Type of Courts
Robbing a liquor store
State and criminal
This recognizes the ownership of an invention
Patent
Court order requiring a defendant to stop doing something
Injunction
Pet racoon bites someone
Strict
Courtroom with a panel of 3 judges, no jury or witnesses
Appellate Court or Court of Appeals
Murder on an army base
Federal and criminal
This allows limited, legal reproduction of copyrighted works for non-commercial use
Fair Use
A sworn statement of facts and circumstances
Affidavit
Someone gets pushed into a locker at school
intentional
Another word for lawsuit
Tort
Factory dumps toxic waste into a river that is shared by two different states
Federal and civil
Copying or stealing a patent or copyrighted material
Infringement
Defamation that is written
Libel
intentional, false imprisonment
Common Law is made by judges through court _________________.
decisions
Bank robbery
Federal and Criminal
Recognizes ownership of creative expressions such as books, movies and songs
Copyright
Defamation that is spoken
Slander
Child gets hurt because babysitter wasn't watching them
negligence
Preponderance of evidence is the standard of proof for _____________ cases
Civil
state and civil
Which group can have immunity from lawsuits if they are acting in the capacity of their job?
federal and state government officials
basically telling or writing something that is knowingly untrue about something or someone
Defamation
dynamiting a bridge
strict
"Beyond a reasonable doubt" is the standard of proof for _____________ cases
Criminal