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A legal doctrine under which an employer may sometimes be held liable for the torts |
Respondeat Superior |
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A doctrine that precludes litigants from suing "the soverign" |
Soverign Immunity |
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In constiutional law, a decision or action that is made or taken by government. |
STATE ACTION |
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A body of constiutional law, derived from the fourteenth amendment |
Substantive Due Process |
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A judgement on the merits issued by a trial court prior to and in lieu of a trial |
Summary Judgement |
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The clause in Article VI Section 2 of the US Constiution which makes federal law" "the supreme law the land" |
Supremeacy clause of the us Constiuttion |
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A term used under the fourteenth amendment's equal protection clause to signify a class of persons that is defined by race, national origin |
suspect class |
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An employment status that institutions awards to faculty members who meet certain predefined standards. |
Tenure |
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A civil wrong, other than a breach of contract, for which the common law will allow a remedy through the courts. |
Tort |
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An action that is beyond the scope of authority of a government agency, an organization or a person and is thus invalid |
Ulta vires |
