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Business Law Fundamentals
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1. In bankruptcy proceedings - the suspension of virtually all litigation and other action by creditors against the debtor or the debtor's property. The stay is effective the moment the debtor files a petition in bankruptcy.
foreign exchange market
automatic stay
information return
plea bargaining
2. A written contract that constitutes the final expression of the parties' agreement. If a contract is integrated - evidence extraneous to the contract that contradicts or alters the meaning of the contract in any way is inadmissible.
integrated contract
tender
abandoned property
surety
3. The simplest form of business organization - in which the owner is the business. The owner reports business income on his or her personal income tax return and is legally responsible for all debts and obligations incurred by the business.
sole proprietorship
interrogatories
formal contract
rule of four
4. Goods that are alike by physical nature - by agreement - or by trade usage (for example - wheat - oil - and wine that are identical in type and quality). When owners of fungible goods hold the goods as tenants in common - title and risk can pass with
computer crime
electronic fund transfer (EFT)
fungible goods
quota
5. The law that governs relations among nations. National laws - customs - treaties - and international conferences and organizations are generally considered to be the most important sources of international law.
valid contract
Statute of Frauds
international law
arson
6. Professional misconduct or unreasonable lack of skill; the failure of a professional to use the skills and learning common to the average reputable members of the profession or the skills and learning the professional claims to possess - resulting in
money laundering
motion for summary judgment
malpractice
domestic corporation
7. The giving of testimony that may subject the testifier to criminal prosecution. The Fifth Amendment to the Constitution protects against self-incrimination by providing that no person 'shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against h
self-incrimination
online dispute resolution (ODR)
crime
warranty deed
8. A principal whose identity is unknown by a third person - and the third person has no knowledge that the agent is acting for a principal at the time the agent and the third person form a contract.
corporation
usury
undisclosed principal
Federal Reserve System
9. The termination of an obligation. In contract law - discharge occurs when the parties have fully performed their contractual obligations or when other events occur that release the parties from performance. In bankruptcy proceedings - discharge is th
void contract
discharge
stored-value card
community property
10. A lease executed by the lessee of real estate to a third person - conveying the same interest that the lessee enjoys but for a shorter term than that held by the lessee.
distributed network
sublease
executor
lost property
11. Under Article 2A of the UCC - a transfer of the right to possess and use goods for a period of time in exchange for payment.
lease
stop-payment order
general partner
tariff
12. A clause in a contract designating the law (such as the law of a particular state or nation) that will govern the contract.
choice-of-law clause
profit
seasonably
certificate of deposit (CD)
13. Terms and conditions of use that are presented to an Internet user at the time certain products - such as software - are being downloaded but that need not be agreed to (by clicking 'I agree -' for example) before the user is able to install or use t
acceleration clause
browse-wrap terms
consolidation
information
14. A person on the board of directors who is also an officer of the corporation.
inside director
payee
small claims court
bailor
15. A draft drawn by a drawer ordering the drawee bank or financial institution to pay a certain amount of money to the holder on demand.
artisan's lien
check
negotiable instrument
mitigation of damages
16. An act equivalent to the actual - physical delivery of property that cannot be physically delivered because of difficulty or impossibility. For example - the transfer of a key to a safe constructively delivers the contents of the safe.
secondary boycott
constructive delivery
Federal Reserve System
double jeopardy
17. Legal responsibility placed on one person for the acts of another; indirect liability imposed on a supervisory party (such as an employer) for the actions of a subordinate (such as an employee) because of the relationship between the two parties.
conveyance
mitigation of damages
offer
vicarious liability
18. One who - by use of the mails - Internet - telephone - or personal appearance - induces a maker or drawer to issue an instrument in the name of an impersonated payee. Indorsements by imposters are treated as authorized indorsements under Article 3 of
probable cause
lease
right-to-work law
imposter
19. The severance of the relationship between a partner and a partnership when the partner ceases to be associated with the carrying on of the partnership business.
dissociation
beyond a reasonable doubt
mitigation of damages
devise
20. A process in which parties attempt to settle their dispute informally - with or without attorneys to represent them. In the context of negotiable instruments - the transfer of an instrument in such form that the transferee (the person to whom the ins
negotiation
secondary boycott
grand jury
executor
21. An instrument directing what is to be done with the testator's property on his or her death - made by the testator and revocable during his or her lifetime. No interests in the testator's property pass until the testator dies.
adverse possession
disclosed principal
cashier's check
will
22. A doctrine under which a party to a contract is relieved of her or his duty to perform when performance becomes objectively impossible or totally impracticable (through no fault of either party).
embezzlement
bylaws
security interest
impossibility of performance
23. A worldwide system in which foreign currencies are bought and sold.
indorsement
foreign exchange market
minimum wage
stop-payment order
24. Procedurally - a plaintiff's response to a defendant's answer.
alternative dispute resolution (ADR)
reply
business ethics
force majeure clause
25. A court-created doctrine under which a party to a contract will be relieved of her or his duty to perform when the objective purpose for performance no longer exists (due to reasons beyond that party's control).
