Civil Procedure

Question 1

Consists of the rules by which courts conduct civil trial.

Answer 1

Civil Procedures

Question 2

Defines the rights and duties of everyday conduct, such as contract law or tort law

Answer 2

Substantive Law

Question 3

These govern civil procedure in U.S. federal courts

Answer 3

FRCP - Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

Question 4

Federal and state laws created to regulate trade and commerce by preventing unlawful restraints, price-fixing, and monopolies

Answer 4

Antitrust Laws

Question 5

An alternative dispute resolution method with one or more persons (private people, not judges) hearing a dispute and rendering a binding decision
Alternative to going to court

Answer 5

Arbitration

Question 6

A procedural device that permits one or more plaintiffs to file and prosecute a lawsuit on behalf of a larger group or “class”

Answer 6

Class Action

Question 7

The pleading that starts a case
Essentially, a document that sets forth a jurisdictional basis for the court’s power, the plaintiff’s cause of action, and a demand for judicial relief.

Answer 7

Contract of Ahesion

Question 8

A statute that protects the integrity of many arbitration agreements by making them binding and limiting the reason for which courts can review and set aside arbitration awards

Answer 8

Federal Arbitration Act

Question 9

Gives Supreme Court the power to make rules of procedure and evidence for federal courts as long as they do not “abridge, enlarge, or modify and substantive right.”
Passed by congress in 1934

Answer 9

Rules Enabling Act

Question 10

Beginning stage of lawsuit in which parties formally submit their claims and defense

Answer 10

Pleading