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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 act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone
Compensatory damages
Sixth Amendment
Service of process
Tenth Amendment
2. The resolution of disputes wit hthe assitance of organizations that offer disputesresolution services via the internet.
citation
State Jurisdiction
Online dispute resolution
Cyber torts
3. Requirement that a case can only be heard by the Supreme Court if four justices vote to hear the case
Rule of four
Pretrial motions
Fourth Amendment
Opening statements
4. Excessive bail shall not be required - nor excessive fines imposed - nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
Strict liability
Eighth Amendment
Fifth Amendment
Free exercise clause
5. In litigation - the amount of monetary compensation awarded to a plaintiff in a civil lawsuit as damages. In the context of alternative dispute resolution - the decision rendered by an arbitrator.
Arbitration
Cost-benefit analysis
Award
Corporate social responsibility
6. On the premises fr the potential financial benefit of the occupier
Independent regulatory agencies
Administrative agency
Remedies of Law
Business invitees
7. Is strict liability hold a claim if the product or service in question is...
jurisprudence
laches
abnormally dangerous
Exclusive Jurisdiction
8. 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
Appellant
Motion for judgement on the pleadings
Cross-examination
Binding authority
9. A question asked to determine what is true or to what extent something is true
Question of fact
Disparagement of property
Courts of equity
Natural law
10. 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
Bill of Rights
Opinions
Analogy
Categorical imperative
11. The government may not house soldiers in private homes without consent of the owner
Third Amendment
Defense
Historical school
Small Claims courts
12. A reasoning process in which an individual links his or her moral convictions or ethical standards to the particular situation at hand.
uniform laws
Ethical reasoning
Absolute bar
Small Claims courts
13. The First Amendment guarantee that citizens may freely engage in the religious activities of their choice
Sixth Amendment
Symbolic speech
Cyberlaw
Free exercise clause
14. 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.
Civil Law
Analogy
Comparative negligence
Police powers
15. 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
Standing to sue
Rejoinder
Criminal law
Writ of execution
16. An ethical principle that holds that you should never take any action that infringes on others; agreed-upon rights
Federal Jurisdiction
Probable cause
Principle of rights
Direct examination
17. Ethical or unethical behaviors by employees in the context of their jobs
Opinions
Equal protection clause
Writ of certiorari
Business Ethics
18. 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
Probate courts
Good samaritan statues
law
Chancellor
19. Jurisdiction based upon claims against a person - in contrast to jurisdiction over the person's property
Constitutional Law
in personam jurisdiction
establishment clause
Free exercise clause
20. A clause in a contract providing for arbitration of disputes arising under the contract
Case law
State level appeal eligibility
Defenses to negligence
Arbitration clause
21. 1. Resident 2. (while within boundaries of state) 3. Long arm statue.
State Jurisdiction
Writ of certiorari
Natural law
Jurisdiction
22. Jurisdiction that exists when a case can be heard only in a particular court or type of court.
Cyberlaw
In rem jurisdiction
Exclusive Jurisdiction
Constitutional Law
23. 14th amendment clause that prohibits states from denying equal protection under the law - and has been used to combat discrimination
Good samaritan statues
Defense
Origins Of Common Law
Equal protection clause
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.
Binding authority
Summons
Alternative dispute resolution
ordinaces
25. Drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect
Courts of law
Reporters
Stages in an A Typical Lawsuit
Analogy
26. 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.
Appellee
due proccess clause
Concurrent Jurisdiction
positivist school
27. 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.
Early neutral case evaluation
Business invitees
Counterclaim
Slander of quality
28. 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
Fourth Amendment
Respondent Superior
Corporate social responsibility
Seventh Amendment
29. 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
Award
Statutory Law
Cross-examination
Federal form of government
30. A motion made by a party - during trial - claiming the opposing party has insufficient evidence to reasonably support its case
abnormally dangerous
Alternative dispute resolution
Motion for judgement as a matter of law
tilitarinism
31. The principle pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint
Answer
Trespass to land
Default judgement
Second Amendment
32. 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
Motion
Legal and Equitable Remedies
Summary jury trials
American Arbitration Association
33. Formal chancery courts - grant unique remedies. These remedies include specific performance - injunction and rescission.
Administrative law
Courts of equity
Police powers
Binding authority
34. An informal term used to refer to all laws governing electronic communications and transactions - particularly those conducted via the Internet.
Second Amendment
Principle of rights
Cyberlaw
State Jurisdiction
35. The body of rules and regulations and orders and decisions created by administrative agencies of government
Assumption of risk
Fifth Amendment
Administrative law
Stages in an A Typical Lawsuit
36. (law) the right and power to interpret and apply the law
Natural law
Mini-trial
Jurisdiction
Negligence
37. (law) compensation for losses that can readily be proven to have occurred and for which the injured party has the right to be compensated
Rules of evidence
Commerce clause
Categorical imperative
Compensatory damages
38. Party who defends an appeal
Appellee
Statues of limitation
Federal Jurisdiction
tilitarinism
39. An argument made after the plaintiff and defendant have rested their cases. Closing arguments are made prior to the jury charges.
Ethical reasoning
tilitarinism
Business Ethics
Closing argument
40. Economic model that compares the marginal costs and marginal benefits of a decision
Arbitrability
positive law
Summons
Cost-benefit analysis
41. An act or omission without which an event would not have occurred.
Causation in fact
Comparative negligence
Absolute bar
Torts(Wrongs)
42. 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
In rem jurisdiction
Historical school
Writ of certiorari
43. A basis for federal court jurisdiction over a lawsuit between (1) citizens of different states (2) a foreign country and citizens of a state of of different states - or (3) citizens of a state and citizens or subjects of a foreign country. The amount
diversity of citizenship
Motion for judgement as a matter of law
Small Claims courts
Courts of law
44. 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
Complaint
Case law
Pretrial motions
45. Statutes adopted in many states that impose strict liability upon tavern owners for injuries to third parties caused by their intoxicated patrons
Arbitration clause
dram shop acts
Damages
In rem jurisdiction
46. 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
Courts of law
Fourth Amendment
In rem jurisdiction
Causation in fact
47. Propositions or general statements of equitable rules
Jurisdiction
Equitable maxims
Case Precedents and the doctrine of stare decisis
Police powers
48. A wrongful act that the actor had no right to do
Writ of execution
Malpractice
Second Amendment
Absolute bar
49. 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
Brief
Arbitrability
Slander of quality
50. To be on the land of another without right or permission of the owner
Statues of limitation
Second Amendment
Trespass to land
Common law