When a Court Decision Would Have No Practical Effect, a Case

question 2

Multiple Choice

When a court decision would have no practical effect, a case is apt to be dismissed for:

• A) standing.
• B) ripeness.
• C) mootness.
• D) jurisdiction.

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Definitions:

Semantic Level

Pertaining to the meaning of words and language, especially the relationship between signifiers and what they signify or represent.

Case Markers

Grammatical markers that indicate the role of a noun, pronoun, or adjective in a sentence, such as subject, object, or possessive.

Semantic Role

The part that each phrase plays in the “who did what to whom” drama described by a sentence. One word takes the role of being the cause of the action, another, its effect, and so on.

Predicate

The part of a sentence or clause containing a verb and stating something about the subject (e.g., 'ran' in 'the dog ran').