The Latin maxims and terms of art that run through the common law, with the literal translation and the legal sense given separately. Jurisdiction-neutral wherever the law allows, and explicit about the split when England and Wales, the United States or other systems part company. For law students anywhere, and for anyone who has to read a contract.
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How a civil claim is named, pleaded, proved and disposed of — with the England-and-Wales and United States labels for the same thing set side by side.
72 total questions
Card #1
Who are the parties to a civil claim?
Card #2
pleadings
Card #3
cause of action
1. In England and Wales, the party bringing a civil claim is the:
2. The standard of proof in a civil case is:
3. Documents are exchanged between the parties before trial at the stage called:
1. In the United States the party who brings a civil suit is the ___.
Hint: England and Wales says claimant
2. The formal documents in which each side sets out its case are the ___.
Hint: they fix the issues for trial
3. 'A matter already judged' is res ___.
Hint: it bars relitigation
