LEB 320F EXAM 2 COMPREHENSIVE TEST
PAPER QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS RESOURCE
●● statutory law
Answer: legal rules that have been formally adopted by Congress or
legislative bodies rather than by the courts
●● federal law
Answer: laws created by the national government
●● state law
Answer: laws created at the state level (bulk of our law)
●● plaintiff
Answer: acccuser who starts the lawsuit, on the offense and seeking
damages
●● defendant
Answer: accused of wrongdoing, on the defense seeking to escape
responsibility for the misdeeds of which plaintiff accuses them
,●● civil law
Answer: laws that spell out the rights and duties existing among
individuals, business firms, and even government agencies
●● criminal law
Answer: statutes in which a state or federal government prohibits
specified kinds of conduct and provide the punishment for violators
●● plaintiff must prove her case in civil law by a _________________
_______ ________ _______________.
Answer: preponderance of the evidence
●● plaintiff must prove her case in criminal law _______________ ___
_____________ ________.
Answer: beyond a reasonable doubt
●● T/F: Some wrongful acts are both criminal and civil.
Answer: T
●● law
Answer: rules that must be followed and violators face specific negative
consequences
,●● ethics
Answer: standards that should be followed in a moral sense, but have no
specific penalty
●● What are the very low level state courts called?
Answer: courts of limited jurisdiction
●● What are the low level state courts called?
Answer: general trial courts
●● What are the high level state courts called?
Answer: appellate courts
●● appellate courts
Answer: hear appeals from judgments entered by the lower courts
●● T/F: Appellate courts decide legal questions, they do not hear
testimony of witnesses or entertain new evidence.
Answer: T
●● Most federal cases originate in which courts?
Answer: U.S. District Courts
, ●● What federal courts are above the U.S. District Courts?
Answer: U.S. Courts of Appeal
●● Parties who seek review of their case after trial at a U.S. Court of
Appeal must petition the Supreme Court for a ___________ _____
_____________.
Answer: writ of certiorari
●● What is the structure of a court case title in state courts?
Answer: plaintiff v. defendant
●● What is the structure of a court case title in the U.S. Courts of Appeal
or the Supreme Court?
Answer: Appellant v. Other
●● Summary Judgement
Answer: terminates a case before it ever goes to trial, a judge grants this
if the evidence is so clear that a trial would be a waste of time
●● If an appeal court remands a decision
Answer: it will be returned to the trial court with instructions
●● if an appeal court affirms a decision
PAPER QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS RESOURCE
●● statutory law
Answer: legal rules that have been formally adopted by Congress or
legislative bodies rather than by the courts
●● federal law
Answer: laws created by the national government
●● state law
Answer: laws created at the state level (bulk of our law)
●● plaintiff
Answer: acccuser who starts the lawsuit, on the offense and seeking
damages
●● defendant
Answer: accused of wrongdoing, on the defense seeking to escape
responsibility for the misdeeds of which plaintiff accuses them
,●● civil law
Answer: laws that spell out the rights and duties existing among
individuals, business firms, and even government agencies
●● criminal law
Answer: statutes in which a state or federal government prohibits
specified kinds of conduct and provide the punishment for violators
●● plaintiff must prove her case in civil law by a _________________
_______ ________ _______________.
Answer: preponderance of the evidence
●● plaintiff must prove her case in criminal law _______________ ___
_____________ ________.
Answer: beyond a reasonable doubt
●● T/F: Some wrongful acts are both criminal and civil.
Answer: T
●● law
Answer: rules that must be followed and violators face specific negative
consequences
,●● ethics
Answer: standards that should be followed in a moral sense, but have no
specific penalty
●● What are the very low level state courts called?
Answer: courts of limited jurisdiction
●● What are the low level state courts called?
Answer: general trial courts
●● What are the high level state courts called?
Answer: appellate courts
●● appellate courts
Answer: hear appeals from judgments entered by the lower courts
●● T/F: Appellate courts decide legal questions, they do not hear
testimony of witnesses or entertain new evidence.
Answer: T
●● Most federal cases originate in which courts?
Answer: U.S. District Courts
, ●● What federal courts are above the U.S. District Courts?
Answer: U.S. Courts of Appeal
●● Parties who seek review of their case after trial at a U.S. Court of
Appeal must petition the Supreme Court for a ___________ _____
_____________.
Answer: writ of certiorari
●● What is the structure of a court case title in state courts?
Answer: plaintiff v. defendant
●● What is the structure of a court case title in the U.S. Courts of Appeal
or the Supreme Court?
Answer: Appellant v. Other
●● Summary Judgement
Answer: terminates a case before it ever goes to trial, a judge grants this
if the evidence is so clear that a trial would be a waste of time
●● If an appeal court remands a decision
Answer: it will be returned to the trial court with instructions
●● if an appeal court affirms a decision
