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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Highest official of a monarch. Granted new an unique remedies.
Chancellor
Question of fact
Motion for judgement on the pleadings
Cross-examination
2. A wrongful act that the actor had no right to do
Malpractice
Equal protection clause
Cost-benefit analysis
in personam jurisdiction
3. 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)
Pleadings
Slander of quality
Alleges
State level appeal eligibility
4. Part of the 14th Amendment which guarentees that no state deny basic rights to its people
positivist school
due proccess clause
Res ipsa loquitur
Federal Jurisdiction
5. 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
Case law
ordinaces
Full faith and credit clause
Historical school
6. 14th amendment clause that prohibits states from denying equal protection under the law - and has been used to combat discrimination
Question of fact
Litigation
Equal protection clause
Damages
7. 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.
Tenth Amendment
Relevant evidence
Administrative law
Jurisdiction
8. (civil law) the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim for relief is based
Equitable maxims
uniform laws
Complaint
Slander of quality
9. Contracts - Sales - Negotiable instruments - creditos rights - intellectual property - e-commerce - product liability - torts - agency - business organizations - professional liability - courts and court procedures.
Award
Areas of Law that may affect business decision making
Rejoinder
First Amendment
10. Jurisdiction based on claims against property
In rem jurisdiction
Ethical reasoning
Proximate cause
Trespass to land
11. 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
Corporate social responsibility
importance of common law
Common law
Federal form of government
12. 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
Arbitrability
Rebuttal
Question of law
Second Amendment
13. An informal term used to refer to all laws governing electronic communications and transactions - particularly those conducted via the Internet.
Case Precedents and the doctrine of stare decisis
Probable cause
State and Federal Court Systems
Cyberlaw
14. Ethical or unethical behaviors by employees in the context of their jobs
Areas of Law that may affect business decision making
Business Ethics
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Federal Jurisdiction
15. 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.
Affirmative defense
Jurisdiction
Disparagement of property
Cyberlaw
16. A court will award money or other relief to a party injured by a breach of contract
Remedies
Administrative agency
Probable cause
Service of process
17. Claims
Award
Criminal law
Alleges
Chancellor
18. 1. Resident 2. (while within boundaries of state) 3. Long arm statue.
Torts(Wrongs)
State Jurisdiction
Business invitees
Bankruptcy courts
19. 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
Arbitration
Closing argument
Motion for judgement on the pleadings
Fifth Amendment
20. Statutes adopted in many states that impose strict liability upon tavern owners for injuries to third parties caused by their intoxicated patrons
Motion
Motion for a new trial
dram shop acts
Early neutral case evaluation
21. Assumption of risk - Superseding cause - and contributory and comparative negligence.
Defenses to negligence
Compensatory damages
Motion for a directed verdict
Relevant evidence
22. A rule of evidence whereby the negligence of an alleged wrongdoer can be inferred from the fact that the accident happened
Res ipsa loquitur
Principle of rights
citation
Pretrial motions
23. 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.
Corporate social responsibility
Opinions
Strict product liability
Sixth Amendment
24. 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
Bill of Rights
Standing to sue
Pretrial motions
tilitarinism
25. Any testimony given in court about a statement made by someone else who was not under oath at the time of the statement
abnormally dangerous
Motion for judgement as a matter of law
Hearsay
Venue
26. Wrongs
Answer
Justicable controversy
Police powers
Torts(Wrongs)
27. Is strict liability hold a claim if the product or service in question is...
abnormally dangerous
voir dire
Bill of Rights
Free exercise clause
28. 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.
Award
Res ipsa loquitur
Privileges and and immunities clause
Relevant evidence
29. A motion made by a party - during trial - claiming the opposing party has insufficient evidence to reasonably support its case
Venue
Summary jury trials
Motion for judgement as a matter of law
Filtering software
30. A reference to or a quotation from an authority
diversity of citizenship
citation
Motion
Appellee
31. Someone who petitions a court for redress of a grievance or recovery of a right
Petitioner
Federal Jurisdiction
State and Federal Court Systems
positivist school
32. Rules governing the admissibility of evidence in trial courts.
Rules of evidence
When constitutional lawz apply
Historical school
Affirmative defense
33. 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.
Complaint
Filtering software
Constitutional Law
Negligence
34. Set of books containing published court decisions
Reporters
law
Award
Fifth Amendment
35. The party against whom legal action is taken; the party against whom a writ of certiorari is sought.
Principle of rights
Respondent
Rule of four
Slander of title
36. 1. That the defendant owed a duty of care to the plaintiff. 2. The the defendant breached that duty. 3. That the defendant's breach caused the plaintiff's injury. 4. That the defendants breach caused the plaintiff's injury and that injury was forseea
Jurisdiction
tilitarinism
Origins Of Common Law
Negligence
37. 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
Administrative agency
Independent regulatory agencies
Appellant
Legal and Equitable Remedies
38. An amendment to the Constitution of the United States guaranteeing the right of free expression
Federal question
First Amendment
law
Stages in an A Typical Lawsuit
39. 1. Federal statute 2. Constitution(U.S.) 3. Diversity of Citizenship($75 -000 or more)
Punitive damages
Federal Jurisdiction
Damages
Bankruptcy courts
40. Authority shared by both federal and state courts
Opening statements
Concurrent Jurisdiction
Business Ethics
Common law
41. Jurisdiction that exists when a case can be heard only in a particular court or type of court.
Exclusive Jurisdiction
Concurrent Jurisdiction
Symbolic speech
Petitioner
42. Party who defends an appeal
Rejoinder
Trespass to personal property
Filtering software
Appellee
43. The First Amendment guarantee that citizens may freely engage in the religious activities of their choice
Summary jury trials
Free exercise clause
Contributory negligence
fradulent Misrepresentation
44. (law) the initial questioning of a witness by the party that called the witness
Direct examination
Comparative negligence
Standing to sue
In rem jurisdiction
45. The enumeration in the Constitution - of certain rights - shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
Rejoinder
Remedies
Categorical imperative
Ninth Amendment
46. The power to speak the law.
State Jurisdiction
Cost-benefit analysis
Rules of evidence
Jurisdiction
47. No State can draw unreasonable distinctions between its own residents and those persons who happen to live in other States
citation
diversity of citizenship
Alleges
Privileges and and immunities clause
48. A rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society
Summons
Writ of execution
Statues of limitation
Natural law
49. To be on the land of another without right or permission of the owner
Search warrant
Binding authority
Trespass to land
Stages in an A Typical Lawsuit
50. Negate the claim of negligence(assumption of risk - superceding intervening clause)
Absolute bar
Default judgement
Privileges and and immunities clause
Sixth Amendment
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