choice-of-language clause
frustration of purpose
ratification
tenancy at will
26. An equitable remedy requiring exactly the performance that was specified; usually granted only when monetary damages would be an inadequate remedy and the subject matter of the contract is unique.
specific performance
revocation
motion for a directed verdict
scienter
27. An administrative or judicial order prohibiting a person or business firm from conducting activities that an agency or court has deemed illegal.
tombstone ad
cease-and-desist order
breach of contract
choice-of-law clause
28. A person who receives inside information.
tippee
lease agreement
I-9 verification
small claims court
29. A third party who incidentally benefits from a contract but whose benefit was not the reason the contract was formed. An incidental beneficiary has no rights in a contract and cannot sue to have the contract enforced.
incidental beneficiary
workout
disclosed principal
bilateral mistake
30. A type of conditional sale in which the buyer may take the goods on a trial basis. The sale becomes absolute only when the buyer approves of (or is satisfied with) the goods being sold.
sale on approval
binder
vicarious liability
dissolution
31. The practice of marking a document with a date that precedes the actual date. Persons who backdate stock options are picking a date when the stock was trading at a lower price than the date of the options grant.
partnership
backdating
check
bounty payment
32. A controversy that is not hypothetical or academic but real and substantial; a requirement that must be satisfied before a court will hear a case.
writ of attachment
justiciable controversy
award
per stirpes
33. Standards concerning an auditor's professional qualities and the judgment exercised by him or her in the performance of an audit and report. The source of the standards is the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
order for relief
unilateral mistake
e-money
generally accepted auditing standards (GAAS)
34. Statutes that allow deeds - mortgages - and other real property transactions to be recorded so as to provide notice to future purchasers or creditors of an existing claim on the property.
merger
policy
recording statutes
Regulation E
35. The right of a co-surety who pays more than her or his proportionate share on a debtor's default to recover the excess paid from other co-sureties.
employment discrimination
double jeopardy
right of contribution
fixture
36. A method of settling disputes outside of court by using the services of a neutral third party - who acts as a communicating agent between the parties and assists them in negotiating a settlement.
per stirpes
duress
mediation
sale or return
37. A term that is used to indicate part or all of a business's name and that is directly related to the business's reputation and goodwill. Trade names are protected under the common law (and under trademark law - if the name is the same as the firm's t
impossibility of performance
venue
confusion
trade name
38. In criminal law - a defense in which the defendant claims that he or she was induced by a public official
acceleration clause
personal property
entrapment
mirror image rule
39. As a noun - one who has died without having created a valid will; as an adjective - the state of having died without a will.
takeover
consequential damages
executor
intestate
40. A lesser crime than a felony - punishable by a fine or incarceration in jail for up to one year.
misdemeanor
consent
guarantor
parent-subsidiary merger
41. A doctrine that applies when a promisor makes a clear and definite promise on which the promisee justifiably relies. Such a promise is binding if justice will be better served by the enforcement of the promise.
Totten trust
promissory estoppel
constructive trust
fixed-term tenancy
42. A distributorship in which the seller and the distributor of the seller's products agree that the distributor will distribute only the seller's products.
covenant not to sue
exclusive distributorship
informal contract
preferred creditor
43. A thing that was once personal property but has become attached to real property in such a way that it takes on the characteristics of real property and becomes part of that real property.
codicil
maker
fixture
counteroffer
44. The fraudulent making or altering of any writing in a way that changes the legal rights and liabilities of another.
unconscionable contract or clause
will
malpractice
forgery
45. A judgment against a debtor for the amount of a debt remaining unpaid after the collateral has been repossessed and sold.
distribution agreement
fixed-term tenancy
deficiency judgment
leasehold estate
46. A certificate that grants the owner the option to buy a given number of shares of stock - usually within a set time period.
incidental damages
stock warrant
choice-of-law clause
piercing the corporate veil
47. A method of settling disputes - used in many federal courts - in which a trial is held - but the jury's verdict is not binding. The verdict acts only as a guide to both sides in reaching an agreement during the mandatory negotiations that immediately
guarantor
offer
quota
summary jury trial (SJT)
48. A statement that - if filed within six months prior to the expiration date of the original financing statement - continues the perfection of the original security interest for another five years. The perfection of a security interest can be continued
correspondent bank
depositary bank
order instrument
continuation statement
49. An express contract in which a third party to a debtor-creditor relationship (the surety) promises to be primarily responsible for the debtor's obligation.
suretyship
dissociation
mortgagor
civil law system
50. A concept developed by the philosopher Immanuel Kant as an ethical guideline for behavior. In deciding whether an action is right or wrong - or desirable or undesirable - a person should evaluate the action in terms of what would happen if everybody
franchisee
categorical imperative
check
right of subrogation
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