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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. Torts committed via the internet
Motion for a directed verdict
Cyber torts
Question of law
jurisprudence
2. 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.
Third Amendment
Origins Of Common Law
Res ipsa loquitur
Award
3. 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.
Compensatory damages
Strict liability
Pleadings
Defense
4. An amendment to the Constitution of the United States that imposes restrictions on the government's prosecution of persons accused of crimes
Symbolic speech
Fifth Amendment
Ethical reasoning
Business invitees
5. 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
Case law
Origins Of Common Law
Filtering software
Legal realism
6. 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
Summons
In rem jurisdiction
Rules of evidence
importance of common law
7. Supreme Court followed by the U.S. Court of Appeals and The highest state courts. Then followed by federal administrative agencies. U.S. District Courts - Specialized U.S. Courts(bankruptcy courts - court of Federal claims - court of international tr
Long arm statue
positivist school
Relevant evidence
State and Federal Court Systems
8. 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.
Federal question
Respondent Superior
Early neutral case evaluation
ordinaces
9. A sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
Damages
American Arbitration Association
Arbitrability
Rejoinder
10. 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
Online dispute resolution
Public Policy
Negligence
Remedies of Law
11. Highest official of a monarch. Granted new an unique remedies.
Areas of Law that may affect business decision making
Complaint
Police powers
Chancellor
12. An informal term used to refer to all laws governing electronic communications and transactions - particularly those conducted via the Internet.
Fourth Amendment
Cyberlaw
Answer
Trade libel
13. A wrongful act that the actor had no right to do
Malpractice
Motion for a directed verdict
ordinaces
Strict liability
14. Jurisdiction based upon claims against a person - in contrast to jurisdiction over the person's property
in personam jurisdiction
Full faith and credit clause
Areas of Law that may affect business decision making
Complaint
15. A body of rulings made by judges that become part of a nation's legal system
Writ of certiorari
In rem jurisdiction
Common law
Motion for a new trial
16. The body of conventional - or written - law of a particular society at a particular point in time.
Statutory Law
positive law
Respondent Superior
Direct examination
17. A question asked to determine what is true or to what extent something is true
Question of fact
ordinaces
laches
Cyber torts
18. Excessive bail shall not be required - nor excessive fines imposed - nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
Torts(Wrongs)
Writ of certiorari
Hearsay
Eighth Amendment
19. Enforcable rules governing relationships among individuals and between individuals and thier society.
law
dram shop acts
laches
Online dispute resolution
20. Violation of a law - duty - or other form of obligation - either by engaging in an action or failing to act
Probate courts
breaches
Petitioner
Justicable controversy
21. The location where something takes place - esp. a trial
Strict product liability
Closing argument
Trespass to personal property
Venue
22. (law) compensation for losses that can readily be proven to have occurred and for which the injured party has the right to be compensated
Seventh Amendment
Small Claims courts
Filtering software
Compensatory damages
23. An amendment to the Constitution of the United States guaranteeing the right of free expression
Litigation
Assumption of risk
First Amendment
Eighth Amendment
24. An order to appear in person at a given place and time
Probable cause
Motion
Summons
Trespass to personal property
25. The principle pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint
State and Federal Court Systems
Concurrent Jurisdiction
When constitutional lawz apply
Answer
26. The party who appeals a decision of a lower court
establishment clause
Origins Of Common Law
Appellant
Service of process
27. Formal chancery courts - grant unique remedies. These remedies include specific performance - injunction and rescission.
citation
Courts of equity
Bankruptcy courts
Precedent
28. Drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect
Malpractice
Slander of quality
In rem jurisdiction
Analogy
29. (law) negligence allocated between the plaintiff and the defendant with a corresponding reduction in damages paid to the plaintiff
Rejoinder
Default judgement
Comparative negligence
Long arm statue
30. The branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
Remedies of Law
voir dire
laches
jurisprudence
31. Protects you from unreasonable search and seizure of your home and property
Long arm statue
Fourth Amendment
Mini-trial
Justicable controversy
32. A rule of evidence whereby the negligence of an alleged wrongdoer can be inferred from the fact that the accident happened
Corporate social responsibility
Police powers
Res ipsa loquitur
Binding authority
33. Doctrine under which a person cannot recover for injuries received from a dangerous activity to which she voluntarily exposed herself
Assumption of risk
due proccess clause
Causation in fact
Federal form of government
34. (civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions
Relevant evidence
Case law
jurisprudence
Probate courts
35. The enumeration in the Constitution - of certain rights - shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
Pretrial motions
Ninth Amendment
Full faith and credit clause
Sociological school
36. Contains the courts reasons for its decision - the rules of law that apply - and the judgement
Opinions
Historical school
Punitive damages
Sociological school
37. Part of the 14th Amendment which guarentees that no state deny basic rights to its people
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
uniform laws
Disparagement of property
due proccess clause
38. An ethical principle that holds that you should never take any action that infringes on others; agreed-upon rights
Principle of rights
Cyberlaw
Award
Exclusive Jurisdiction
39. On the premises fr the potential financial benefit of the occupier
Full faith and credit clause
Commerce clause
Business invitees
Arbitrability
40. 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
Origins Of Common Law
Concurrent Jurisdiction
Defenses to negligence
Federal form of government
41. Law that involves the interpretation and application of the U.S. Constitution and state constitutions
Constitutional Law
Appellee
Precedent
ordinaces
42. A system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power
Legal realism
Checks and balances
Rules of evidence
Slander of quality
43. A doctrine by which equitable relief is denied to one who has waited TOO long to seek relief
laches
Case Precedents and the doctrine of stare decisis
Early neutral case evaluation
Arbitrability
44. The clause in the Constitution (Article I - Section 8 - Clause 1) that gives Congress the power to regulate all business activities that cross state lines or affect more than one state or other nations.
Commerce clause
Writ of certiorari
Opinions
Criminal law
45. Emphasizes the evolutionary process of law by concentrating on the origin and history of the legal system
Historical school
Respondent
Equitable maxims
Relevant evidence
46. Jurisdiction that exists when a case can be heard only in a particular court or type of court.
Motion for a new trial
Exclusive Jurisdiction
Alleges
Early neutral case evaluation
47. Federal regulatory agencies that are independent - thus not fully under the power of the president. Ex. Federal Trade Commission - Securities and Exchange Commission.
Privileges and and immunities clause
Opinions
Independent regulatory agencies
Cost-benefit analysis
48. Law concerned with public wrongs against society
establishment clause
Bankruptcy courts
Equitable maxims
Criminal law
49. The idea that the goal of society should be the greatest happiness for the greatest number of its citizens
tilitarinism
Opening statements
Courts of equity
voir dire
50. The party against whom legal action is taken; the party against whom a writ of certiorari is sought.
Service of process
First Amendment
Third Amendment
Respondent