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Question What name is given to the first ten amendments to the US Constitution?
Answer Bill of Rights
Question Where did common law originate and develop?
Answer England
Question What are rules of conduct established by the government to maintain stability and justice.
Answer Laws
Question Laws established by a court and thereafter referred to in similar cases is called what?
Answer Precedent
Question What are the three branches of government and tell me who is under each branch.
Answer Judicial - Courts Executive - President Legisilative – Congress (house of reps and senators)
Question Which term is considered to be an attempt to commit battery?
Answer Assault
Question Which term means a major crime punishable by imprisonment or death?
Answer Felony
Question Which term means unlawful taking away and carrying away personal property of another accompanied by violence ?
Answer Robbery
Question A person having a loud party is committing which tort?
Answer Nuisance
Question What is it called when a store security guard is holding a customer without just cause?
Answer False Imprisonment
Question Which court hears child custody cases?
Answer Family
Question How many district courts are there currently?
Answer
Question What is the power to hear the case in full for the first time ?
Answer Original
Question How many justices decide which case to hear in the US Supreme Court ?
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Question Why would a defendant accept a plea bargain?
Answer Avoid conviction of a more serious offense
Question What are the 6 elements of a contract? (You better know this!)
Answer offer 2 acceptance 3 capacity 4 consideration 5 genuine agreement 6 legality
Question What occurs when an offeree requests to change the terms of the offer?
Answer Counter Offer
Question What is a threat against a business that causes a person to enter into a contract without real consent?
Answer Economic Duress
Question A contract to charge a set price with competitors violates which element?
Answer Legality
Question Nick and Jelisa are purchasing their first home. What law requires that their contract be in writing?
Answer Statue of Frauds
Question If a contract is legally good, what will it be declared?
Answer Valid
Question If Sydney and Scott agreed at practice to a contract for buying a cd. Scott did not have the contract in the form of writing for Sydney to sign. What type of contract is this?
Answer Oral
Question Maria loses her class ring in gym class. She offers a reward of $60 to anyone who returns the ring. What type of contract is this?
Answer Unilateral
Question Harrison transfers his duty of washing Lee’s car to Alex. However, Harrison is still responsible for the job. How was the contract transferred?
Answer Delegation
Question Your photographer for your wedding dies suddenly the night before your ceremony. How will the contract be discharged?
Answer Impossibility of Performance