Exercise 4. Complete the sentences using the terms from Exercise 3. Compare and discuss with your partner.

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1. Most lawyers are always in favor of an ___________________ because the cost of taking a claim (a dispute) to court is usually quite high. When a dispute can be settled without intervention of the courts, it is most often the best outcome.
2. A ________________ may be filed at any time during the litigation process. The party must state in detail why there is enough factual evidence and legal basis to have the lawsuit dismissed.
3. In the law, a _________________ is a set of facts sufficient to justify a right to sue to obtain money, property, or the enforcement of a right against another party.
4. ________________ prescribes the means of enforcing rights or providing redress of wrongs and comprises rules about jurisdiction, pleading and practice, evidence, appeal, execution of judgments, representation of counsel, costs, and other matters.
5. Procedural law is commonly contrasted with _________________, which constitutes the great body of law and defines and regulates legal rights and duties.
6. Each jurisdiction has rules regarding the means of ________________. Typically, a summons and related documents must be served upon the defendant personally.
7. _______________ generally refers to processes of decision making that involve a neutral third party with the authority to determine a binding resolution through some form of judgment or award.
8. Adjudication can also take place outside the court system in the form of _______________________ processes such as arbitration, private judging, and mini-trials.
9. ________________ is a legal concept referring to the inherent rights and wrongs of a legal case, absent of any emotional or technical biases.
10. In a _________________, the defendant argues that even if the plaintiff's facts are true, those facts simply do not establish legally cognizable harm for which the law grants a remedy.