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1. 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.
Rule of four
Filtering software
due proccess clause
voir dire
2. 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.
Comparative negligence
Early neutral case evaluation
Opening statements
Long arm statue
3. 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
Res ipsa loquitur
uniform laws
Legal and Equitable Remedies
Cyber torts
4. The courts that awarded compensation back in English Realm
Sixth Amendment
Courts of law
Cases on point
Respondent
5. Torts committed via the internet
Motion for a new trial
dram shop acts
Natural law
Cyber torts
6. The course of action the government takes in response to an issue or problem as deemed by widely held belief.
Opening statements
laches
Public Policy
citation
7. A common law writ issued by a superior court to one of inferior jurisdiction demanding the record of a particular case
Origins Of Common Law
Bill of Rights
Remedies
Writ of certiorari
8. Assumption of risk - Superseding cause - and contributory and comparative negligence.
Case law
Defenses to negligence
Writ of execution
Negligence
9. The publication of false information about another's product - alleging it is not what its seller claims; also referred to as slander of quality.
Equal protection clause
Strict product liability
Trade libel
Case Precedents and the doctrine of stare decisis
10. The act of changing location from one place to another
Motion
Case Precedents and the doctrine of stare decisis
Negligence
Exclusive Jurisdiction
11. 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.
Administrative law
Tenth Amendment
Full faith and credit clause
due proccess clause
12. 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
Assumption of risk
Chancellor
Eighth Amendment
State and Federal Court Systems
13. Negate the claim of negligence(assumption of risk - superceding intervening clause)
Administrative agency
Standing to sue
Comparative negligence
Absolute bar
14. The party against whom legal action is taken; the party against whom a writ of certiorari is sought.
Sixth Amendment
Respondent
Cyberlaw
Equitable maxims
15. The preponderance of evidence which means more likely then not.
Strict liability
Federal Jurisdiction
Burden of proof
Free exercise clause
16. Everyone in the commercial chain will be liable for the defect. (manafacturer - distrubutor - retailer) *end user is not in the commercial chain.
Administrative law
Strict product liability
Respondent
Proximate cause
17. A judgment entered in favor of the plaintiff when the defendant defaults (fails to appear in court)
Comparative negligence
Chancellor
Legal reasoning
Default judgement
18. An informal term used to refer to all laws governing electronic communications and transactions - particularly those conducted via the Internet.
Venue
in personam jurisdiction
Privileges and and immunities clause
Cyberlaw
19. A body of rulings made by judges that become part of a nation's legal system
In rem jurisdiction
Defenses to negligence
Common law
establishment clause
20. A motion made by a party - during trial - claiming the opposing party has insufficient evidence to reasonably support its case
Motion
Cases on point
Slander of quality
Motion for judgement as a matter of law
21. An order to appear in person at a given place and time
Strict liability
Defenses to negligence
Appellee
Summons
22. Propositions or general statements of equitable rules
Checks and balances
Small Claims courts
Equitable maxims
Writ of execution
23. A routine court order that attempts to enforce the judgment that has been granted to a plaintiff by authorizing a sheriff to carry it out
Writ of execution
Contributory negligence
Petitioner
Defenses to negligence
24. 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
Good samaritan statues
Corporate social responsibility
Federal question
Arbitration
25. Enforcable rules governing relationships among individuals and between individuals and thier society.
Award
Areas of Law that may affect business decision making
Cyberlaw
law
26. (law) a pleading by the defendant in reply to a plaintiff's surrejoinder
Rebuttal
Opinions
Slander of title
Proximate cause
27. (law) compensation for losses that can readily be proven to have occurred and for which the injured party has the right to be compensated
Compensatory damages
Chancellor
Federal form of government
Eighth Amendment
28. Formal chancery courts - grant unique remedies. These remedies include specific performance - injunction and rescission.
Proximate cause
Alternative dispute resolution
Courts of equity
Service of process
29. The principle pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint
Federal question
law
Courts of equity
Answer
30. Jurisdiction based on claims against property
In rem jurisdiction
Independent regulatory agencies
Courts of equity
Courts of law
31. The resolution of disputes wit hthe assitance of organizations that offer disputesresolution services via the internet.
Assumption of risk
Online dispute resolution
Principle of rights
Cases on point
32. The act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone
Service of process
Search warrant
Causation in fact
Legal realism
33. A doctrine by which equitable relief is denied to one who has waited TOO long to seek relief
Early neutral case evaluation
Full faith and credit clause
laches
Comparative negligence
34. 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
Commerce clause
Sociological school
Online dispute resolution
Search warrant
35. A reasoning process in which an individual links his or her moral convictions or ethical standards to the particular situation at hand.
Motion for a directed verdict
Cost-benefit analysis
Ethical reasoning
laches
36. No State can draw unreasonable distinctions between its own residents and those persons who happen to live in other States
Default judgement
Privileges and and immunities clause
Good samaritan statues
Filtering software
37. (law) the right and power to interpret and apply the law
Jurisdiction
Alternative dispute resolution
Award
Service of process
38. The body of conventional - or written - law of a particular society at a particular point in time.
jurisprudence
positive law
Privileges and and immunities clause
Defenses to negligence
39. The idea that the goal of society should be the greatest happiness for the greatest number of its citizens
Trespass to personal property
Negligence
tilitarinism
uniform laws
40. On the premises fr the potential financial benefit of the occupier
Areas of Law that may affect business decision making
Checks and balances
Writ of certiorari
Business invitees
41. The branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
Justicable controversy
jurisprudence
due proccess clause
Stages in an A Typical Lawsuit
42. State statute that permits a state to obtain personal jurisdiction over nonresident defendants
Long arm statue
Question of law
Analogy
Federal form of government
43. Highest official of a monarch. Granted new an unique remedies.
Counterclaim
Cyber torts
Business invitees
Chancellor
44. A reference to or a quotation from an authority
Bill of Rights
Appellant
Sociological school
citation
45. Jury selection process of questioning prospective jurors - to ascertain their qualifications and determine any basis for challenge.
Trespass to personal property
laches
Strict product liability
voir dire
46. When the matter is between private parties the constitution laws do not apply. Between individuals and government organizations then constitutional laws apply.
Fifth Amendment
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
When constitutional lawz apply
Litigation
47. A rule of evidence whereby the negligence of an alleged wrongdoer can be inferred from the fact that the accident happened
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Res ipsa loquitur
Eighth Amendment
Syllogism
48. Federal regulatory agencies that are independent - thus not fully under the power of the president. Ex. Federal Trade Commission - Securities and Exchange Commission.
Independent regulatory agencies
Motion for a new trial
First Amendment
Long arm statue
49. (law) a pleading made by a defendant in response to the plaintiff's replication
law
Rejoinder
Motion
positivist school
50. Protects you from unreasonable search and seizure of your home and property
Ninth Amendment
diversity of citizenship
Fourth Amendment
Concurrent Jurisdiction
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