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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Requirement that a case can only be heard by the Supreme Court if four justices vote to hear the case
Damages
Rule of four
Torts(Wrongs)
Reporters
2. Any testimony given in court about a statement made by someone else who was not under oath at the time of the statement
Case law
law
Long arm statue
Hearsay
3. Specific length of time an individual can sue for injury resulting from negligence
Statues of limitation
Defenses to negligence
Motion
Full faith and credit clause
4. Law concerned with private wrongs against individuals
Civil Law
Award
Stare Decisis and legal Reasoning
Arbitrability
5. Right to bear arms
Contributory negligence
Arbitration
Fifth Amendment
Second Amendment
6. Protects you from unreasonable search and seizure of your home and property
jurisprudence
Fourth Amendment
Slander of title
Cyberlaw
7. 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
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
fradulent Misrepresentation
Administrative law
8. Emphasizes the evolutionary process of law by concentrating on the origin and history of the legal system
Historical school
breaches
law
Police powers
9. The principle pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint
Answer
American Arbitration Association
Trade libel
Categorical imperative
10. Party who defends an appeal
law
Appellee
Comparative negligence
Criminal law
11. 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.
Torts(Wrongs)
State level appeal eligibility
Proximate cause
Cyberlaw
12. 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.
Filtering software
American Arbitration Association
Fifth Amendment
Constitutional Law
13. A reasoning process in which an individual links his or her moral convictions or ethical standards to the particular situation at hand.
Cyber torts
Courts of law
Federal form of government
Ethical reasoning
14. Excessive bail shall not be required - nor excessive fines imposed - nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
abnormally dangerous
Eighth Amendment
Venue
Administrative agency
15. Formal chancery courts - grant unique remedies. These remedies include specific performance - injunction and rescission.
Ethical reasoning
Motion for a directed verdict
Courts of equity
Arbitrability
16. Wrongs
Cases on point
State and Federal Court Systems
Syllogism
Torts(Wrongs)
17. (law) compensation in excess of actual damages (a form of punishment awarded in cases of malicious or willful misconduct)
Police powers
fradulent Misrepresentation
Respondent Superior
Punitive damages
18. No State can draw unreasonable distinctions between its own residents and those persons who happen to live in other States
Legal reasoning
Arbitrability
Privileges and and immunities clause
Trespass to personal property
19. 1. employee activity within scope of employment 2. employee is negligent
Respondent Superior
Litigation
importance of common law
Arbitrability
20. A major provider of arbitration services
Rejoinder
Third Amendment
diversity of citizenship
American Arbitration Association
21. (law) a pleading by the defendant in reply to a plaintiff's surrejoinder
Commerce clause
Alternative dispute resolution
Absolute bar
Rebuttal
22. A legal proceeding in a court
Case law
Service of process
Litigation
Brief
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
Causation in fact
diversity of citizenship
Arbitration
24. A question asked to determine what is true or to what extent something is true
Complaint
Ethical reasoning
Question of fact
Contributory negligence
25. Rules governing the admissibility of evidence in trial courts.
Rules of evidence
citation
Binding authority
Compensatory damages
26. The First Amendment guarantee that citizens may freely engage in the religious activities of their choice
Res ipsa loquitur
Historical school
Full faith and credit clause
Free exercise clause
27. 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
Legal reasoning
Malpractice
Torts(Wrongs)
28. Contains the courts reasons for its decision - the rules of law that apply - and the judgement
Slander of quality
Venue
Equitable maxims
Opinions
29. An example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time
Precedent
Remedies
Exclusive Jurisdiction
Trespass to personal property
30. A court will award money or other relief to a party injured by a breach of contract
Remedies
Trespass to personal property
Sociological school
Summary jury trials
31. A condensed written summary or abstract
Checks and balances
Brief
Res ipsa loquitur
Police powers
32. When the matter is between private parties the constitution laws do not apply. Between individuals and government organizations then constitutional laws apply.
When constitutional lawz apply
Fifth Amendment
Good samaritan statues
Stare Decisis and legal Reasoning
33. (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
Motion
Ninth Amendment
Corporate social responsibility
Stages in an A Typical Lawsuit
34. (law) behavior by the plaintiff that contributes to the harm resulting from the defendant's negligence
Reporters
Contributory negligence
Jurisdiction
Origins Of Common Law
35. The act of changing location from one place to another
Arbitration clause
Motion
Negligence
Question of law
36. 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
positivist school
Probate courts
Statues of limitation
Torts(Wrongs)
37. The courts that awarded compensation back in English Realm
Historical school
Courts of law
Online dispute resolution
Motion for judgement as a matter of law
38. 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.
Bankruptcy courts
Precedent
Cross-examination
Venue
39. Someone who petitions a court for redress of a grievance or recovery of a right
positive law
tilitarinism
Police powers
Petitioner
40. 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.
Service of process
Standing to sue
Question of law
Constitutional Law
41. (law) negligence allocated between the plaintiff and the defendant with a corresponding reduction in damages paid to the plaintiff
Comparative negligence
Arbitrability
Police powers
Motion for a directed verdict
42. Doctrine under which a person cannot recover for injuries received from a dangerous activity to which she voluntarily exposed herself
Constitutional Law
dram shop acts
State level appeal eligibility
Assumption of risk
43. 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.
Sixth Amendment
Appellant
Motion
Business invitees
44. Drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect
Writ of certiorari
Analogy
Opening statements
Categorical imperative
45. Judges must abide by precedents in thier jurisdictions.
Statutory Law
Punitive damages
Case Precedents and the doctrine of stare decisis
Equitable maxims
46. 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
Defenses to negligence
Public Policy
Arbitrability
ordinaces
47. The party who appeals a decision of a lower court
Appellant
Punitive damages
State and Federal Court Systems
ordinaces
48. (civil law) the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim for relief is based
Police powers
Hearsay
Small Claims courts
Complaint
49. 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
law
Legal reasoning
Petitioner
tilitarinism
50. Authority shared by both federal and state courts
Concurrent Jurisdiction
Bankruptcy courts
Appellant
Arbitrability