An adhesion contract exists if the parties are of such disproportionate bargaining power that the party of weaker bargaining strength could not have negotiated for variations in the terms of the adhesion contract.
Jurisdiction can be defined as:
Jurisdiction: An Overview
Justiciability refers to the types of matters that a court can adjudicate. If a case is "non-justiciable," then the court cannot hear it. Justiciability rulings usually arise either when a court does not have power to hear the case under the Constitution or it is imprudent to exercise judicial power.
Per Curiam is a judicial opinion by a court with multiple judges without citing any single judge as the author.
A preliminary injunction is an injunction that may be granted before or during trial, with the goal of preserving the status quo before final judgment.
Separation of Powers is a doctrine of Constitutional law under which the three branches of U.S. government (executive, legislative, and judicial) and their duties, are kept legally separate.
Standing, or locus standi, is the capacity of a party to bring a lawsuit in court. To have standing, a party must demonstrate a sufficient connection to and harm from the law or action being challenged.
Statutory construction is the process of determining what a particular statute means so that a court may apply it accurately; also known as statutory interpretation. Although sometimes the words of a statute may have a plain meaning; in many cases there is some ambiguity in the words of the statute that must be resolved by the judge.
