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| Alternative dispute resolutins ADR |
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| Process by which the parties to a dispute resolve it through a mechanism other than litigation in court |
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| formal statements made to the court by the parties to a cose that list their claims and defenses |
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| legal system in which the parties to a dipute present their own arguments and are reponsible for assertin their legal rights |
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| initial pleading by the palintiff in a civil action that informsklt he defendant of the material facts on which the plaintiff bases the lawsuit |
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| defendant asks the court to dismiss the case because it doesn not have jurisdiction over either the subject matter of the dispute of the defendant's person |
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| motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim |
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| defendant must respond to conplaint |
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| defendat admits to the claim but ssert additional facts that should result in the action being dismissed |
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| complaint by the defendant |
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| swirb ub-oersib testimony of a witness recorded by a court reporter |
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| "To speak the truth" in the trial stage, preliminary ezamination of a juror in which the attorneys and court attempt ot determine bias, incompetency and interest |
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| burden of proof must be proven by effidence |
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| verdict granted by the court on the grounds that a jury could reasonably reach onlyone conclusion on the basis of the evidence presented during the trial |
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| monitary award if the court finds that a party has suffered a legally recognized harm |
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| punitive or exemplary damages |
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| in addition to compensatory damages if defendant's conduct is willful or malicoius |
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| plaintiff suffers legal wrong but has not suffered actual damges to person or property |
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| imposed when remedies at law such as monetray damages are inadequate |
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| remedy that requre the offending party to do what had been promised |
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| court order directing a person to do somehting t, to not do something being planned or to stop doing somehting |
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| written by a judge who disagrees with the decision of the majority |
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| same dispute cannot be considered again in that or any other forum |
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| court order to seize the property of the defendant to satisfy the judgment |
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| alternative dispute resolution with 3rd party |
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| when parties decide to settle a matter between themselves |
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| use of a 3rd party in negotiation |
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| jury equivalent of a minitrial |
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| gives injured parties enough money to resore them to the economic position they were in before the injurty |
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