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A male must be at least 18 years old in order to have a legal marriage or must have consent
How old must a male be to get married?
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Assault (threatening to strike another)
Ex:someone uses a realistic toy gun to threaten someone. If the toy gun is realistic enough, it is classified as an assault and is prosecutable
A tort that is defined as a threat of unwanted contact
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Battery
Battery -Battery is the any unlawful offensive physical contact with another person. The contact does not have to be violent for the crime of battery to take place, it can be merely any offensive touching.
What form of Bodily Harm is this: the use of force against another, resulting in harmful, offensive or sexual contact
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4th Amendment
What Amendment is Stop & Frisk an exception of?
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2 types of warrants
Implied and Express
How many types of Warranties are there?
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A court-ordered payments, typically made by a divorced parent, to support ones minor child or children. The payments go to the child's basic necessities such as clothing, food, education, and medical care.
What is Child Support?
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1) Duty
2) Breach of Duty 3) Causation 4) Damages Negligent tort - committed by failure to act as a reasonable person to someone to whom he/she owes a duty
What are the 4 types of elements that are negligent torts?
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the killing of a person in circumstances that allow the act to be regarded ( a homicide is commanded or authorized by law)
Ex: Self Defense
What is Justifiable Homicide?
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1) Motive - a reason for doing something
2) Crime is Committed 3) Crime is reported
What are the first three steps in the Criminal System
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3 parts
1) offer 2) acceptance 3) terminated
How many parts does agreements have?
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1) Food
2) Clothing 3) Shelter 4) Education 5) Medical Care
Name 3 out of the 5 support requirements from family?
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Liability that does not depend on actual negligence or intent to harm
Ex: life guarding a pool and someone ends up drowning is liable for the person who drowned since the life guard is on duty at the time of the incident
What is Strict Liability?
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Arson and Vandalism
Arson - The act of setting property on fire Ex: setting fire to a neighbors lawn or house Vandalism - an action involving destruction of or damage to public or private property Ex: Spray painting, breaking a window, etc.
What are 2 Crimes against Property?
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14 steps
How many steps are there to Steps in the Criminal System
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Power provided under law to a natural person or a Juridical person to enter into a binding contract
EX: When Apple bought Beats. Allowing certain power to owner of Beats
What is Legal Capacity?
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Uncontested divorce is one in which the parties cannot agree on the terms or on the divorce while a contested divorce is the opposite. The parties do agree on terms and the divorce.
What is the difference between contested divorce and uncontested divorce?
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They are both the act of causing something to happen
Intention - a category of torts that describes a civil wrong that was intended Causation - the act of causing something (cause and effect)
What is the difference between Intention and Causation?
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They both end up killing, but 1st is premeditated (planned out before) and 2nd is not premeditated (not planned out before)
Ex: Tommy goes over to Billy's house and Kills Billy because Billy Fired him earlier in the day (1st degree) 2nd Degree - Tommy i
What is the difference between 1st and 2nd degree Murder?
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They are both criminal Acts
Felony - a crime which involves a potential punishment of one year or longer in prison Ex: burglary, illegal drug use, grand theft, and robbery Misdemeanor - "lesser" crime act that are punished a lot less Ex: petty theft
What is the difference between Felony and Misdemeanor?
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The fact and assumption of the product
Express Warranty - a seller's promise or guarantee that a buyer relies on when they purchase an item Implied Warranty - is a contract law term for certain assurances that are resumed to be made in the sale
What is the difference between Express and Implied?
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No. They are not at the legal age to get married. If they want to get married, they must get their parent's permission in order to have a leal marriage
Sarah and James want to run off and get married. Sarah is 15 and James is 17. Can they go get married?
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Assumption at Risk. It is an assumption that anybody that parks right next to a baseball field is at risk of their car getting hit by a baseball.
Billy parked his new red sports car right at the fence of the baseball field. He comes back later to a baseball in his car that went through the wind shield. Billy wants to sue. Why can't he sue?
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2nd Degree. The killing was not premeditated but Joey still ran the man over.
Joey rides his bike home one day after soccer and accidentally runs into a runner. the Runner dies instantly. What degree of murder would it be?
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The Judge
George is a Jury in a Civil case. He does not know much about law but he is uncertain who decides if the defendant wins or loses. Who decides for the defendant in a Civil Case?
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Implied. It is implied since Will is an expert that Will would give Billy the game he wanted that actually worked.
Bill went to Game Works asking for a video game with lots of guns and violence. Will gave billy the new game and Billy bought it. When Billy put the game in, it did not work. What type of Contract is this?
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