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Due process is so important in our legal system that it is mentioned in two amendments to our Constitution, the 5th and the 14th  .  We defined due process as:

One of the Rules of Evidence we covered applied to the introduction of documents for the jury’s consideration.  The ___________________ requires that before oral testimony can be given about a document, the document must be produced.

Service of process is accomplished when the clerk of court issues two documents to the defendant.  These documents include a copy of the complaint and a summons.  The summons gives the information regarding:

Independent administrative agencies are referred to as the fourth branch of government because of the nature of their power to regulate within their scope of authority.   Their power comes from their authority  to create  regulations (legislative), the ability to  enforce those regulations (executive) and their ability to adjudicate violations of these regulations (judicial).

Following the invention of the printing press the Courts developed the legal Doctrine of ___________________ .  This doctrine established more uniformity in judicial decisions because it provides that judges make decisions based on precedent.        

The 8th Amendment contains protections from:

Court systems are defined geographically.  Personal jurisdiction is based on the courts’ jurisdiction over the persons and the property found in that court’s geographic area.

A request for admission is a discovery tool that is used to save time at trial by agreeing to undisputed minor matters that easily be established and  proven at trial.  

One method that my be used by a Plaintiff to collect a judgment is a Writ of Garnishment.  This writ is used to :

The purposes of dicsovery include all the following except: