A tort action seeks damages for actual or technical injuries to a person or this
What is property?
100
"a right to use another's property for a time without damaging or diminishing it"
What is usufruct?
100
a mutual or reciprocal contract where there is a promise for a promise and all performances are future
What is a bilateral contract?
100
Different from civil law, where the purpose is to vindicate the interests of individual victims; the purpose of criminal law is to vindicate the interests of this party
What is society?
100
Because of section 1 in this Article, Federal judges enjoy lifetime tenure as well as guaranteed compensation that cannot be diminished during their time in office (they can't ever get a pay cut)
What is Article 3?
200
To intentionally enter land possessed by another
What is trespass to land?
200
this largely abolished common law trust states a husband's right, upon his wife's death, to a life estate in the land that his wife owned during their marriage.
What is curtesy?
200
This element of contracts is the promise to do or refrain from doing some specified thing in the future, and can generally be withdrawn at any time prior to acceptance.
What is an offer?
200
a formal written accusation of a crime, made by a grand jury and presented to a court for prosecution against the accused person
What is an indictment?
200
Article 4, section 1, this clause requires all states to honor the laws of all other states
What is the full faith and credit clause?
300
the latin phrase meaning "the thing speaks for itself"
What is Res Ipsa Loquitor?
300
A future interest arising in a third person who is intended to take after the natural termination (death) of the preceding estate - for example, A holds a life estate in Cottage Grove, B is capable of becoming possessory, but only after A dies.
What is a remainder?
300
this rule states that because parties have reduced their agreement to a single and final writing, extrinsic evidence of past agreements or terms should not be considered when interpreting that writing, as the parties had decided to ultimately leave them out of the contract.
What is parol evidence rule?
300
speedy and public trial, an impartial jury, to be informed of the charges, confront adverse witnesses, present favorable witnesses, and defense counsel are all rights stated in this amendment
What is the 6th Amendment?
300
guarantees that punishments will be fiar, and not cruel or unusual, and that excessive fines will not be set.
What is the 8th Amendment?
400
to intentionally confine or cause confinement without justification or consent
What is false imprisonment?
400
A distinction between "tenancy in common" and "joint tenancy" where "tenancy in common" does not have this, while "joint tenancy" does.
What is right of survivorship?
400
based on the statute of frauds, the sale of goods valued at this dollar amount or more necessitates a contract in writing.
What is $500?
400
in jury selection, each party has a limited number of these, that they may use to remove a juror and it need not be supported by any reason (although it may not be used in a way that discriminates against a protected minority).
What is peremptory challenge?
400
Any powers not granted to the federal government are reserved for the states and the people
What is the 10th Amendment?
500
an intentional tort that describes harmful or offensive contact.
What is battery?
500
This takings case further expanded the definition of "public use" to simply mean for a "public purpose" and deemed economic development a legitimate public purpose.
What is Kelo vs. City of New London (2005)
500
According to this remedy for a breach of contract, the non-breaching party is claiming damages for "lost profits"
What are expectation damages?
500
The right of appeal is said to be this, because only one side has the right to appeal (defendants can appeal convictions, but prosecution cannot generally appeal acquittal, as that would violate the 5th Amendment's protection of double jeopardy)?
What is asymmetrical?
500
Abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for a crime.