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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. (law) a pleading by the defendant in reply to a plaintiff's surrejoinder
Checks and balances
Rebuttal
Appellant
in personam jurisdiction
2. Formal chancery courts - grant unique remedies. These remedies include specific performance - injunction and rescission.
Equitable maxims
Writ of execution
Historical school
Courts of equity
3. 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.
Sixth Amendment
State and Federal Court Systems
Police powers
due proccess clause
4. (law) compensation for losses that can readily be proven to have occurred and for which the injured party has the right to be compensated
Writ of execution
Relevant evidence
Corporate social responsibility
Compensatory damages
5. 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
Ninth Amendment
Slander of title
Arbitrability
laches
6. Emphasizes the evolutionary process of law by concentrating on the origin and history of the legal system
Early neutral case evaluation
Syllogism
Historical school
Jurisdiction
7. 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
Pretrial motions
Relevant evidence
Rule of four
Categorical imperative
8. The government may not house soldiers in private homes without consent of the owner
laches
Motion for a new trial
Online dispute resolution
Third Amendment
9. 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
Causation in fact
Exclusive Jurisdiction
Statutory Law
Mini-trial
10. A body of rulings made by judges that become part of a nation's legal system
Statutory Law
Defense
Cost-benefit analysis
Common law
11. A condensed written summary or abstract
Brief
Rejoinder
Motion for judgement on the pleadings
Syllogism
12. Contracts - Sales - Negotiable instruments - creditos rights - intellectual property - e-commerce - product liability - torts - agency - business organizations - professional liability - courts and court procedures.
Stare Decisis and legal Reasoning
Writ of execution
Areas of Law that may affect business decision making
Brief
13. Logical formula consisting of a major premise - a minor premise and a conclusion; deceptive or specious argument
Syllogism
Small Claims courts
law
ordinaces
14. Drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect
Assumption of risk
Statutory Law
Analogy
Reporters
15. (law) compensation in excess of actual damages (a form of punishment awarded in cases of malicious or willful misconduct)
Punitive damages
Natural law
Venue
establishment clause
16. The power to speak the law.
Precedent
Sixth Amendment
Jurisdiction
Stare Decisis and legal Reasoning
17. Ethical or unethical behaviors by employees in the context of their jobs
Negligence
Assumption of risk
Punitive damages
Business Ethics
18. Previously decided cases that are as similar as possible to the one under consideration
Cyberlaw
Analogy
in personam jurisdiction
Cases on point
19. (accident - breach of contract - or other event) > Party consults with Attorney(Initial client interview - signing of retainer agreement) > Informal investigation > Plaintiffs attorney files complaint > Defendant attorney files answer to complaint or
State level appeal eligibility
Filtering software
Federal question
Stages in an A Typical Lawsuit
20. The body of rules and regulations and orders and decisions created by administrative agencies of government
Police powers
Pretrial motions
Administrative law
Federal Jurisdiction
21. Handle only bankruptcy proceedings - which are governed by federal bankruptcy law
Slander of title
laches
Cross-examination
Bankruptcy courts
22. Motion to dismiss - motion for judgment on the pleadings - motion of summary judgement(amont others - motion to strike - motion to make more definite and certain - motion for judgement on the pleadings - motion to compel discovery - motion for summar
Damages
Pretrial motions
State Jurisdiction
Closing argument
23. 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
Business invitees
Full faith and credit clause
Administrative agency
Eighth Amendment
24. 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.
Administrative law
Ethical reasoning
Binding authority
Bankruptcy courts
25. 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
Cyber torts
law
Probable cause
Origins Of Common Law
26. A federal - state - or local government unit established to perform a specific function. Administrative agencies are created and authorized by legislative bodies to administer and enforce specific laws.
Proximate cause
Assumption of risk
Small Claims courts
Administrative agency
27. Need a set of laws so that commerce is possible; can't have different laws in every state for business. Uniform Commercial Code. Uniform Partnernship Act. Most states adopt them but not in the exact same form
Concurrent Jurisdiction
uniform laws
Precedent
Probable cause
28. A doctrine by which equitable relief is denied to one who has waited TOO long to seek relief
laches
Appellee
Torts(Wrongs)
Equitable maxims
29. (civil law) the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim for relief is based
Public Policy
Complaint
Award
Courts of equity
30. The idea that the goal of society should be the greatest happiness for the greatest number of its citizens
tilitarinism
Natural law
Brief
Probate courts
31. 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.
Affirmative defense
Question of law
Arbitrability
Cross-examination
32. The First Amendment guarantee that the government will not create and support an official state church
Eighth Amendment
Seventh Amendment
Default judgement
establishment clause
33. The publication of false information about another's product - alleging that it is not what its seller claims.
abnormally dangerous
Cyberlaw
Slander of quality
in personam jurisdiction
34. An argument made after the plaintiff and defendant have rested their cases. Closing arguments are made prior to the jury charges.
Motion for a directed verdict
fradulent Misrepresentation
Constitutional Law
Closing argument
35. 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.
Standing to sue
Defense
Analogy
Question of law
36. Discussion with a view to reaching agreement; talking about a conflict where both parties give and take to reach a resolution - without attorneys.
Negotiation
Sociological school
Administrative agency
Question of law
37. To confirm priestly authority upon
breaches
ordinaces
In rem jurisdiction
Legal and Equitable Remedies
38. 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.
Equal protection clause
Respondent Superior
Sixth Amendment
Cost-benefit analysis
39. (law) evidence sufficient to warrant an arrest or search and seizure
Commerce clause
Direct examination
Probable cause
Bill of Rights
40. Courts that handle cases that involve less than $5000
Small Claims courts
Police powers
Case Precedents and the doctrine of stare decisis
Defenses to negligence
41. Specific length of time an individual can sue for injury resulting from negligence
Legal realism
Motion
In rem jurisdiction
Statues of limitation
42. 1. employee activity within scope of employment 2. employee is negligent
Statutory Law
Filtering software
Public Policy
Respondent Superior
43. 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
establishment clause
Principle of rights
Categorical imperative
44. 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
citation
In rem jurisdiction
State level appeal eligibility
Sixth Amendment
45. 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
Trespass to land
Commerce clause
Motion for judgement on the pleadings
tilitarinism
46. 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
Federal form of government
positive law
Jurisdiction
Constitutional Law
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
Third Amendment
Statues of limitation
fradulent Misrepresentation
Business Ethics
48. 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.
Motion for a new trial
Public Policy
Tenth Amendment
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
49. 14th amendment clause that prohibits states from denying equal protection under the law - and has been used to combat discrimination
Precedent
Rule of four
Common law
Equal protection clause
50. Is strict liability hold a claim if the product or service in question is...
Counterclaim
Opinions
abnormally dangerous
Appellee