. Drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect
Alleges
Seventh Amendment
Analogy
Business Ethics
8. Statutes adopted in many states that impose strict liability upon tavern owners for injuries to third parties caused by their intoxicated patrons
dram shop acts
Disparagement of property
Free exercise clause
Symbolic speech
9. To confirm priestly authority upon
Federal form of government
ordinaces
Courts of law
Writ of certiorari
10. Jury selection process of questioning prospective jurors - to ascertain their qualifications and determine any basis for challenge.
voir dire
Probable cause
American Arbitration Association
Principle of rights
11. The course of action the government takes in response to an issue or problem as deemed by widely held belief.
Public Policy
Motion for a directed verdict
Remedies of Law
law
12. A condensed written summary or abstract
Federal form of government
Long arm statue
Brief
Defense
13. Doctrine under which a person cannot recover for injuries received from a dangerous activity to which she voluntarily exposed herself
Causation in fact
Absolute bar
Assumption of risk
Justicable controversy
14. 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
Legal realism
State Jurisdiction
Full faith and credit clause
Assumption of risk
15. Right to bear arms
Second Amendment
Answer
voir dire
Remedies of Law
16. A motion asserting that the trial was so fundamentally flawed (because of error - newly discovered evidence - prejudice - or another reason) that a new trial is necessary to prevent a miscarriage of justice.
Checks and balances
Jurisdiction
Closing argument
Motion for a new trial
17. A court will award money or other relief to a party injured by a breach of contract
Standing to sue
Slander of quality
Remedies
Question of law
18. (law) negligence allocated between the plaintiff and the defendant with a corresponding reduction in damages paid to the plaintiff
Remedies of Law
Comparative negligence
Courts of law
When constitutional lawz apply
19. The publication of false information about another's product - alleging that it is not what its seller claims.
Opinions
Statutory Law
Slander of quality
Remedies
20. 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
Corporate social responsibility
Arbitration clause
Defense
In rem jurisdiction
21. 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.
Constitutional Law
Strict product liability
Filtering software
Historical school
22. Law concerned with public wrongs against society
Slander of title
Criminal law
in personam jurisdiction
Trespass to land
23. A reasoning process in which an individual links his or her moral convictions or ethical standards to the particular situation at hand.
Standing to sue
Probable cause
Pleadings
Ethical reasoning
24. 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.
Legal reasoning
Negligence
Reporters
Award
25. Nonverbal communication - such as burning a flag or wearing an armband. The Supreme Court has accorded some symbolic speech protection under the first amendment.
Precedent
Symbolic speech
Ethical reasoning
Legal realism
26. Specific length of time an individual can sue for injury resulting from negligence
Default judgement
Torts(Wrongs)
Ninth Amendment
Statues of limitation
27. 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.
Administrative agency
Case law
Federal Jurisdiction
Affirmative defense
28. On the premises fr the potential financial benefit of the occupier
Federal question
Syllogism
Search warrant
Business invitees
29. State statute that permits a state to obtain personal jurisdiction over nonresident defendants
Compensatory damages
Jurisdiction
Legal reasoning
Long arm statue
30. The clause in the Constitution (Article I - Section 8 - Clause 1) that gives Congress the power to regulate all business activities that cross state lines or affect more than one state or other nations.
Civil Law
Commerce clause
Legal and Equitable Remedies
Checks and balances
31. To be on the land of another without right or permission of the owner
In rem jurisdiction
Res ipsa loquitur
Trespass to land
Cyberlaw
32. 1. Federal statute 2. Constitution(U.S.) 3. Diversity of Citizenship($75 -000 or more)
ordinaces
Federal Jurisdiction
Third Amendment
Rule of four
33. 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
Legal reasoning
American Arbitration Association
Search warrant
voir dire
34. The First Amendment guarantee that the government will not create and support an official state church
Service of process
Seventh Amendment
establishment clause
Cases on point
35. The resolution of disputes wit hthe assitance of organizations that offer disputesresolution services via the internet.
Full faith and credit clause
Question of fact
Online dispute resolution
Assumption of risk
36. 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.
When constitutional lawz apply
Tenth Amendment
Opening statements
Strict liability
37. 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
State and Federal Court Systems
Federal form of government
Cost-benefit analysis
38. An amendment to the Constitution of the United States that imposes restrictions on the government's prosecution of persons accused of crimes
Proximate cause
First Amendment
Fifth Amendment
Service of process
39. (law) a pleading by the defendant in reply to a plaintiff's surrejoinder
Binding authority
Rebuttal
Res ipsa loquitur
Courts of law
40. 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
Probable cause
Probate courts
Legal realism
Jurisdiction
41. 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
Fifth Amendment
Public Policy
Litigation
42. (law) behavior by the plaintiff that contributes to the harm resulting from the defendant's negligence
Full faith and credit clause
State level appeal eligibility
dram shop acts
Contributory negligence
43. A major provider of arbitration services
American Arbitration Association
Exclusive Jurisdiction
Case Precedents and the doctrine of stare decisis
Trade libel
44. Jurisdiction based upon claims against a person - in contrast to jurisdiction over the person's property
Arbitration clause
in personam jurisdiction
Reporters
Legal reasoning
45. Jurisdiction that exists when a case can be heard only in a particular court or type of court.
Exclusive Jurisdiction
Pretrial motions
Motion for a new trial
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
46. A legal proceeding in a court
Public Policy
Litigation
In rem jurisdiction
Motion for a directed verdict
47. Law concerned with private wrongs against individuals
Stare Decisis and legal Reasoning
Appellant
Civil Law
Summary jury trials
48. Settlement of civil disputes between parties using neutral mediators or arbitrators without going to court
Defense
Alternative dispute resolution
Pleadings
Search warrant
49. The party who appeals a decision of a lower court
Strict liability
Appellant
Federal question
Defenses to negligence
50. The government may not house soldiers in private homes without consent of the owner
establishment clause
Causation in fact
Third Amendment
Closing argument