Civil Litigation
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- 1.The process of resolving private disputes through the court system.
- A.
Civil Litigation
- B.
Civil Procedure
- C.
Civil Law
- D.
Procedural Law
- 2.The process of deciding a case, which occurs if the dispute is not resolved by pleadings, pretrial motions, or settlement. Usually takes place in open court, and may be followed by a judgment, an appeal, and so on.
- A.
Civil Litigation
- B.
Civil Procedure
- C.
Trial
- D.
Criminal Law
- 3.The basic law of rights and duties as opposed to procedural law.
- A.
Criminal Law
- B.
Substantive Law
- C.
Procedural Law
- D.
Civil Law
- 4.The rules of carrying on a civil lawsuit or a criminal case as opposed to substantive law.
- A.
Substantive Law
- B.
Criminal Law
- C.
Civil Law
- D.
Procedural Law
- 5.Having to do with the law of crimes and illegal conduct.
- A.
Civil Law
- B.
Criminal Procedure
- C.
Criminal Law
- D.
Substantive Law
- 6.The procedure by which a person accused of a crime is brought to trial and given punishment.
- A.
Criminal Procedure
- B.
Civil Law
- C.
Criminal Law
- D.
Procedural Law
- 7.The law and rules that govern how noncriminal lawsuits are handled by the individuals involved and by the court.
- A.
Civil Law
- B.
Civil Procedure
- C.
Procedural Law
- D.
Substantive Law
- 8.Laws dealing with private disputes between parties.
- A.
Civil Laws
- B.
Civil Procedure
- C.
Substantive Law
- D.
Procedural Law
- 9.A person who brings a lawsuit against another person is called _________________.
- 10.The person against whom a legal action is brought. This legal action may be civil or criminal. This person is called the _____________.
- 11.The first main paper filed in civil lawsuit.
- A.
Complaint
- B.
Petition
- C.
Answer
- D.
Default
- 12.A written request to a court asking that it take a particular action is called a ________________.
- 13.The first pleading by the defendant in a lawsuit is called a _____________.
- 14.Failure to take a required step in a lawsuit.
- A.
Judgment
- B.
Discovery
- C.
Default
- D.
Motion
- 15.The formal and informal exchange of information between two sides in a lawsuit. Two types are interrogatories and depositions.
- A.
Motion
- B.
Discovery
- C.
Judgment
- D.
Writ of Execution
- 16.A request that a judge make a ruling or take some other action, granted or denied by a judge is called ____________.
- 17.A judge's order requiring that something be done outside the courtroom or authorizing it to be done.
- A.
Writ of execution
- B.
ADR
- C.
Motion
- D.
Judgment
- 18.Forms of ADR (Alternative dispute resolution).
- A.
Negotiation
- B.
Settlement
- C.
Mediation
- D.
Arbitration
- E.
All the above
- 19.The person who helps settle a dispute is called _______________.
- 20.An out-of-court process in which a neutral party, known as an ____________, hears both sides of the dispute and then makes a decision.
- 21.Books that contain the actual law is called _____________.
- 22.Persuassive authority is called ____________________.
- 23.Rules that are adopted by individual courts and applies in all court systems are called local rules of court.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 24.Books containg samples forms for legal professionals to follow in preparing pleadings and other documents. This is it called _______________.
- 25.The circuit court has ______jurisdiction in cases appealed from the lower district courts
- A.
Appellate
- B.
Original
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