JD NEXT UPDATED FINALS QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Court Orders - ✔✔Means by which decisions or judgments of judicial officers are
issued from a court.
✔✔Courts of Equity - ✔✔Courts that hear cases involving remedies other than
monetary damages, such as injunctions or specific performance.
✔✔Cross-examination - ✔✔The opportunity for the opposing party to question a witness
after direct examination.
✔✔Damages - ✔✔A remedy in civil cases in the form of monetary compensation to the
harmed party.
✔✔Declaration - ✔✔A formal statement, proclamation, or announcement such as an
affidavit.
✔✔Decree - ✔✔An order handed down by a judge that resolves the issues in a court
case.
✔✔Interlocutory Decree - ✔✔An intermediate judgment issued by a court that is not yet
final.
✔✔Consent Decree - ✔✔A court order to which all parties have agreed.
✔✔Defendant - ✔✔In a civil matter, the party sued by the plaintiff; in a criminal matter,
the party who is prosecuted.
✔✔Custody decree - ✔✔An order that affects or determines the custody of a child.
, ✔✔Deliberation - ✔✔The action of analyzing or carefully considering the evidence,
facts, the law, or other matters.
✔✔Demurrer - ✔✔A defense asserting that even if all the factual allegations in a
complaint are true, they are insufficient to establish a valid cause of action.
✔✔Deposition - ✔✔A witness's sworn out-of-court testimony used to gather information
as part of the discovery process.
✔✔Dicta - ✔✔A comment, suggestion, or observation made by a judge in an opinion
that is not necessary to resolve the case.
✔✔Disposition - ✔✔In trusts and estates law, the transfer, gift or sale of property from
one individual to another; in criminal procedure, the final determination of the court in a
criminal charge.
✔✔Dispositive facts - ✔✔A fact that is decisive when answering a question of law.
✔✔Dissenting - ✔✔At least one party's disagreement with the majority opinion.
✔✔Element - ✔✔An essential requirement to make a claim or defense in court.
✔✔Endorse - ✔✔The writing of one's name on the back of an instrument as an
authentication or transfer of an interest.
✔✔Equity - ✔✔A particular set of remedies and associated procedures involved with
civil law, distinguished from legal remedies.
✔✔Estate - ✔✔The total property, real and personal, owned by an individual prior to
distribution through a trust or will.
✔✔Estoppel - ✔✔A bar that prevents one from asserting a claim or right that contradicts
what one has said or done before.
✔✔Estoppel in pais - ✔✔A defense doctrine that prevents a party from using a right
against another party when the right arises out of misleading actions.
✔✔Evidentiary hearing - ✔✔A court event held after an initial hearing at which the
parties present evidence for a determination of factual issues.
✔✔Examination of the title - ✔✔The process that assures that the property being
purchased is suitable for sale and reviews the history of ownership.
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Court Orders - ✔✔Means by which decisions or judgments of judicial officers are
issued from a court.
✔✔Courts of Equity - ✔✔Courts that hear cases involving remedies other than
monetary damages, such as injunctions or specific performance.
✔✔Cross-examination - ✔✔The opportunity for the opposing party to question a witness
after direct examination.
✔✔Damages - ✔✔A remedy in civil cases in the form of monetary compensation to the
harmed party.
✔✔Declaration - ✔✔A formal statement, proclamation, or announcement such as an
affidavit.
✔✔Decree - ✔✔An order handed down by a judge that resolves the issues in a court
case.
✔✔Interlocutory Decree - ✔✔An intermediate judgment issued by a court that is not yet
final.
✔✔Consent Decree - ✔✔A court order to which all parties have agreed.
✔✔Defendant - ✔✔In a civil matter, the party sued by the plaintiff; in a criminal matter,
the party who is prosecuted.
✔✔Custody decree - ✔✔An order that affects or determines the custody of a child.
, ✔✔Deliberation - ✔✔The action of analyzing or carefully considering the evidence,
facts, the law, or other matters.
✔✔Demurrer - ✔✔A defense asserting that even if all the factual allegations in a
complaint are true, they are insufficient to establish a valid cause of action.
✔✔Deposition - ✔✔A witness's sworn out-of-court testimony used to gather information
as part of the discovery process.
✔✔Dicta - ✔✔A comment, suggestion, or observation made by a judge in an opinion
that is not necessary to resolve the case.
✔✔Disposition - ✔✔In trusts and estates law, the transfer, gift or sale of property from
one individual to another; in criminal procedure, the final determination of the court in a
criminal charge.
✔✔Dispositive facts - ✔✔A fact that is decisive when answering a question of law.
✔✔Dissenting - ✔✔At least one party's disagreement with the majority opinion.
✔✔Element - ✔✔An essential requirement to make a claim or defense in court.
✔✔Endorse - ✔✔The writing of one's name on the back of an instrument as an
authentication or transfer of an interest.
✔✔Equity - ✔✔A particular set of remedies and associated procedures involved with
civil law, distinguished from legal remedies.
✔✔Estate - ✔✔The total property, real and personal, owned by an individual prior to
distribution through a trust or will.
✔✔Estoppel - ✔✔A bar that prevents one from asserting a claim or right that contradicts
what one has said or done before.
✔✔Estoppel in pais - ✔✔A defense doctrine that prevents a party from using a right
against another party when the right arises out of misleading actions.
✔✔Evidentiary hearing - ✔✔A court event held after an initial hearing at which the
parties present evidence for a determination of factual issues.
✔✔Examination of the title - ✔✔The process that assures that the property being
purchased is suitable for sale and reviews the history of ownership.
