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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Propositions or general statements of equitable rules
Equitable maxims
Civil Law
tilitarinism
Checks and balances
2. An informal term used to refer to all laws governing electronic communications and transactions - particularly those conducted via the Internet.
Brief
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Cyberlaw
Service of process
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)
Search warrant
State level appeal eligibility
Bill of Rights
Defense
4. Someone who petitions a court for redress of a grievance or recovery of a right
Online dispute resolution
Good samaritan statues
Assumption of risk
Petitioner
5. Relieve you of some liability when reasonable care is used
Mini-trial
Statutory Law
Good samaritan statues
State level appeal eligibility
6. The body of laws created by legislative statutes
Statutory Law
Contributory negligence
Rule of four
Reporters
7. Statements made by the plaintiff and the defendant in a lawsuit that detail the facts - charges - and defenses involved in the litigation. The complaint and answer are part of the pleadings.
Fifth Amendment
Concurrent Jurisdiction
Pleadings
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
8. 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.
State Jurisdiction
Tenth Amendment
Statutory Law
Third Amendment
9. Jurisdiction based on claims against property
In rem jurisdiction
Contributory negligence
Question of fact
Bill of Rights
10. The body of conventional - or written - law of a particular society at a particular point in time.
Common law
Probable cause
Compensatory damages
positive law
11. The publication of a statement that denies or casts doubt on another's legal ownership of any property - causing financial loss to that property's owner.
Slander of title
establishment clause
Cross-examination
Malpractice
12. A common law writ issued by a superior court to one of inferior jurisdiction demanding the record of a particular case
Bankruptcy courts
Hearsay
Writ of certiorari
Independent regulatory agencies
13. 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
Case law
Search warrant
Bill of Rights
Writ of execution
14. In order to bring a lawsuit before a court a party must have a sufficient 'stake' in a matter to justify seeking relief through the court system
Natural law
Standing to sue
Complaint
Free exercise clause
15. Three remedies known as land - items of value - or money
Statutory Law
Opening statements
Remedies of Law
Cyber torts
16. A condensed written summary or abstract
Brief
Case Precedents and the doctrine of stare decisis
Analogy
Probate courts
17. Discussion with a view to reaching agreement; talking about a conflict where both parties give and take to reach a resolution - without attorneys.
Negotiation
Bill of Rights
Public Policy
law
18. Law concerned with private wrongs against individuals
Writ of execution
Negotiation
Pretrial motions
Civil Law
19. Logical formula consisting of a major premise - a minor premise and a conclusion; deceptive or specious argument
Motion for a directed verdict
Online dispute resolution
Categorical imperative
Syllogism
20. (civil law) the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim for relief is based
Complaint
Slander of title
Slander of quality
Categorical imperative
21. 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
Default judgement
Administrative law
Hearsay
Summary jury trials
22. An order to appear in person at a given place and time
Ethical reasoning
Cross-examination
Complaint
Summons
23. Formal chancery courts - grant unique remedies. These remedies include specific performance - injunction and rescission.
Privileges and and immunities clause
Equal protection clause
Cyber torts
Courts of equity
24. Economic model that compares the marginal costs and marginal benefits of a decision
Arbitrability
Early neutral case evaluation
Mini-trial
Cost-benefit analysis
25. Judges must abide by precedents in thier jurisdictions.
Summary jury trials
Full faith and credit clause
Case Precedents and the doctrine of stare decisis
dram shop acts
26. A rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society
Malpractice
Natural law
Service of process
Petitioner
27. Precedents are determined under stare decisis. Courts of law and courts or equity have been combined.
Assumption of risk
Question of fact
Business invitees
importance of common law
28. Highest official of a monarch. Granted new an unique remedies.
Constitutional Law
Chancellor
Negligence
abnormally dangerous
29. 1. Federal statute 2. Constitution(U.S.) 3. Diversity of Citizenship($75 -000 or more)
Federal Jurisdiction
Commerce clause
Malpractice
Disparagement of property
30. The First Amendment guarantee that citizens may freely engage in the religious activities of their choice
Torts(Wrongs)
Proximate cause
Free exercise clause
Defenses to negligence
31. The rules governing the manner in which civil cases are brough in and progress through the federal courts
Commerce clause
Compensatory damages
Precedent
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
32. A reasoning process in which an individual links his or her moral convictions or ethical standards to the particular situation at hand.
Comparative negligence
Historical school
Ethical reasoning
Search warrant
33. Right to a trial by jury
establishment clause
Seventh Amendment
law
Categorical imperative
34. Is strict liability hold a claim if the product or service in question is...
Probable cause
Long arm statue
abnormally dangerous
Arbitration clause
35. The government may not house soldiers in private homes without consent of the owner
Categorical imperative
Third Amendment
due proccess clause
Compensatory damages
36. 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.
Proximate cause
Motion for judgement on the pleadings
Second Amendment
Arbitration
37. 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
Probate courts
uniform laws
Precedent
38. Party who defends an appeal
Legal reasoning
Appellee
voir dire
in personam jurisdiction
39. 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
Question of fact
Syllogism
Legal realism
Legal reasoning
40. Excessive bail shall not be required - nor excessive fines imposed - nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
Motion for a directed verdict
Eighth Amendment
Litigation
Arbitration
41. Authority shared by both federal and state courts
Concurrent Jurisdiction
Constitutional Law
Motion for judgement as a matter of law
Remedies
42. 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
Commerce clause
Counterclaim
Online dispute resolution
Negligence
43. (law) the initial questioning of a witness by the party that called the witness
Direct examination
positive law
In rem jurisdiction
Hearsay
44. 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.
Long arm statue
Commerce clause
Early neutral case evaluation
Bill of Rights
45. An amendment to the Constitution of the United States that imposes restrictions on the government's prosecution of persons accused of crimes
Service of process
importance of common law
Fifth Amendment
Bankruptcy courts
46. The act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone
Service of process
Alleges
Damages
Stages in an A Typical Lawsuit
47. An example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time
Closing argument
State Jurisdiction
Precedent
Analogy
48. Occurs when one party to a contract is not given full or accurate information by the other party about the contract subject matter - Intentional misrepresentation of material fact - reasonably relied on by plaintiff resulting in damages
Public Policy
Question of law
fradulent Misrepresentation
Rejoinder
49. 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.
Independent regulatory agencies
Stages in an A Typical Lawsuit
Disparagement of property
Strict product liability
50. Jurisdiction that exists when a case can be heard only in a particular court or type of court.
When constitutional lawz apply
Statues of limitation
First Amendment
Exclusive Jurisdiction