Evidence
The hearsay rule prevents "out of court statements" that are being offered for the...
What is the "truth of the matter asserted?"
This ethical duty generally prohibits a lawyer from revealing information relating to the representation of a client without the client’s consent.
What is Confidentiality?
When will contributory negligence generally bar recovery by a plaintiff?
When the plaintiff’s negligence is as great as the combined negligence of all others who contributed to the injury. So 50% fault or higher. (N.D.C.C. 32-03.2-02) (Except in strict liability cases, products liability cases, and some other exceptions)
After societal progress and a Civil War, the Thirteenth Amendment resulted in this.
What is the abolishment of slavery and involuntary servitude?
The deadline for a creditor to make a claim against the estate if notice to creditors was not published.
What is 3 years?
Any party may attack the credibility of any witness. This is also known as what?
What is impeachment?
Like the ABA Model Rule, ND Rule of Professional Conduct 1.5(a) provides “[a] lawyer shall not make an agreement for, charge, or collect” a fee or amount for expenses that is “___________.”
What is Unreasonable?
Comparative fault is not applicable where a person seeks direct physical property damages to a vehicle and the damages does not exceed the amount of?
$5,000 N.D.C.C. 32-03.2-02.1. (indirect physical property damage of $1,000)
When there is a controversy between State and Federal Law, this part of the Constitution determines control.
What is the Supremacy Clause?
A will with a signature and material portions of the document in the testator’s handwriting whether or not witnessed?
What is a holographic will?
When invoked, this privilege prevents a married person from being compelled to testify against the legal interests of their spouse in a criminal proceeding.
What is "spousal immunity?"
Like the ABA Model Rule, comment [1] to ND Rule of Professional Conduct 3.8 states that “[a] prosecutor has the responsibility of a ________________ and not simply that of an advocate.”
What is a Minister of Justice?
The type of damages a person may not recover in an action against a secured person where the plaintiff has one previous, unrelated, conviction for driving without liability insurance and at the time of the accident was operating a vehicle owned by that plaintiff and which was not covered by liability insurance
Non-economic loss for a serious injury (N.D.C.C. 26.1-41-20)
This is how many amendments have been made to the Constitution, so far.
What are 27?
The exclusive means by which adverse claimants can challenge the United States’ title to real property.
What is the Quiet Title Act?
Evidence may be excluded if its probative value is substantially outweighed by the danger of this.
What is unfair prejudice?
In November 2023, for the first time in its history, this court adopted a formal, singular, and published code of conduct for its members.
What is the United States Supreme Court?
The limits of exemplary damages that may be awarded in an action
The amount may not exceed two times the amount of compensatory damages or two hundred fifty thousand dollars, whichever is greater (N.D.C.C. 32-03.2-11)
This form of judicial review is used to determine the constitutionality of government actions that burdens a fundamental right or involves a suspect classification (race, religion, national origin, or alienage).
What is strict scrutiny?
An Affidavit for Collection of Personal Property may be used if the total value of the probate property is less than $_____ and no real property is part of the probate estate.
What is $50,000?
This type of evidence can't be used to show someone acted a certain way just because they did it before, but it can be used to show things like motive, intent, or opportunity.
What is character evidence?
In the Letter from Birmingham Jail, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. named this writer from the first millennium B.C. in agreement with this quoted principle:
“An unjust law is no law at all.”
Who is St. Augustine?
The three first classes of persons who have priority to bring a wrongful death action
1. The surviving husband or wife, if any.
2. The surviving children, if any.
3. The surviving mother or father.
(N.D.C.C. § 32-21-03)
The Constitution requires these 3 elements to have standing to sue in Federal Court.
What are, 1. Injury-in-Fact; 2. Injury Traceable to the Defendant; and 3. Injury that can be redressable by the court.
The maximum term for an easement created after July 1, 1977.
What is 99 years?