This agency maintains a website where consumers can find out about product recalls.
CPSC (Consumer Product Safety Commission)
What person in a courtroom is in charge of logging exhibits and maintaining the calendar/docket?
Clerk
What intentional tort would this be? Coming up behind someone, pushing hard into a wall, and breaking their nose.
Battery
The standard of proof in a CRIMINAL CASE for guilt is:
Proof BEYOND a REASONABLE DOUBT
This criminal court event determines if there is sufficient cause to hold the defendant for a criminal trial.
Preliminary hearing
Negotiator, Mediator or Arbitrator? Which makes decision that BIND an party in a dispute?
Arbitrator
If two friends plan to murder someone but are caught in the planning period, they can be charged with this.
Conspiracy
The general reason listed for dissolution of marriage in a no-fault divorce.
Irreconcilable differences
Contract Law: Withdrawing an offer BEFORE it is accepted.
Revocation
An offense against an INDIVIDUAL is referred to legally as:
A TORT
Automobile insurance coverage that covers for damage to your own vehicle rather than damage you do to others in an accident that is your fault would be:
COLLISION
Which agency at the federal level has the main responsibility for preventing false and misleading advertising?
Federal Trade Commission
This term describes a legal doctrine where one who "promised" a gift might be forced to have to give it.
Promissory estoppel
Sitting down in a restaurant to order a meal and eating that meal before payment creates this type of contract:
Implied
According to the parol evidence rule, once a contract is in writing, this cannot change it.
Oral/spoken statements
This additional thing is needed if you have home insurance and want to insure specific valuables.
Rider (or Endorsements)
A legal cancellation of a marriage, as if it never happened.
Annulment
Having the ability, according to law, to understand the contract and the consequences is which of the six elements of a contract?
Capacity
The thing of value exchanged between the parties to a contract is called this, one of the six elements of a contract.
Consideration
Both a THIEF or an innocent buyer of stolen items would be considered this, under the law.
Converter (conversion doesn't require intent)
If a case is appealed, what is said to happen (legal term) if the appellate court says the decision of the prior court was the correct legal decision?
Affirmed (the decision is upheld)
What courts examine transcripts and attorneys present briefs, but no new evidence is accepted and no witnesses testify?
Appellate court
If someone cuts a deal with a judge and then, at court, refused to answer any questions and refused to testify, what will he be charged with?
Contempt of Court
If someone quits before their contract is up, the employer may sue for this.
Breach of Contract
Which court--small claims, municipal, or circuit court? I parked in a no parking zone in town.
Municipal
An alternative to a living will is a ________ power of attorney.
DURABLE (or health care)
This fancy term is when you poll potential jurors to determine their ability serve on the jury.
Voir Dire
Damages such as medical bills, lost wages, and pain and suffering would be considered THIS TYPE of damages.
Compensatory/Actual
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