BLAW REVIEW

An attempt to commit a battery.

Offer and acceptance together to create a meeting of the minds.

A less serious crime punishable by a fine or brief imprisonment.

Thing of value promised to 1 party in exchange for something else of value by the other party.

Money left with the court to assure that an arrested, but released person, will return to jail.

The legal term for stealing.

Government attorney who presents the case in court against the person accused.

 If a minor claims to be over the age of majority, then he or she has committed:

A major crime punishable by imprisonment or death.

The person accused

Approve

 Deliberate deception intended to secure an unfair or unlawful gain.

Damages directly attributable to another party's breach of contract.

Contract that is cancellable for some legal reason by one or more of the parties involved.

Both parties are given duplicate originals, because courts look with disfavor at copies... 

Discharging a debtor's obligations.

Age of legal adulthood

State laws requiring that certain contracts be evidenced by writing.

The fifth amendment guarantees that no person can be tried twice for the same crime.

The legal connection between unreasonable conduct and the resulting harm.

The failure to use the degree of care required under the circumstances.

Comes from the action of the parties

A 2-sided agreement that contains 2 promises.

Private wrong committed by one person against another.

A third person able to enforce a contract because it is made specifically for their benefit.

When a person uses unfair and improper pressure to force another person into an agreement.

A 1-sided agreement containing only 1 promise in an exchange for an act

When the negligence of each party is compared and used to determine a percentage of liability.

Wrongful act of injuring another’s reputation by making false statements.

  Person, while committing an unlawful or reckless act, unintentionally kills another.

Parties are not allowed to enforce contracts that involve illegal acts because of:

System of rules of conduct established by the government to maintain stability and justice.

Payment recovered in court by a person who has suffered injury.

Violating or breaching a contract before being required to act.

The taking back of an offer by the offeror

The person binded to a contract, but assigning duties, performance, or liability to another.

Issued when a grand jury decides a crime has been committed. Does not mean they are guilty. 

Behavior by the plaintiff that helps cause his or her injuries

Willful or malicious damage to property.

An appointed person to assist a mentally impaired person.

The willful and malicious burning of the dwelling house of another.

Land and anything permanently attached to it.

To cancel a contract

The means for determining what a society's values ought to be.

The act of stealing goods from a store.

Injury caused by an individual's participation in ultra hazardous activity.

Anything that interferes with the enjoyment of life or property.

The transfer of a right under a contract.

When entering into a contract, you can assume the other party has the capacity to do so.

Injury that is caused by a person's mere carelessness