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1. The enumeration in the Constitution - of certain rights - shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
Relevant evidence
Cross-examination
Cyber torts
Ninth Amendment
2. Claims
fradulent Misrepresentation
Online dispute resolution
positive law
Alleges
3. 1066 in Britain - King William implemented this uniform legal system. He sent judges out to make rulings on cases - thus creating precedents. 1225 - the signing of the Magna Carta established the rule of law in England
Opinions
Categorical imperative
Origins Of Common Law
First Amendment
4. 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
Remedies
Courts of law
Legal reasoning
Legal and Equitable Remedies
5. Authority shared by both federal and state courts
Concurrent Jurisdiction
Jurisdiction
Sociological school
Default judgement
6. The body of laws created by legislative statutes
Pleadings
Statutory Law
Privileges and and immunities clause
Burden of proof
7. Highest official of a monarch. Granted new an unique remedies.
Cost-benefit analysis
Long arm statue
Chancellor
Early neutral case evaluation
8. Economic model that compares the marginal costs and marginal benefits of a decision
Closing argument
Disparagement of property
Corporate social responsibility
Cost-benefit analysis
9. Judges must abide by precedents in thier jurisdictions.
Case Precedents and the doctrine of stare decisis
Online dispute resolution
Brief
Reporters
10. A reasoning process in which an individual links his or her moral convictions or ethical standards to the particular situation at hand.
Cyber torts
Business invitees
Ethical reasoning
fradulent Misrepresentation
11. 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.
Ninth Amendment
Punitive damages
Commerce clause
Equitable maxims
12. Assumption of risk - Superseding cause - and contributory and comparative negligence.
Defenses to negligence
Motion for judgement as a matter of law
Sociological school
Direct examination
13. 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
Motion for judgement as a matter of law
Common law
Early neutral case evaluation
In rem jurisdiction
14. (law) negligence allocated between the plaintiff and the defendant with a corresponding reduction in damages paid to the plaintiff
When constitutional lawz apply
Malpractice
Rule of four
Comparative negligence
15. Inherent powers of state governments to pass laws to protect the public health - safety - and welfare; the national government has no directly granted police powers but accomplishes the same goals through other delegated powers.
Commerce clause
Motion for a directed verdict
Question of law
Police powers
16. A question asked to determine what is true or to what extent something is true
Question of fact
Symbolic speech
Tenth Amendment
When constitutional lawz apply
17. 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.
Search warrant
Award
Writ of execution
Malpractice
18. Any testimony given in court about a statement made by someone else who was not under oath at the time of the statement
uniform laws
Hearsay
Burden of proof
Contributory negligence
19. 1. Resident 2. (while within boundaries of state) 3. Long arm statue.
Jurisdiction
State Jurisdiction
due proccess clause
Free exercise clause
20. 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)
Small Claims courts
State level appeal eligibility
Arbitrability
Contributory negligence
21. (law) the initial questioning of a witness by the party that called the witness
Service of process
Direct examination
Cost-benefit analysis
Compensatory damages
22. A rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society
Natural law
Online dispute resolution
Business Ethics
Pretrial motions
23. 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.
Police powers
Rejoinder
Question of law
Federal question
24. 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.
Business Ethics
Filtering software
Trespass to land
Cyberlaw
25. Courts that handle cases that involve less than $5000
Remedies of Law
Analogy
In rem jurisdiction
Small Claims courts
26. A judgment entered in favor of the plaintiff when the defendant defaults (fails to appear in court)
Default judgement
Slander of quality
Cyber torts
Free exercise clause
27. 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.
Probable cause
Mini-trial
Relevant evidence
Arbitration
28. An amendment to the Constitution of the United States guaranteeing the right of free expression
First Amendment
Complaint
Statues of limitation
Contributory negligence
29. The branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
uniform laws
When constitutional lawz apply
Summons
jurisprudence
30. The body of conventional - or written - law of a particular society at a particular point in time.
Principle of rights
Mini-trial
positive law
Ninth Amendment
31. 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
Mini-trial
Natural law
Slander of quality
Eighth Amendment
32. To confirm priestly authority upon
ordinaces
Motion for a new trial
positivist school
Strict liability
33. The party against whom legal action is taken; the party against whom a writ of certiorari is sought.
Search warrant
Respondent
Comparative negligence
Corporate social responsibility
34. Supreme Court followed by the U.S. Court of Appeals and The highest state courts. Then followed by federal administrative agencies. U.S. District Courts - Specialized U.S. Courts(bankruptcy courts - court of Federal claims - court of international tr
State and Federal Court Systems
Burden of proof
Defenses to negligence
When constitutional lawz apply
35. Rules governing the admissibility of evidence in trial courts.
Rules of evidence
Cyberlaw
Standing to sue
Business Ethics
36. Enforcable rules governing relationships among individuals and between individuals and thier society.
Free exercise clause
law
Affirmative defense
Cross-examination
37. An argument made after the plaintiff and defendant have rested their cases. Closing arguments are made prior to the jury charges.
Closing argument
Independent regulatory agencies
Federal Jurisdiction
Summons
38. Law concerned with public wrongs against society
Legal and Equitable Remedies
Trade libel
Criminal law
Defenses to negligence
39. 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.
Affirmative defense
Administrative law
Second Amendment
Binding authority
40. 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
Rebuttal
Arbitration
Opinions
abnormally dangerous
41. Use deductive reasoning to identify relevant legal rules - applying those rules to to the facts of the case and drawing a conclusion.
Damages
Free exercise clause
Stare Decisis and legal Reasoning
Relevant evidence
42. Right to bear arms
Second Amendment
Historical school
Third Amendment
Ninth Amendment
43. A court will award money or other relief to a party injured by a breach of contract
Remedies
Writ of certiorari
ordinaces
Eighth Amendment
44. 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
due proccess clause
Compensatory damages
When constitutional lawz apply
45. 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
In rem jurisdiction
Categorical imperative
Appellee
Counterclaim
46. 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
Motion for a new trial
Motion for a directed verdict
Malpractice
Arbitrability
47. (civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions
Analogy
When constitutional lawz apply
Respondent
Case law
48. Questioning of a witness during a trial or during the taking of a deposition - by the party opposed to the one who produced the witness.
Ninth Amendment
Cross-examination
Affirmative defense
Motion for judgement as a matter of law
49. A brief outline of what the defendant and the plaintiff will try to prove.
In rem jurisdiction
Summary jury trials
Opening statements
Pretrial motions
50. 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
Equal protection clause
Full faith and credit clause
Proximate cause
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