BUL 4421 - CHAPTER 3 QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Do not hold trials. Rather, appellate judges review transcripts of trial court proceedings and
occasionally consider additional oral and written arguments from each party.
Handle questions of law, not questions of fact.
Questions of law ✅✅CORRECT ANSW-Question of law concerns interpretation or application of a
law.
Only judges can decide questions of law.
Questions of fact ✅✅CORRECT ANSW-Question of fact is a question about an event or
characteristic in a case.
Questions of fact are decided in the trial court.
In a bench trial (trial with no jury), judge decides questions of fact.
In a jury trial, the jury decides questions of fact.
Appellate courts can overrule trial courts' decisions on questions of fact.
Jurisdiction ✅✅CORRECT ANSW-"to speak, law." Courts' power to hear cases and render
decisions that bind the parties before them.
Courts of original jurisdiction (trial courts) ✅✅CORRECT ANSW-Have the power to hear and
decide cases when they first enter the legal system.
Parties present evidence and call witnesses to testify.
For state court systems: Courts of common pleas or county courts.
, For Federal court systems: district courts.
Courts of appellate jurisdiction (appellate courts) ✅✅CORRECT ANSW-Have the power to review
previous judicial decisions to determine whether trail courts erred in their decisions.
In personam jurisdiction ✅✅CORRECT ANSW-a court's power to render a decision affecting the
rights of the specific persons before the court.
For state court system: usually extends to the state's borders.
For federal court system: extends across geographic district.
Plantiff ✅✅CORRECT ANSW-one filing lawsuit with the court.
Defendant ✅✅CORRECT ANSW-Person the plaintiff is suing
Complaint ✅✅CORRECT ANSW-specifies the factual and legal basis for the lawsuit and the relief
the plaintiff seeks
Summons ✅✅CORRECT ANSW-A court order that notifies the defendant of the lawsuit and
explains how and when to respond to the complaint.
Service of process ✅✅CORRECT ANSW-procedure by which courts present these documents to
defendants.
Corporations are subject to in personal jurisdiction in three locations: ✅✅CORRECT ANSW-1. The
state of their incorporations
2. The location of their man offices
3. The geographic areas in which they conduct business
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Do not hold trials. Rather, appellate judges review transcripts of trial court proceedings and
occasionally consider additional oral and written arguments from each party.
Handle questions of law, not questions of fact.
Questions of law ✅✅CORRECT ANSW-Question of law concerns interpretation or application of a
law.
Only judges can decide questions of law.
Questions of fact ✅✅CORRECT ANSW-Question of fact is a question about an event or
characteristic in a case.
Questions of fact are decided in the trial court.
In a bench trial (trial with no jury), judge decides questions of fact.
In a jury trial, the jury decides questions of fact.
Appellate courts can overrule trial courts' decisions on questions of fact.
Jurisdiction ✅✅CORRECT ANSW-"to speak, law." Courts' power to hear cases and render
decisions that bind the parties before them.
Courts of original jurisdiction (trial courts) ✅✅CORRECT ANSW-Have the power to hear and
decide cases when they first enter the legal system.
Parties present evidence and call witnesses to testify.
For state court systems: Courts of common pleas or county courts.
, For Federal court systems: district courts.
Courts of appellate jurisdiction (appellate courts) ✅✅CORRECT ANSW-Have the power to review
previous judicial decisions to determine whether trail courts erred in their decisions.
In personam jurisdiction ✅✅CORRECT ANSW-a court's power to render a decision affecting the
rights of the specific persons before the court.
For state court system: usually extends to the state's borders.
For federal court system: extends across geographic district.
Plantiff ✅✅CORRECT ANSW-one filing lawsuit with the court.
Defendant ✅✅CORRECT ANSW-Person the plaintiff is suing
Complaint ✅✅CORRECT ANSW-specifies the factual and legal basis for the lawsuit and the relief
the plaintiff seeks
Summons ✅✅CORRECT ANSW-A court order that notifies the defendant of the lawsuit and
explains how and when to respond to the complaint.
Service of process ✅✅CORRECT ANSW-procedure by which courts present these documents to
defendants.
Corporations are subject to in personal jurisdiction in three locations: ✅✅CORRECT ANSW-1. The
state of their incorporations
2. The location of their man offices
3. The geographic areas in which they conduct business
