Misc. Flashcards
What is Libel?
False or Malicious writing that is intended to defame or dishonor another person and is published so that someone other other than the one defamed will observe it.
What is Slander?
False oral statement, mad in the presence of a third person, that injures the character or reputation of another.
What is Perjury?
Willful act of giving false testimony under oath.
What is Defamation?
Injury of a person’s reputation or character caused by the false statements of another made to a third person. Defamation includes both libel and slander.
What is Statutory Law?
Law that is prescribed by legislative enactments.
What is Administrative Law?
The procedures created by administrative agencies (governmental bodies of the city, county, state or Federal government) involving rules, regulations, applications, licenses, permits, available information, hearings, appeals and decision-making.
What is Common Law?
Body of principles that has evolved and continues to evolve and expand from court decisions.
What is Case Law?
Aggregate of reported cases on a particular legal subject as formed by the decisions of those cases.
What is Res Ipsa Loquitur?
“The thing speaks for itself.” A doctrine of law applicable to cases in which the defendant had exclusive control over the thing that caused the harm and where the harm ordinarily could not have occurred without negligent conduct.
What is Respondeat Superior?
The employer is responsible for the legal consequences of the acts of the servant or employee who is acting within the scope of his or her employment.
What is Stare Decisis?
The legal doctrine the prescribes adherence to those precedents set forth in cases that have been decided.
What is an Appellant?
Party who appeals the decision of a lower court to a court of higher jurisdiction.
What is an Appellee?
Party against whom an appeal to a higher court is taken.
What is a Deposition?
A method of pretrial discovery that consists of statements of fact taken by a witness under oath in a question-and-answer format as it would be in a court of law with opportunity given to the adversary to be present for cross examination.
What is an Interrogatory?
List of questions sent from one party n a lawsuit to the other party to be answered under oath.
