17. 18. 19. The feature that distinguishes a common-law legal system from a civil law system is: A. Requiring guilt to be proven beyond a reasonable doubt B. Using lay juries to decide cases C. Having an appeal process D. Stare (fee-iris, or following precedent in reaching decisions Alexander is a trial court judge in St. Louis County. He sees a case on his docket in which the defendant is listed as Talleyrand, Inc. Alexander's wife is an executive at Talleyrand, Inc. In this situation, Alexander should: A. Ask his wife for any inside details of the case so that he can better determine which party is telling the truth at the trial. B. Recuse (remove) himself as the judge in the case, because he has connections with a party that might compromise his neutral role as the judge. C. Assure both parties at the beginning of the trial that he will be impartial and unbiased despite his wife's connection with Talleyrand, Inc. D. Say nothing and hope no one discovers his connection to one of the parties. Laura has just been notied that Sam is suing her. The document that informs Laura of the allegations against her is called a(n): A. Answer. B. Summons. C. Complaint. D. Service of process