Pleadings
The top part of all pleadings
What is a Caption
Name one allowed method of service of a lawsuit in North Carolina
What are
Sheriff
Process Server
Certified Mail/ Registered delivery service
Discovery method where one party asks another party to answer written open-ended questions
What are Interrogatories?
The name of the set of procedures which controls the process of lawsuits in North Carolina
What are the North Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure
The burden of proof standard that the Plaintiff must meet
What is Preponderance of the Evidence?
The name of the pleading that starts all lawsuits
What is a complaint?
The amount of time a Defendant has to respond to a Complaint in North Carolina.
What is 30 days?
Motion that is filed if a party fails to participate in discovery
What is a Motion to Compel?
The legal term that give a court the power to hear cases brought by a Plaintiff against a Defendant
What is Personal Jurisdiction?
The name of a trial that is heard by a judge and not a jury
What is a Bench Trial?
The Pleading that responds to another Pleading but also makes affirmative claims
What is a Counter-claim?
Type of fee a lawyer charges where they get a percentage of the reward after winning a lawsuit
What is a contingency fee?
The discovery method where an attorney gets to ask live questions of a party or witness
What is a deposition?
There are this many Superior Courts in North Carolina.
What is 100?
The process of questioning jurors to select ones for trial
What is Voir Dire?
The type of defense that MUST be stated in a pleading or is waived
What is an Affirmative Defense?
The type of jurisdiction in Federal Court where all of the parties must be from different states
What is Diversity Jurisdiction?
Name of the evidence rule which prohibits most statements made outside of court from being admitted
What is Hearsay?
The number of Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
What is 12?
The only type of witness which may give opinion testimony
What is an Expert Witness?
Name all of the Pleadings allowed in North Carolina
What are the Complaint, Answer, Reply, Cross-claim, Counter-claim and 3rd Party Complaint.
If a 3rd party complaint is filed, one party will then be known by two names
What are Defendant and Third Party Plaintiff?
The only discovery method which is sent to a non-party
What is a Subpoena?
These are the 3 trial courts in North Carolina
What are Superior Court, District Court, and Small Claims Court
The motion a Defendant can make after the Plaintiff rests but has not proven her case