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Sports Law Vocab Flashcards

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Acceptance

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Offeree’s notification to the offeror that he/she agrees to be bound by terms and conditions of offer or contract.

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Accommodation

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To accommodate. Adjustment or settlement

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Adjudicate

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Have a court make (rule) a decision or decide a dispute. Come to a conclusion.

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Affirmed

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To affirm a judgement, decree, or order is to declare it is valid or correct. Affirmation that must stand as rendered by lower courts.

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Affidavit

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Written statement or declaration of facts sworn to be the maker, take before a person officially permitted by law to administer oaths.

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Amicus curiae

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Friend of the court; Third party that presents a brief to the court.

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Annotations

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Statutory and Textual; Brief and expository essays.

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Appeal

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Request from the losing party in the case that a higher court can review the decision. Acceptance of the request must require an issuance by a writ of appeal.

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Appellant

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Party who appeals a decision from lower-higher court.

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Appellate Court

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Court of appellate jurisdiction.

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Arraignment

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The appearance of a defendant to a criminal charge before a judge for the purpose of pleading guilty or not guilty to the indictment.

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Bona fide

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Real, true, and actual

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Brief

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In American law practice, a written statement prepared by the counsel arguing a case in court. It contains a summary of the facts of the case, the pertinent laws, and argument of how the law applies to the facts supporting counsels position.

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Burden of proof

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Necessity or duty of positively proving a fact or facts in a dispute between parties.

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Collusion

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A secret agreement behind one parties’ back. Fraudulent, unlawful practice of law. Occurs in professional sports when teams secretly agree not to hire one another’s players.

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Cross-Examination

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Examination of a witness in a trial or hearing, or in a deposition, by the opposing party.

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Damages

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Actual, Compensatory, Exemplary, or Punitive.
Monetary compensation awarded by a court for an injury caused by act of another.

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Defendant

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Party against whom legal action is taken; particularly, a person accused or convicted of a criminal offense.

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Deposition

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Testimony of a witness, take out of court before a report and under oath.

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Disclosure

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Argument that certain information possessed by associations, or meetings held by organizations, should be a matter of public record. “To reveal the facts”.

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Discovery

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Method by which opposing parties may obtain information from one another, to prepare for trial.

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Equal Rights Amendment

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Proposed amendment; For women

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Evidence

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Any form of proof presented at trial through use of testimony, records, documents, and concrete objects.

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Felony

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Serious criminal offense. Typically, crimes for which punishment may exceed one year in jail.

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Holding

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Declaration or conclusion of law reached by the court regarding the legal effect of the facts of the case.

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In loco parentis

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Placed in the position of the parents of the child, such as a coach or teacher given this status within a relationship with the student-athlete.

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Instrument

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Usually a document, such as a contract.

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Laches

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Wrongful or unwarranted delays.

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Liability

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Condition of being responsible either for damages resulting from an injurious act or for discharging an obligation or debt.

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Libel

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Written defamation of a person’s character.

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Misdemeanor

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Offense lower than a felony and generally punishable by fines or imprisonment of up to 1 year.

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Modified

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Changed; Decision that alters the introduction of new elements; Could be a cancellation.

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Motion

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Formal request made to a judge pertaining to any issue arising while a lawsuit is pending.

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Negotiation

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To negotiate; Deliberation, settling, or arranging the terms and conditions of a possible transaction.

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Obligation

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One’s debt or duty.

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Offer

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Act by one person giving another person the legal power to create the obligation called a contract.

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Offeree

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One to whom a contract offer is made.

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Offeror

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One who makes a contract offer.

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Plaintiff

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Party who brings in action; The complainant.

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Precedent

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Case that furnishes an example or authority of deciding subsequent cases in which identical or similar facts are present.

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Proximate Cause

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Act that is the natural and reasonably foreseeable cause of the harm or agent that injures the plaintiff.

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Punitive Damages

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Compensation in excess of actual or consequential damages. They are awarded to punish the wrongdoer. Only in malicious misconduct.

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Quid Pro Quo

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This for that. Something given in exchange for something else.

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Relinquish

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To give up, surrender, or turn over.

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Slander

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Oral defamation of a person’s character.

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Specific Performance

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An equitable remedy whereby the court orders one of the parties to a contract to perform his or her duties under the contract. Granted when monetary damages are inadequate.

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Standing

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Qualifications needed to bring legal action. Qualifications relate to the existence of a controversy in which the plaintiff has suffered or is about to suffer an injury or infringement.

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Stare Decisis

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To stand on what has been decided; Adhere to the decision of previous cases. A rule that is sometimes departed from that settles a point when a previous case becomes a precedent that should be followed.

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Statutes

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Acts of legislature. Depending upon its context in usage, a statue may mean a single act of legislature or a body of acts that are collected and arranged according to scheme.

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Statutes of Limitations

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Laws setting time periods during which disputes may be taken to court.

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Subpoena

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Court order compelling a witness to appear and testify in a certain proceeding.

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Tangible Asset

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Something that can be touched. Sports equipment, team apparel, etc.

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Trial Court

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Court before which issues of fact and law are tried and first determined as distinguished from an appellate court.

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Vacated

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Annulled, set aside, cancelled, or rescinded.

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Venue

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Geographical area where a court with jurisdiction may try a case.

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Waiver

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Voluntary relinquishment of a know right.

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Writ of Appeal

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Suit or action brought before the court that holds a federal act to be unconstitutional or a state action to be constituted.

Suit brought but the U.S. under the Interstate Commerce Act.

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