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Student Questions about Civil Terminology



True/False
Answer the following:
 

1. 

Civil and Criminal law may both result in prison time.
 

2. 

Litigation is a civil lawsuit.
 

3. 

The document that initiates litigation is the complaint.
 

4. 

The loser at the trial has the automatic right of one appeal.
 

5. 

Pleadings and discovery are both filed with the court.
 

Yes/No
Answer the following:
 

6. 

Are motions and pleadings almost the same thing?
 



 
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