CIVIL LAW TEST

The difference between civil and criminal law is:

• Civil law deals with disputes between individuals, while criminal law deals with offenses against the state.

• Civil law involves punishment by imprisonment, while criminal law involves only monetary compensation.

• Criminal law is only about property disputes, while civil law is about violent crimes.

• Civil law is enforced by the police, while criminal law is enforced by private individuals.

The difference between law and ethics is:

• Law is a set of rules, while ethics are moral principles that guide behavior.

• Law and ethics are the same and can be used interchangeably.

• Ethics are enforced by the government, while law is based on personal beliefs.

• Law is only about personal values, while ethics are written rules.

The three tiers of law are:

• federal, state, and local

• civil, criminal, and administrative

• constitutional, statutory, and regulatory

• international, national, and regional

State laws are unique because:

• they can vary from state to state.

• they are the same in every state.

• they only apply to federal issues.

• they override the U.S. Constitution.

The 4 different branches of civil law are:

• Contract law, Tort law, Property law, Family law

• Criminal law, Constitutional law, Administrative law, Tax law

• International law, Maritime law, Military law, Space law

• Corporate law, Environmental law, Labor law, Immigration law

A guardianship or a conservatorship is:

• they are both legal agreements where someone is in charge of medical & financial decisions, etc, but a guardianship is in the case where the individual is not fully capable.

• they are both legal agreements where someone is in charge of medical & financial decisions, etc, but a conservatorship is in the case where the individual is not fully capable.

• a temporary loan agreement between family members.

• a government program for financial aid.

What are the 6 elements of a contract?

• Offer, acceptance, consideration, legality, capacity, mutuality

• Offer, acceptance, performance, legality, capacity, mutuality

• Offer, acceptance, consideration, legality, performance, mutuality

• Offer, acceptance, consideration, legality, capacity, performance

8. Select three examples of a contract you see in regular life:

• A lease agreement, a mobile phone contract, and a gym membership

• A birthday card, a grocery list, and a weather report

• A movie ticket, a shopping bag, and a park bench

• A traffic sign, a street name, and a bus schedule

A class action lawsuit is:

• a legal case where a group of people with similar claims sue together against a defendant

• a lawsuit filed by a single individual for personal reasons

• a criminal case prosecuted by the government

• a type of lawsuit involving only corporations

A request made after a trial by a party that has lost on one or more issues that a higher court review the decision to determine if it was correct.

• appeal

• verdict

• testimony

• arraignment