Terminology
Parties
Latin Terms
Courts
Steno
100

A case involving a legal issue that has never been heard before

What is a case of first impression?

100

A person or entity that brings a civil suit

What is a plaintiff?

100

Let it stand


What is stare decisis?

100

Highest court in the U.S.

What is the U.S. Supreme Court?

100

SKWR-URDZ

What is jurisdiction?

200
To go before

What is a precedent?

200
The dominant cause of death
What is proximate cause?
200

Friend of the court

What is amicus curiae?

200
The power that some courts have to hear the case originally - when it first goes to court
What is original jurisdiction?
200

TK-FT

What is defendant?

300
A defendant who has a duty to act or behave in a certain way
What is a tortfeasor?
300

Person or entity that brings a civil suit 

What is a plaintiff?

300
A lawsuit in which the Court has jurisdiction over the person
What is in personam? 
300
A place where a trial is held
What is a venue?
300
The giving or receiving of a reward to influence any official act
What is Bribery?
400
Plaintiff and Tortfeasor
Who are the two parties involved in a civil tort action?
400
A crime that is punishable by death
What is a capital crime?
400
A killing of one's father
What is patricide?
400
A request to a higher court to view the decision of a lower court
What is an appeal?
400
Compelling someone to do something either by threat or force
What is Coercion?
500
Instances where the defendant may be responsible for damages even if the defendant was not negligent.
What is a Strict Liability Tort?
500
The unlawful killing of one human being by another without malice aforethought
What is Manslaughter?
500
Criminal action
What is actio criminalis?
500

Highest court in the U.S. 

What is the U.S. Supreme Court?

500
A breach of trust; usually a "rightful taking"
What is Embezzlement? 
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