Key+Terms

** School of Education ** ** EDL 276: Applications of School Law, Mandates and Policies **
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** SCHOOL LAW KEY TERMS and DEFINITIONS **

// Note: Definitions are comprised from the glossary in your textbook and Black's Law Dictionary. //

Case, cause, suit or controversy disputed or contested before a court. Giving or pronouncing a judgment or decree. A request to a higher court to review a lower court decision. A court having jurisdiction to hear appeals and review a lower court's decisions. A written statement made under oath. A doctrine under which a person may not recover for an injury received when a person has voluntarily exposed himself/herself to a known danger. In the law of evidence, the necessity or duty of affirmatively proving a fact or facts in dispute on an issue raised between the parties in a lawsuit. The responsibility of proving a point. A writ of review issued by a higher court to a lower court. A means of getting an appellate court to review a lower court's decision. A lawsuit brought to one or more persons on behalf of a larger group. The basis for a legal challenge. The right of all persons to receive the guarantees and safeguards of the law and the judicial process. Published defamation, which tends to injure a person's reputation. Improper performance of an act, which a person might lawfully do. Failure to use care which a reasonable and prudent person would use under similar circumstances. Nonperformance of an act, which should be performed; omission to perform a required duty or total neglect of duty. A statute that established the time period in which litigation may be initiated in a particular cause of action. Indicates the degree to which an aspect of a case must be proven. An actionable wrong committed against another independent of contract; a civil wrong. Actions by the employer, which interfere with, retrain, coerce, or threaten employees with respect to their rights as employees. A judicial order directing a person to do something. A court's decision to settle a dispute or dispose of a case promptly without conducting full legal proceedings. An action in court with the express purpose of gaining or recovering individual or civil rights. The personal freedoms of citizens guaranteed by the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. Legal release from another's control. An award intended to punish the wrongdoer.
 * Adjudication
 * Action
 * Accomplice
 * Trial
 * Adjudication
 * Additur
 * Sentence
 * Judicial review
 * Arraignment
 * Appeal bond
 * Appeal
 * Writ
 * Criminal justice system
 * Bankruptcy court
 * District court
 * Appellate court
 * Affidavit
 * Holding
 * Decree
 * Warrant
 * Battery
 * Assumption of risk
 * Civil action
 * Risk doctrine
 * Burden of proof
 * Breach of contract
 * Evidence
 * Case law
 * Cause of action
 * Caveat
 * Certiorari
 * Decree
 * Class action
 * Certiorari
 * Writ of mandamus
 * Litigation
 * Cause of action
 * Class action
 * Litigation
 * Writ
 * Double jeopardy
 * Constitutional rights
 * Due process
 * Hearing
 * Libel
 * Slander
 * Malice
 * Injunction
 * Misdemeanor
 * Misfeasance
 * Mistrial
 * Malfeasance
 * Negligence
 * Misfeasance
 * Malfeasance
 * Nonfeasance
 * Negligence
 * Misfeasance
 * Malfeasance
 * Nonfeasance
 * Punitive damages
 * Statute of limitations
 * Writ of mandamus
 * Quid pro quo
 * Standard of proof
 * Tort
 * Judgment
 * Jurisdiction
 * Writ
 * Statute
 * Tort
 * Negligence
 * Unfair labor practice
 * Quid pro quo
 * Writ of mandamus
 * Due process
 * Will
 * Warrant
 * Writ
 * Tort
 * Summary judgment
 * Settlement
 * Waiver
 * Pleading
 * Class action
 * Civil action
 * Consent decree
 * Hearing
 * Civil action
 * Writ of certiorari
 * Civil rights
 * Due process
 * Cause of action
 * Emancipation
 * Defamation
 * Consent decree
 * Judgment
 * Tenure
 * Substantive law
 * Punitive damages


 * LIVE KEY TERMS ASSESSMENT **