Legal Ethics
This is the term for a lawyer’s obligation to keep client information private.
What is confidentiality?
This tort occurs when someone intentionally causes harmful or offensive physical contact with another person.
What is battery?
Along with offer and acceptance, this is the third essential element required to form a valid contract.
What is consideration?
The requirement in Florida to establish for the Judge that the parties should not remain married.
What is irretrievably broken?
This type of crime involves the unlawful taking of someone else’s property with the intent to permanently deprive them of it.
What is theft (or larceny)?
Lawyers must avoid this situation, which occurs when personal interests interfere with their duty to the client.
What is a conflict of interest?
To prove negligence, a plaintiff must show duty, breach, causation, and this final element.
What is damages?
A contract signed under threat or coercion may be void due to this legal defense.
What is duress?
This is the most common way to obtain a divorce in the U.S. where no blame is placed on either spouse.
What is no-fault divorce?
This amendment guarantees that no one can be forced to testify against themselves in a criminal case.
What is the Fifth Amendment?
This document, published by the American Bar Association, sets the standard for lawyer behavior.
What is the Model Rules of Professional Conduct?
A person who voluntarily participates in a risky activity may not recover for injuries because of this legal defense.
What is assumption of risk?
Land and anything permanently attached to it is known as this type of property.
What is real property?
In custody cases, courts base their decision on this guiding standard.
What is the best interests of the child?
Under the Fourth Amendment, law enforcement generally needs this to search a person’s property.
What is a search warrant?
While zealously representing a client, a lawyer must still show this quality to the court and opposing parties.
What is professionalism?
This type of liability applies even if the defendant exercised reasonable care, often used in cases involving dangerous animals or defective products.
What is strict liability?
This remedy requires a party to fulfill their obligations under the contract, rather than just pay money damages.
What is specific performance?
This term refers to financial support paid by one ex-spouse to another after divorce.
What is alimony (or spousal support)?
This principle requires that a suspect be brought before a judge within a specific time after an arrest.
What is the right to a speedy trial?
Lawyers are encouraged to provide this kind of service for free or at reduced cost to those unable to pay.
What is pro bono legal service?
Entering someone’s land without permission, even without causing damage, can still lead to this intentional tort.
What is trespass to land?
When two or more people own property with equal rights of possession and a right of survivorship, it’s called this.
What is joint tenancy?
This legal process permanently transfers parental rights and responsibilities away from the biological parents.
What is adoption?
This amendment protects individuals from cruel and unusual punishment in criminal cases.
What is the Eighth Amendment?