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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.
Equitable maxims
Eighth Amendment
Filtering software
Sixth Amendment
2. The publication of a statement that denies or casts doubt on another's legal ownership of any property - causing financial loss to that property's owner.
Defenses to negligence
Slander of title
Free exercise clause
Defense
3. (law) compensation for losses that can readily be proven to have occurred and for which the injured party has the right to be compensated
Trade libel
Compensatory damages
due proccess clause
Administrative law
4. 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
Corporate social responsibility
Justicable controversy
Compensatory damages
Precedent
5. The location where something takes place - esp. a trial
Binding authority
Damages
Venue
Statues of limitation
6. Precedents are determined under stare decisis. Courts of law and courts or equity have been combined.
Hearsay
importance of common law
Rebuttal
Analogy
7. Law concerned with private wrongs against individuals
Civil Law
Common law
Historical school
Pretrial motions
8. 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
Rebuttal
Origins Of Common Law
Search warrant
Free exercise clause
9. (law) compensation in excess of actual damages (a form of punishment awarded in cases of malicious or willful misconduct)
Punitive damages
voir dire
Checks and balances
Rejoinder
10. The body of laws created by legislative statutes
Fifth Amendment
Statutory Law
Appellee
Concurrent Jurisdiction
11. An amendment to the Constitution of the United States that imposes restrictions on the government's prosecution of persons accused of crimes
Fifth Amendment
Business Ethics
Appellee
Venue
12. Judges must abide by precedents in thier jurisdictions.
Case Precedents and the doctrine of stare decisis
Closing argument
Public Policy
Contributory negligence
13. 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
Tenth Amendment
Default judgement
establishment clause
Arbitration
14. A reference to or a quotation from an authority
tilitarinism
Principle of rights
citation
Trespass to land
15. 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
Principle of rights
Default judgement
Syllogism
16. When the matter is between private parties the constitution laws do not apply. Between individuals and government organizations then constitutional laws apply.
Compensatory damages
When constitutional lawz apply
Small Claims courts
Strict liability
17. Jurisdiction that exists when a case can be heard only in a particular court or type of court.
Motion for a directed verdict
Equal protection clause
importance of common law
Exclusive Jurisdiction
18. A nonbinding process in which attorneys for both sides present synopses of their cases to a jury - which renders an advisory opinion on the basis of these presentations
Petitioner
Summary jury trials
Brief
Filtering software
19. Enforcable rules governing relationships among individuals and between individuals and thier society.
Cyberlaw
Opening statements
Federal form of government
law
20. 1. Federal statute 2. Constitution(U.S.) 3. Diversity of Citizenship($75 -000 or more)
Proximate cause
breaches
Federal Jurisdiction
Commerce clause
21. Any testimony given in court about a statement made by someone else who was not under oath at the time of the statement
ordinaces
Administrative agency
Hearsay
State Jurisdiction
22. Doctrine under which a person cannot recover for injuries received from a dangerous activity to which she voluntarily exposed herself
Origins Of Common Law
Summary jury trials
Exclusive Jurisdiction
Assumption of risk
23. Three remedies known as land - items of value - or money
Strict product liability
Legal realism
Remedies of Law
Affirmative defense
24. Relieve you of some liability when reasonable care is used
Symbolic speech
Fifth Amendment
Good samaritan statues
citation
25. Protects you from unreasonable search and seizure of your home and property
Negotiation
Fourth Amendment
Opinions
Case Precedents and the doctrine of stare decisis
26. Jurisdiction based on claims against property
Appellee
In rem jurisdiction
jurisprudence
Motion for a directed verdict
27. An ethical principle that holds that you should never take any action that infringes on others; agreed-upon rights
Relevant evidence
Second Amendment
Principle of rights
Historical school
28. Contains the courts reasons for its decision - the rules of law that apply - and the judgement
Opinions
Administrative agency
Rejoinder
Proximate cause
29. Torts committed via the internet
Motion for a directed verdict
establishment clause
Cyber torts
Appellee
30. A judgment entered in favor of the plaintiff when the defendant defaults (fails to appear in court)
Hearsay
Slander of quality
Default judgement
Case Precedents and the doctrine of stare decisis
31. Authority shared by both federal and state courts
Torts(Wrongs)
Concurrent Jurisdiction
Good samaritan statues
Summary jury trials
32. An amendment to the Constitution of the United States guaranteeing the right of free expression
First Amendment
Cross-examination
Statues of limitation
Arbitration clause
33. Formal chancery courts - grant unique remedies. These remedies include specific performance - injunction and rescission.
Full faith and credit clause
Courts of equity
Proximate cause
Privileges and and immunities clause
34. Is strict liability hold a claim if the product or service in question is...
Opening statements
Equitable maxims
abnormally dangerous
American Arbitration Association
35. A rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society
State level appeal eligibility
Natural law
Respondent Superior
jurisprudence
36. The First Amendment guarantee that the government will not create and support an official state church
Privileges and and immunities clause
establishment clause
Sixth Amendment
due proccess clause
37. The government may not house soldiers in private homes without consent of the owner
positive law
Motion
Business invitees
Third Amendment
38. 14th amendment clause that prohibits states from denying equal protection under the law - and has been used to combat discrimination
Counterclaim
Motion for a new trial
Jurisdiction
Equal protection clause
39. On the premises fr the potential financial benefit of the occupier
Alternative dispute resolution
Jurisdiction
Trespass to personal property
Business invitees
40. 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.
Rules of evidence
importance of common law
Service of process
Proximate cause
41. 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.
Origins Of Common Law
Arbitrability
Motion for a new trial
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
42. No State can draw unreasonable distinctions between its own residents and those persons who happen to live in other States
Punitive damages
Privileges and and immunities clause
Damages
Free exercise clause
43. Highest official of a monarch. Granted new an unique remedies.
Chancellor
Question of fact
Motion for a new trial
Default judgement
44. Jurisdiction based upon claims against a person - in contrast to jurisdiction over the person's property
Early neutral case evaluation
in personam jurisdiction
Chancellor
Rules of evidence
45. Propositions or general statements of equitable rules
Probate courts
Equitable maxims
Arbitrability
When constitutional lawz apply
46. Part of the 14th Amendment which guarentees that no state deny basic rights to its people
Defense
Award
Respondent Superior
due proccess clause
47. 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
Stare Decisis and legal Reasoning
Arbitrability
fradulent Misrepresentation
Tenth Amendment
48. Federal regulatory agencies that are independent - thus not fully under the power of the president. Ex. Federal Trade Commission - Securities and Exchange Commission.
Comparative negligence
Appellant
Independent regulatory agencies
law
49. 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.
Malpractice
tilitarinism
Commerce clause
When constitutional lawz apply
50. A basis for federal court jurisdiction over a lawsuit between (1) citizens of different states (2) a foreign country and citizens of a state of of different states - or (3) citizens of a state and citizens or subjects of a foreign country. The amount
Opinions
jurisprudence
diversity of citizenship
Burden of proof