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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Law that involves the interpretation and application of the U.S. Constitution and state constitutions
Federal form of government
Cases on point
Constitutional Law
Hearsay
2. 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
Legal reasoning
Stare Decisis and legal Reasoning
Appellant
Cyberlaw
3. 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.
Fifth Amendment
Brief
Affirmative defense
Concurrent Jurisdiction
4. 1. Resident 2. (while within boundaries of state) 3. Long arm statue.
Probate courts
Jurisdiction
State Jurisdiction
Slander of quality
5. 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.
Commerce clause
Common law
Motion for a new trial
Tenth Amendment
6. (law) a pleading by the defendant in reply to a plaintiff's surrejoinder
due proccess clause
Rules of evidence
Standing to sue
Rebuttal
7. On the premises fr the potential financial benefit of the occupier
Slander of title
Business invitees
Res ipsa loquitur
Absolute bar
8. 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.
Complaint
Sixth Amendment
Legal realism
Respondent
9. The courts that awarded compensation back in English Realm
Small Claims courts
Courts of law
Torts(Wrongs)
Statues of limitation
10. 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.
Corporate social responsibility
Arbitration clause
Award
In rem jurisdiction
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.
Commerce clause
law
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Petitioner
12. 1. employee activity within scope of employment 2. employee is negligent
Summary jury trials
In rem jurisdiction
tilitarinism
Respondent Superior
13. Precedents are determined under stare decisis. Courts of law and courts or equity have been combined.
Corporate social responsibility
importance of common law
Tenth Amendment
Pleadings
14. 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.
Commerce clause
Cross-examination
Burden of proof
Motion for judgement on the pleadings
15. Specific length of time an individual can sue for injury resulting from negligence
Defense
Tenth Amendment
Statues of limitation
Seventh Amendment
16. Authority shared by both federal and state courts
Opening statements
Concurrent Jurisdiction
Respondent Superior
Causation in fact
17. An argument made after the plaintiff and defendant have rested their cases. Closing arguments are made prior to the jury charges.
Principle of rights
Free exercise clause
Alleges
Closing argument
18. A question asked to determine what is true or to what extent something is true
dram shop acts
Civil Law
uniform laws
Question of fact
19. The branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
Early neutral case evaluation
Trespass to land
Complaint
jurisprudence
20. 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.
Exclusive Jurisdiction
Slander of title
Business Ethics
Filtering software
21. A judgment entered in favor of the plaintiff when the defendant defaults (fails to appear in court)
Administrative law
Default judgement
Legal realism
Negotiation
22. Highest official of a monarch. Granted new an unique remedies.
Rule of four
Respondent
Chancellor
Assumption of risk
23. 14th amendment clause that prohibits states from denying equal protection under the law - and has been used to combat discrimination
Equal protection clause
Long arm statue
Precedent
First Amendment
24. Ethical or unethical behaviors by employees in the context of their jobs
Cyber torts
Award
Business Ethics
Fifth Amendment
25. 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.
Pleadings
Disparagement of property
Writ of certiorari
Appellee
26. A common law writ issued by a superior court to one of inferior jurisdiction demanding the record of a particular case
Writ of certiorari
Ethical reasoning
Ninth Amendment
uniform laws
27. 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
Relevant evidence
Strict product liability
tilitarinism
28. Requirement that a case can only be heard by the Supreme Court if four justices vote to hear the case
Rule of four
Bill of Rights
in personam jurisdiction
Statutory Law
29. The party who appeals a decision of a lower court
Appellant
Motion for a directed verdict
Online dispute resolution
Defense
30. Liability without fault. (Strict product liability)
law
Cost-benefit analysis
Strict liability
Damages
31. (civil law) the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim for relief is based
Complaint
Absolute bar
Motion
First Amendment
32. A court will award money or other relief to a party injured by a breach of contract
Remedies of Law
Punitive damages
Remedies
Case law
33. (law) compensation in excess of actual damages (a form of punishment awarded in cases of malicious or willful misconduct)
Punitive damages
Binding authority
Service of process
Cyberlaw
34. A rule of evidence whereby the negligence of an alleged wrongdoer can be inferred from the fact that the accident happened
Equal protection clause
Res ipsa loquitur
Business invitees
Legal and Equitable Remedies
35. To be on the land of another without right or permission of the owner
Appellant
Business Ethics
Trespass to land
Equal protection clause
36. The First Amendment guarantee that the government will not create and support an official state church
Motion for a new trial
establishment clause
Venue
Equal protection clause
37. Part of the 14th Amendment which guarentees that no state deny basic rights to its people
Rule of four
Absolute bar
due proccess clause
Hearsay
38. (law) negligence allocated between the plaintiff and the defendant with a corresponding reduction in damages paid to the plaintiff
Equal protection clause
Hearsay
Defenses to negligence
Comparative negligence
39. Judges must abide by precedents in thier jurisdictions.
Federal question
Petitioner
Case Precedents and the doctrine of stare decisis
Remedies of Law
40. Law concerned with private wrongs against individuals
Cost-benefit analysis
Mini-trial
law
Civil Law
41. 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
Corporate social responsibility
fradulent Misrepresentation
Fourth Amendment
42. 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
Symbolic speech
Arbitration
State and Federal Court Systems
Second Amendment
43. 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
Legal and Equitable Remedies
Causation in fact
Respondent Superior
Probate courts
44. The publication of false information about another's product - alleging it is not what its seller claims; also referred to as slander of quality.
Jurisdiction
Trade libel
Motion for judgement as a matter of law
Motion for judgement on the pleadings
45. A condensed written summary or abstract
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Strict liability
Brief
establishment clause
46. A rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society
Natural law
Fourth Amendment
Pretrial motions
Ethical reasoning
47. 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
Remedies of Law
Criminal law
law
In rem jurisdiction
48. (law) the initial questioning of a witness by the party that called the witness
Business Ethics
Civil Law
Direct examination
Courts of law
49. A reference to or a quotation from an authority
abnormally dangerous
Stages in an A Typical Lawsuit
Privileges and and immunities clause
citation
50. No State can draw unreasonable distinctions between its own residents and those persons who happen to live in other States
Strict liability
Privileges and and immunities clause
Rebuttal
Search warrant