Intro To Law Final

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Original jurisdiction

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authority of ta courth to determine the rights and obligations of the parties in a lawsuit

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pendent jurisdiction

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authority of a federal court, presented with a federal claim, to also determine interrelated claims based on state law

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In Personam jurisdiction

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authority of a court to render and enforce rulings over a particular individual and the individual's property

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long arm statute

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authority of a court to impose in personam jurisdiction over persons beyond the court's geographical boundaries

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in rem jurisdiction

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authority of a court over a specific item of property regardless of who claims the property or an interest in it

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quasi in rem jurisdiction

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authority of a court over a person's interest in a certain property

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concurrent jurisdiction

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situation in which more than one court has authority to hear a particular case

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executive jurisdiction

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authority of a court to hear a case, that authority being superior to the authority of all other courts

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tort

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an injury to an individual or property that may or may not encompass commensurate criminal acts

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trespass

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claims that the alleged guilty party acted in such a way that the victim was directly injured due to wrongful conduct

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negligence

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1.) Duty
2.) standard of care
3.) breach of the standard
4.) damage proximately caused by the breach

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res ipsa loquitur

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"the thing speaks for itself"

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contributory negligence

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doctrine maintaining that a plaintiff who contributes in any way to his or her own injury cannot recover from a negligent defendant

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comparative negligence

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degree of the plaintiff's own negligent conduct that was responsible for the plaintiff's injury

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assumption of risk

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defense to negligence on the basis that the plaintiff knew of, appreciated, and voluntarily encountered the danger of the defendant's conduct

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real property

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land or anything permanently affixed to land and no longer movable

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freehold estate

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an interest in real property that involves certain rights of ownership

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fee simple

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in U.S. law, a term signifying absolute ownership of real property

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life estate

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the right to possess and use real property for the duration of one's life with limited ownership rights

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tenancy in common

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a form of multiple ownership of property whereby each tenant shares with the other an undivided interest in the property

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joint tenancy

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a form of multiple property ownership whereby the property owners have fee simple and share four unities, and each owner shares in the right of survivorship

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right of survivorship

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ownership interest transfers automatically to surviving co-owners upon death of an owner, rather than passing by will

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tenancy by entirety

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a form of multiple ownership of property between spouses that includes the characteristics of joint tenancy including the right of survivorship

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nonfreehold estate

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an interest in real property that is limited in duration and involves the right of possession but not ownership