Civil Litigation

Submit

2. Failure to take a required step in a lawsuit.

Judgment

Discovery

Default

Motion

Submit

4. The formal and informal exchange of information between two sides in a lawsuit. Two types are interrogatories and depositions.

Motion

Discovery

Judgment

Writ of Execution

5. 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.

Civil Litigation

Civil Procedure

Trial

Criminal Law

6. Forms of ADR (Alternative dispute resolution).

Negotiation

Settlement

Mediation

Arbitration

All the above

7. The rules of carrying on a civil lawsuit or a criminal case as opposed to substantive law.

Substantive Law

Criminal Law

Civil Law

Procedural Law

8. Laws dealing with private disputes between parties.

Civil Laws

Civil Procedure

Substantive Law

Procedural Law

9. The procedure by which a person accused of a crime is brought to trial and given punishment.

Criminal Procedure

Civil Law

Criminal Law

Procedural Law

10. Having to do with the law of crimes and illegal conduct.

Civil Law

Criminal Procedure

Criminal Law

Substantive Law

11. The first main paper filed in civil lawsuit.

Complaint

Petition

Answer

Default

Submit

14. The basic law of rights and duties as opposed to procedural law.

Criminal Law

Substantive Law

Procedural Law

Civil Law

15. The circuit court has ______jurisdiction in cases appealed from the lower district courts

Appellate

Original

Submit

18. The process of resolving private disputes through the court system.

Civil Litigation

Civil Procedure

Civil Law

Procedural Law

19. Rules that are adopted by individual courts and applies in all court systems are called local rules of court.

True

False

20. A judge's order requiring that something be done outside the courtroom or authorizing it to be done.

Writ of execution

ADR

Motion

Judgment

Submit

25. The law and rules that govern how noncriminal lawsuits are handled by the individuals involved and by the court.

Civil Law

Civil Procedure

Procedural Law

Substantive Law

26. Match the following terms:

Subject matter jurisdiction

personal jurisdiction

in rem jurisdiction

quasi in rem jurisdiction

diversity of citizenship

Submit

27. Match the following terms:

exclusive jurisdiction

concurrent jurisdiction

removal

supplemental jurisdiction

general jurisdiction

limited jurisdiction

Submit

28. Match the following:

Trial Court

Lower Court

Jurisdiction

Original jurisdiction

Court of appeals

Brief

Legal error

appellate jurisdiction

higher court

Affirm

reverse

remand

supreme court

Certiorari

Submit

Civil Litigation

1. The person against whom a legal action is brought. This legal action may be civil or criminal. This person is called the _____________.

2.

What first name or nickname would you like us to use?

2. Failure to take a required step in a lawsuit.

3. A person who brings a lawsuit against another person is called _________________.

4. The formal and informal exchange of information between two sides in a lawsuit. Two types are interrogatories and depositions.

5. 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.

6. Forms of ADR (Alternative dispute resolution).

7. The rules of carrying on a civil lawsuit or a criminal case as opposed to substantive law.

8. Laws dealing with private disputes between parties.

9. The procedure by which a person accused of a crime is brought to trial and given punishment.

10. Having to do with the law of crimes and illegal conduct.

11. The first main paper filed in civil lawsuit.

12. A request that a judge make a ruling or take some other action, granted or denied by a judge is called ____________.

13. The person who helps settle a dispute is called _______________.

14. The basic law of rights and duties as opposed to procedural law.

15. The circuit court has ______jurisdiction in cases appealed from the lower district courts

16. The first pleading by the defendant in a lawsuit is called a _____________.

17. An out-of-court process in which a neutral party, known as an ____________, hears both sides of the dispute and then makes a decision.

18. The process of resolving private disputes through the court system.

19. Rules that are adopted by individual courts and applies in all court systems are called local rules of court.

20. A judge's order requiring that something be done outside the courtroom or authorizing it to be done.

21. Persuassive authority is called ____________________.

22. Books containg samples forms for legal professionals to follow in preparing pleadings and other documents. This is it called _______________.

23. A written request to a court asking that it take a particular action is called a ________________.

24. Books that contain the actual law is called _____________.

25. The law and rules that govern how noncriminal lawsuits are handled by the individuals involved and by the court.

26. Match the following terms:

27. Match the following terms:

28. Match the following: