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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The location where something takes place - esp. a trial
Venue
Cases on point
Counterclaim
Defenses to negligence
2. A defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him
Strict product liability
Respondent Superior
Defense
Natural law
3. A legal proceeding in a court
Litigation
Natural law
Venue
Malpractice
4. The resolution of disputes wit hthe assitance of organizations that offer disputesresolution services via the internet.
Service of process
Online dispute resolution
Tenth Amendment
Privileges and and immunities clause
5. (law) the right and power to interpret and apply the law
Legal reasoning
Statues of limitation
Tenth Amendment
Jurisdiction
6. 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.
Remedies of Law
Binding authority
Motion for judgement as a matter of law
Slander of quality
7. 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
Negligence
Opinions
Cyber torts
Slander of quality
8. A system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power
Default judgement
Courts of equity
Federal form of government
Checks and balances
9. Jury selection process of questioning prospective jurors - to ascertain their qualifications and determine any basis for challenge.
diversity of citizenship
American Arbitration Association
Jurisdiction
voir dire
10. Three remedies known as land - items of value - or money
Remedies of Law
Question of fact
Case law
Principle of rights
11. A reference to or a quotation from an authority
Long arm statue
Checks and balances
citation
Appellee
12. The act of changing location from one place to another
Causation in fact
Good samaritan statues
importance of common law
Motion
13. The obligation of organization management to make decisions and take actions that will enhance the welfare and interests of society as well as the organization
Sociological school
Third Amendment
jurisprudence
Corporate social responsibility
14. An informal term used to refer to all laws governing electronic communications and transactions - particularly those conducted via the Internet.
Service of process
Mini-trial
Summary jury trials
Cyberlaw
15. (law) a pleading made by a defendant in response to the plaintiff's replication
Courts of equity
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Writ of execution
Rejoinder
16. Law that involves the interpretation and application of the U.S. Constitution and state constitutions
Constitutional Law
Case law
Writ of execution
Equitable maxims
17. When the matter is between private parties the constitution laws do not apply. Between individuals and government organizations then constitutional laws apply.
Rules of evidence
Fifth Amendment
Trespass to personal property
When constitutional lawz apply
18. 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
Res ipsa loquitur
Categorical imperative
Trespass to land
Analogy
19. 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
Rules of evidence
Award
Equitable maxims
Full faith and credit clause
20. Claims
Checks and balances
Absolute bar
Alleges
Remedies of Law
21. The enumeration in the Constitution - of certain rights - shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
positive law
Statutory Law
Filtering software
Ninth Amendment
22. 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
Principle of rights
American Arbitration Association
Common law
23. Nonverbal communication - such as burning a flag or wearing an armband. The Supreme Court has accorded some symbolic speech protection under the first amendment.
diversity of citizenship
Symbolic speech
Case Precedents and the doctrine of stare decisis
Defenses to negligence
24. Courts that handle cases that involve less than $5000
dram shop acts
Small Claims courts
Mini-trial
ordinaces
25. A court will award money or other relief to a party injured by a breach of contract
State and Federal Court Systems
Constitutional Law
Remedies
Award
26. (law) a pleading by the defendant in reply to a plaintiff's surrejoinder
Summons
Concurrent Jurisdiction
Analogy
Rebuttal
27. An ethical principle that holds that you should never take any action that infringes on others; agreed-upon rights
Remedies
Respondent
Case Precedents and the doctrine of stare decisis
Principle of rights
28. The party who appeals a decision of a lower court
Appellant
Courts of law
First Amendment
Slander of quality
29. A school of legal thought centered on the assumption that there is no law higher then the laws created by the government. Laws must be obeyed - even if they are unjust - to prevent anarchy.
laches
importance of common law
positivist school
State level appeal eligibility
30. Part of the 14th Amendment which guarentees that no state deny basic rights to its people
Third Amendment
Brief
due proccess clause
Stare Decisis and legal Reasoning
31. Use deductive reasoning to identify relevant legal rules - applying those rules to to the facts of the case and drawing a conclusion.
Stare Decisis and legal Reasoning
Case law
due proccess clause
Disparagement of property
32. The rules governing the manner in which civil cases are brough in and progress through the federal courts
American Arbitration Association
Categorical imperative
State and Federal Court Systems
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
33. The First Amendment guarantee that citizens may freely engage in the religious activities of their choice
Negotiation
Online dispute resolution
Free exercise clause
Origins Of Common Law
34. Negate the claim of negligence(assumption of risk - superceding intervening clause)
tilitarinism
Rule of four
Civil Law
Absolute bar
35. A statement of fundamental rights and privileges (especially the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution)
Defenses to negligence
Reporters
Relevant evidence
Bill of Rights
36. (civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions
Case law
Probable cause
Torts(Wrongs)
Burden of proof
37. Everyone in the commercial chain will be liable for the defect. (manafacturer - distrubutor - retailer) *end user is not in the commercial chain.
Relevant evidence
Strict product liability
Jurisdiction
Equal protection clause
38. A claim filed in opposition to another claim in a legal action
Sixth Amendment
Counterclaim
Stages in an A Typical Lawsuit
Equitable maxims
39. The body of laws created by legislative statutes
Statutory Law
jurisprudence
Third Amendment
ordinaces
40. 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.
Opinions
Respondent Superior
Early neutral case evaluation
Contributory negligence
41. An act or omission without which an event would not have occurred.
Causation in fact
Rebuttal
Checks and balances
Appellee
42. The branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
Corporate social responsibility
Case law
Constitutional Law
jurisprudence
43. Right to a trial by jury
Federal question
Sociological school
Seventh Amendment
Justicable controversy
44. (civil law) the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim for relief is based
Filtering software
Chancellor
Respondent Superior
Complaint
45. A nonbinding process in which attorneys for both sides present synopses of their cases to a jury - which renders an advisory opinion on the basis of these presentations
Writ of execution
State and Federal Court Systems
Ethical reasoning
Summary jury trials
46. 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
Question of fact
Federal Jurisdiction
Good samaritan statues
Arbitration
47. Based on the idea that law is just one of many institutions in society and that it is shaped by social forces and needs
Legal realism
State Jurisdiction
Rejoinder
Proximate cause
48. An amendment to the Constitution of the United States that imposes restrictions on the government's prosecution of persons accused of crimes
Remedies of Law
Eighth Amendment
Fifth Amendment
Good samaritan statues
49. The publication of false information about another's product - alleging that it is not what its seller claims.
Slander of quality
Ninth Amendment
Compensatory damages
Free exercise clause
50. Right to bear arms
Legal and Equitable Remedies
Second Amendment
Litigation
Analogy