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Question 1

probate

Answer 1

legal process of administering a deceased person’s estate

Question 2

Civil vs criminal litigation

Answer 2

Civil - hire and pay for your own lawyer, no jail time as outcome

criminal - entitled to a public defender or lawyer

Question 3

Plaintiff

Answer 3

person bringing the case against another in civil litigation

Question 4

Defendant

Answer 4

entity being sued or accused

Question 5

Prosecutor

Answer 5

government party bringing the case against a criminal defendant (district attorney / prosecutor)

Question 6

MUST share everything with the defense (which party of civil or criminal litigation, plaintiff, defendant or prosecutor)

Answer 6

prosecutor

Question 7

arbitration

Answer 7

an impartial third party make a decision outside of the court system

Question 8

litigation

Answer 8

the process of taking legal action

Question 9

civil law

Answer 9

generic term for all non-criminal law

Question 10

depose

Answer 10

to testify / give under oath

Question 11

felony

Answer 11

a serious crime punishable by at least a year in prison

Question 12

malfeasance

Answer 12

doing something illegal or morally wrong

Question 13

tort

Answer 13

from the French word for “wrong,” a wrongful or illegal act

Question 14

antitrust law

Answer 14

government laws regulating the conduct of business corporations to promote fair competition for benefit of consumers

Question 15

UCC stands for

Answer 15

Uniform Commercial Code

Question 16

UCC is

Answer 16

A general group of laws adopted, at least partially, by all the states to further uniformity and fair dealing in business and commercial transactions.