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| accrues | clock begins to run
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| motion to dismiss | request that the court dismiss litigation
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| affirm | to ratify, establish, or reassert.
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| ordinance | place
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| alternative dispute resolution | a quick and cost effective altnerative to trial whereby a neutral party to resolve a dispute.
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| original jurisdiction | acts as a trial court and is the court in which an action is intiated.
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| peremptory challenge | request to eliminate a prospective juror with no reason given: limited in number
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| arbitration | process by which a neutral party renders a decision affecting disputing parties
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| preliminary injunction |
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| personal jurisdiction | authority of a court to exervise jurisdiction over the person of a defendant (in personam juris).
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| best rule of evidence | evidentiary rule that the original is usually required to prove the content of a writing.
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| predonerance of the evidence | wiholding evidence from the other party
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| challenge of cause | request to eliminate a prospective juror for a vaild reason, such as bias.
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| citation of a case | know how to cite a case
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| remand | to send back to a lower court
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| request for production | request for documents and evidence
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| civil case | actions brought by a private party to redress injury to the party
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| reverse | to overthrow, invalidate or repeal or revoke
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| common law | develop and derives form the judical as distinguished from statutes or constitutions
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| ripeness | if the case is stil fresh
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| concurrent jurisdiction | shared power of two or more courts to hear a case
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| standing | the requirement that one have a personal stake in the outcome of a case
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| criminal case | a penal law in which it endangers the the safety of society.
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| statute | law passed by a legislative body
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| damages | damages imposed on a party to punish hthem for willful or reckless conduct .
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| statute of limitations |
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| deposition | power or liberty to control, direct or dipose. Your agrument to why.
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| subpoena | a summons to show up for court
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| discretionary jurisdiction | power to decide whether to hear a particular case brought before it.
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| subpeona duces tecum | court order directing a person to produce certain documents
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| diversity jurisdiction | a basis upon which federal courts take cases, due to the different or diverse citizenship of the parties in the case.
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| summons | document issued by court ordering a party to appear before the court
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| general jurisdiction | may hear any type of civil or criminal case
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| temporay restraining order | temporary ordr issued by the court to prevent a person form taking a certain action
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| verdict | the decision of the court
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| in rem jurisdiction | power exercised by a court over a "thing" located in the court's jurisdiction
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| interrogatories | written questions propounded by one party to another.
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| vior dire | process of questioning prospective jurors
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| laches with prejudice | bars a plantiff from unreasonaly delaying the filing of a lawsuit if her delay leaves he defendant less able to defend himelf.
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| long arm statute without prejudice | statute that allows a state to exercise jurisdiction over nonresidents
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| mediation | process by which a neutral party attempts to help parties resolve their differences.
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| motion in limine | request that a court exclude evidence or issue at trial.
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| Name tasks performed by paralegals in the stages of ligigation? |
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| What is a statute of limitations? WHat are the reasons for these statutes? what are "laches"? |
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| Discuss two rules of evidence |
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| Name and discuss three of the five tool s of discovery> |
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