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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. A rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society
Natural law
Equal protection clause
State and Federal Court Systems
Mini-trial
2. The party who appeals a decision of a lower court
Sixth Amendment
When constitutional lawz apply
Appellant
Malpractice
3. In a jury trial - a motion for the judge to take the decision out of the hands of the jury and to direct a verdict for the party who filed the motion on the ground that the other party has not produced sufficient evidence to support her or his claim.
positivist school
Hearsay
Motion for a directed verdict
State and Federal Court Systems
4. Jurisdiction that exists when a case can be heard only in a particular court or type of court.
Affirmative defense
Case law
Trade libel
Exclusive Jurisdiction
5. Nonverbal communication - such as burning a flag or wearing an armband. The Supreme Court has accorded some symbolic speech protection under the first amendment.
Symbolic speech
Statutory Law
Trespass to personal property
Arbitrability
6. Economic model that compares the marginal costs and marginal benefits of a decision
Legal realism
Legal reasoning
Cost-benefit analysis
Cases on point
7. When the matter is between private parties the constitution laws do not apply. Between individuals and government organizations then constitutional laws apply.
Motion
Answer
When constitutional lawz apply
Arbitration
8. The branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
Statutory Law
Jurisdiction
jurisprudence
establishment clause
9. A controversey that is not hypotheical or academic but real and substansial; a requirement the must be satisfied before a court will hear a case
Respondent Superior
Question of law
Rebuttal
Justicable controversy
10. A question asked to determine what is true or to what extent something is true
Binding authority
Trespass to land
Question of fact
Cyberlaw
11. 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
Affirmative defense
Legal reasoning
Hearsay
Early neutral case evaluation
12. 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
Search warrant
Fifth Amendment
Equal protection clause
diversity of citizenship
13. Is strict liability hold a claim if the product or service in question is...
Respondent Superior
abnormally dangerous
Counterclaim
Rejoinder
14. Rules governing the admissibility of evidence in trial courts.
Jurisdiction
Third Amendment
Federal form of government
Rules of evidence
15. The act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone
Federal form of government
Service of process
When constitutional lawz apply
Police powers
16. Law concerned with public wrongs against society
positivist school
Equitable maxims
Absolute bar
Criminal law
17. An ethical principle that holds that you should never take any action that infringes on others; agreed-upon rights
Summary jury trials
Respondent Superior
Symbolic speech
Principle of rights
18. 1. Resident 2. (while within boundaries of state) 3. Long arm statue.
Counterclaim
Pretrial motions
State Jurisdiction
Litigation
19. A judgment entered in favor of the plaintiff when the defendant defaults (fails to appear in court)
Default judgement
Question of fact
Statues of limitation
Fifth Amendment
20. The party against whom legal action is taken; the party against whom a writ of certiorari is sought.
Respondent
Counterclaim
Default judgement
Defenses to negligence
21. 1066 in Britain - King William implemented this uniform legal system. He sent judges out to make rulings on cases - thus creating precedents. 1225 - the signing of the Magna Carta established the rule of law in England
Origins Of Common Law
Rejoinder
Cyberlaw
Reporters
22. An informal term used to refer to all laws governing electronic communications and transactions - particularly those conducted via the Internet.
Compensatory damages
establishment clause
Disparagement of property
Cyberlaw
23. (law) behavior by the plaintiff that contributes to the harm resulting from the defendant's negligence
Legal and Equitable Remedies
Fourth Amendment
Contributory negligence
Jurisdiction
24. A brief outline of what the defendant and the plaintiff will try to prove.
Criminal law
Cyberlaw
Opening statements
dram shop acts
25. On the premises fr the potential financial benefit of the occupier
Trade libel
Affirmative defense
Appellee
Business invitees
26. Law concerned with private wrongs against individuals
Motion for judgement on the pleadings
Burden of proof
Answer
Civil Law
27. Wrongs
Categorical imperative
Motion
Torts(Wrongs)
Service of process
28. 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
Motion
abnormally dangerous
Categorical imperative
Tenth Amendment
29. 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.
Res ipsa loquitur
Filtering software
Cyberlaw
Privileges and and immunities clause
30. Any testimony given in court about a statement made by someone else who was not under oath at the time of the statement
Motion for a directed verdict
Hearsay
Long arm statue
Legal and Equitable Remedies
31. The body of rules and regulations and orders and decisions created by administrative agencies of government
Search warrant
Administrative law
Negotiation
Business invitees
32. Assumption of risk - Superseding cause - and contributory and comparative negligence.
Business Ethics
Punitive damages
Answer
Defenses to negligence
33. A legal proceeding in a court
Appellee
Syllogism
Litigation
Remedies of Law
34. A system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power
Pleadings
Bill of Rights
Respondent
Checks and balances
35. Jurisdiction based on claims against property
Constitutional Law
dram shop acts
abnormally dangerous
In rem jurisdiction
36. Use deductive reasoning to identify relevant legal rules - applying those rules to to the facts of the case and drawing a conclusion.
Probable cause
Commerce clause
Stare Decisis and legal Reasoning
Motion for judgement as a matter of law
37. 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.
Filtering software
abnormally dangerous
Pleadings
Probate courts
38. The rules governing the manner in which civil cases are brough in and progress through the federal courts
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Respondent
Full faith and credit clause
due proccess clause
39. (civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions
Case law
Appellee
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Brief
40. (law) compensation in excess of actual damages (a form of punishment awarded in cases of malicious or willful misconduct)
Probate courts
Slander of title
State and Federal Court Systems
Punitive damages
41. (law) the initial questioning of a witness by the party that called the witness
Bill of Rights
Causation in fact
Question of fact
Direct examination
42. The First Amendment guarantee that citizens may freely engage in the religious activities of their choice
Early neutral case evaluation
Arbitration clause
Free exercise clause
Strict product liability
43. A condensed written summary or abstract
Brief
Malpractice
Sociological school
Federal form of government
44. A reasoning process in which an individual links his or her moral convictions or ethical standards to the particular situation at hand.
importance of common law
Ethical reasoning
Burden of proof
Cost-benefit analysis
45. Part of the 14th Amendment which guarentees that no state deny basic rights to its people
Tenth Amendment
Appellee
due proccess clause
Precedent
46. 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
Summary jury trials
law
Eighth Amendment
Cross-examination
47. The government may not house soldiers in private homes without consent of the owner
positive law
Trespass to land
Civil Law
Third Amendment
48. 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)
State level appeal eligibility
Res ipsa loquitur
Probate courts
Motion for a directed verdict
49. An order to appear in person at a given place and time
Writ of certiorari
Case Precedents and the doctrine of stare decisis
Summons
laches
50. 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
Counterclaim
Compensatory damages
Causation in fact