JD NEXT EXAMS SCRIPT QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Expectation damages - ✔✔Damages awarded when a party breaches a contract
intended to put the injured party in as good a position as if the contract was fully
performed.
✔✔False recital of consideration - ✔✔A written statement saying there is consideration
when there actually isn't.
✔✔FIRAC brief - ✔✔A method of briefing cases that stands for FACTS, ISSUE, RULE,
APPLICATION, and CONCLUSION.
✔✔Forbearance - ✔✔The intentional action of abstaining from doing something, such
as delaying from enforcing a right.
✔✔Mortgage Forbearance Agreement - ✔✔An agreement under which the lender
agrees to forbear its right to foreclose the mortgage, and the borrower accepts a new
payment plan that provides temporary payment relief.
✔✔Foundation - ✔✔The basis for admitting testimony or evidence into evidence,
establishing the qualifications of a witness or the authenticity of evidence.
✔✔Fund or Endowment - ✔✔A fund or endowment established for a benevolent
purpose, such as charity, religion, education, or research.
✔✔Gap Filling - ✔✔The process where the court interprets the contract to eliminate
gaps or ascertains the parties' intentions at the time of contract formation.
✔✔Good Faith - ✔✔A term that describes honest dealing, requiring an honest belief or
purpose, faithful performance of duties, or absence of fraudulent intent.
, ✔✔Holding - ✔✔In civil procedure, a court's determination of a matter of law, often
referring to a central issue that decides the entire case.
✔✔Holding (Commercial Law) - ✔✔Legally owned property, often describing land,
securities, or a subsidiary business owned by a corporation.
✔✔Illusory Promise - ✔✔A promise that is unenforceable due to indefiniteness or lack
of mutuality, where only one side is bound to perform.
✔✔Immaterial - ✔✔An objection in court to introducing evidence that has no substantial
relation to any issue in the case.
✔✔Impute - ✔✔To attach or ascribe responsibility or blame on one person for acts of
another due to a particular relationship.
✔✔Instrument - ✔✔A written legal document that records the formal execution of legally
enforceable acts or agreements.
✔✔Intent - ✔✔The mental aspect behind an action, often shown by circumstantial
evidence in criminal law.
✔✔Interest - ✔✔A payment associated with borrowing or lending money, typically
expressed as a percentage of the principal amount.
✔✔Issue - ✔✔Any point in dispute between different parties.
✔✔Issue (Law of Trusts and Estates) - ✔✔The lineal descendants of an individual,
including children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.
✔✔Joinder - ✔✔When the claims of parties in one lawsuit are joined.
✔✔Judgment - ✔✔A court order that determines each party's rights and obligations with
respect to the issues in dispute.
✔✔Jurisdiction - ✔✔Power of a court to adjudicate cases and issue orders within a
specified territory.
✔✔Jurisprudence - ✔✔The study, knowledge, or science of law, often referring to the
philosophy of law.
✔✔Jury Instruction - ✔✔Instructions for jury deliberation written by the judge, guiding
the jury on procedure and substance of the law.
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Expectation damages - ✔✔Damages awarded when a party breaches a contract
intended to put the injured party in as good a position as if the contract was fully
performed.
✔✔False recital of consideration - ✔✔A written statement saying there is consideration
when there actually isn't.
✔✔FIRAC brief - ✔✔A method of briefing cases that stands for FACTS, ISSUE, RULE,
APPLICATION, and CONCLUSION.
✔✔Forbearance - ✔✔The intentional action of abstaining from doing something, such
as delaying from enforcing a right.
✔✔Mortgage Forbearance Agreement - ✔✔An agreement under which the lender
agrees to forbear its right to foreclose the mortgage, and the borrower accepts a new
payment plan that provides temporary payment relief.
✔✔Foundation - ✔✔The basis for admitting testimony or evidence into evidence,
establishing the qualifications of a witness or the authenticity of evidence.
✔✔Fund or Endowment - ✔✔A fund or endowment established for a benevolent
purpose, such as charity, religion, education, or research.
✔✔Gap Filling - ✔✔The process where the court interprets the contract to eliminate
gaps or ascertains the parties' intentions at the time of contract formation.
✔✔Good Faith - ✔✔A term that describes honest dealing, requiring an honest belief or
purpose, faithful performance of duties, or absence of fraudulent intent.
, ✔✔Holding - ✔✔In civil procedure, a court's determination of a matter of law, often
referring to a central issue that decides the entire case.
✔✔Holding (Commercial Law) - ✔✔Legally owned property, often describing land,
securities, or a subsidiary business owned by a corporation.
✔✔Illusory Promise - ✔✔A promise that is unenforceable due to indefiniteness or lack
of mutuality, where only one side is bound to perform.
✔✔Immaterial - ✔✔An objection in court to introducing evidence that has no substantial
relation to any issue in the case.
✔✔Impute - ✔✔To attach or ascribe responsibility or blame on one person for acts of
another due to a particular relationship.
✔✔Instrument - ✔✔A written legal document that records the formal execution of legally
enforceable acts or agreements.
✔✔Intent - ✔✔The mental aspect behind an action, often shown by circumstantial
evidence in criminal law.
✔✔Interest - ✔✔A payment associated with borrowing or lending money, typically
expressed as a percentage of the principal amount.
✔✔Issue - ✔✔Any point in dispute between different parties.
✔✔Issue (Law of Trusts and Estates) - ✔✔The lineal descendants of an individual,
including children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.
✔✔Joinder - ✔✔When the claims of parties in one lawsuit are joined.
✔✔Judgment - ✔✔A court order that determines each party's rights and obligations with
respect to the issues in dispute.
✔✔Jurisdiction - ✔✔Power of a court to adjudicate cases and issue orders within a
specified territory.
✔✔Jurisprudence - ✔✔The study, knowledge, or science of law, often referring to the
philosophy of law.
✔✔Jury Instruction - ✔✔Instructions for jury deliberation written by the judge, guiding
the jury on procedure and substance of the law.
