Guaranteed Pass Solutions 2025-2026
Updated.
Statute of Frauds - Answer Oral contracts are unenforceable
Liability - Answer State of being legally responsible
Primary Sources of Law - Answer Establish law
Secondary Sources of Law - Answer Books and articles that summarize law
Constitutional Law - Answer Deals with fundamental principles in which government
exercises its authority. Includes supremacy clause and the separation of powers.
Statutory Law - Answer Laws enacted by legislative bodies, usually included in federal code
of laws or relevant state code of laws.
Citation - Answer Reference to publication of legal authority
Ordinance - Answer Regulations passed by municipal county governing units to deal with
matters not covered by higher authority
Administrative law - Answer Order decisions and rules of administrative agencies (ex: SEC_
Administrative agencies - Answer Federal, state, or local government agency established
Uniform Laws - Answer Model law developed by the NCCUSL for states to consider enacting
into statute
Ex: Uniform Commercial Code or the (UCC)
Adjudicate - Answer Resolve judicially, usually by a Judge. Uses judicial law
Interpretive Rules - Answer Not legally binding but say how agency should act its authority
issued by administrative agencies
,Legislative Rules - Answer Rules that are legally binding and as enacted by Congress
Case Law - Answer Rules of law announced by court decisions and also include
interpretations
Stare Decisis - Answer Common law doctrine under which judges follow precedents from
earlier decisions
Binding Authority - Answer Must be followed when deciding a case
Remedy - Answer Given to a party to enforce a right or to compensate
Plaintiffs - Answer People who bring up lawsuits, go against the defendants
Jurisprudence - Answer Study of law, including different schools of legal thought
Equitable Principles and Maxims - Answer General propositions or principals that have to do
with fairness
Legal Positivism - Answer School of legal thought centered on the assumption that only laws
written by the national government must be obeyed even if they're bad laws
Historical School - Answer Follow the past to determine the present
Legal Realism - Answer Based on the idea that law is shaped by social needs and forces. Law
is only one factor in deciding cases.
Substantive Law - Answer Regulates, defines, and creates legal rights and obligations.
Procedural Law - Answer Law that establishes the methods of enforcing rights established by
substantive law
Supremacy Clause - Answer Federal law is the supreme law of land.
Jurisdiction - Answer Authority of court to hear and decide specific case
, Long Arm Statute - Answer A statute that allows for a state court to obtain personal
jurisdiction over an out-of-state defendant on the basis of certain acts committed by an out-of-
state defendant, provided that the defendant has a sufficient connection with the state.
State Court System - Answer State Supreme > Appellate > Trial
Trial Courts - Answer Decides issues of fact
Appellate Courts - Answer Decide Issues of Law
Federal Court System - Answer U.S Supreme Court > Courts of Appeal/ Circuit Courts >
District Courts
Negotation - Answer Process in which parties attempt to settle their dispute without help of
third party
Mediation - Answer Solving issues through a neutral third party
Arbitration - Answer Neutral third party renders a binding decision (guard).
Common Law - Answer Governs all contracts except those modified/replaced by the UCC or
NYGOL
Article 2 of the UCC - Answer Governs contracts for sales of goods
Goods - Answer Have to be tangible and movable
Real Property - Answer Land or anything attached to land
NYGOL - Answer New York General Obligations Law
Mixed Contract - Answer Contract for both goods and services
Predominant Factor Test - Answer If the contract's predominant factor/purpose is to render
goods, then UCC applies (court will determine if concerned about goods or services)
Contract - Answer Agreement by 2 or more parties that can be enforced in court