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Business Law Test
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. (civil law) the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim for relief is based
Filtering software
Negotiation
uniform laws
Complaint
2. 1. That the defendant owed a duty of care to the plaintiff. 2. The the defendant breached that duty. 3. That the defendant's breach caused the plaintiff's injury. 4. That the defendants breach caused the plaintiff's injury and that injury was forseea
Negligence
Malpractice
Small Claims courts
Natural law
3. A school of legal thought that views the law as a tool for promoting justice in society.
Sociological school
State Jurisdiction
Syllogism
Damages
4. Part of the 14th Amendment which guarentees that no state deny basic rights to its people
Question of law
Pretrial motions
due proccess clause
Statutory Law
5. A sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
Corporate social responsibility
Damages
jurisprudence
Remedies of Law
6. 14th amendment clause that prohibits states from denying equal protection under the law - and has been used to combat discrimination
Business Ethics
Ninth Amendment
Equal protection clause
Sociological school
7. State statute that permits a state to obtain personal jurisdiction over nonresident defendants
Long arm statue
Good samaritan statues
Federal Jurisdiction
State level appeal eligibility
8. Inherent powers of state governments to pass laws to protect the public health - safety - and welfare; the national government has no directly granted police powers but accomplishes the same goals through other delegated powers.
Pretrial motions
Courts of law
Police powers
Negotiation
9. (law) the initial questioning of a witness by the party that called the witness
Mini-trial
Direct examination
dram shop acts
Relevant evidence
10. Right to a trial by jury
Strict product liability
Ninth Amendment
Seventh Amendment
Strict liability
11. To confirm priestly authority upon
Appellee
ordinaces
Symbolic speech
Question of fact
12. Judges must abide by precedents in thier jurisdictions.
Negligence
Full faith and credit clause
Case Precedents and the doctrine of stare decisis
Defenses to negligence
13. The body of conventional - or written - law of a particular society at a particular point in time.
Second Amendment
positive law
Good samaritan statues
Analogy
14. Right to bear arms
Relevant evidence
Writ of execution
Search warrant
Second Amendment
15. Use deductive reasoning to identify relevant legal rules - applying those rules to to the facts of the case and drawing a conclusion.
Stare Decisis and legal Reasoning
Pretrial motions
Question of fact
Analogy
16. A court will award money or other relief to a party injured by a breach of contract
State and Federal Court Systems
Rules of evidence
Early neutral case evaluation
Remedies
17. (law) a pleading made by a defendant in response to the plaintiff's replication
Slander of quality
Rejoinder
Search warrant
Statues of limitation
18. The publication of a statement that denies or casts doubt on another's legal ownership of any property - causing financial loss to that property's owner.
Alleges
Probate courts
Remedies of Law
Slander of title
19. An informal term used to refer to all laws governing electronic communications and transactions - particularly those conducted via the Internet.
Cyberlaw
Binding authority
Pretrial motions
Award
20. Motion to dismiss - motion for judgment on the pleadings - motion of summary judgement(amont others - motion to strike - motion to make more definite and certain - motion for judgement on the pleadings - motion to compel discovery - motion for summar
Pretrial motions
Precedent
Civil Law
Cross-examination
21. Questioning of a witness during a trial or during the taking of a deposition - by the party opposed to the one who produced the witness.
Pleadings
Cross-examination
Principle of rights
Jurisdiction
22. An order to appear in person at a given place and time
Strict product liability
Summons
Third Amendment
Proximate cause
23. Negate the claim of negligence(assumption of risk - superceding intervening clause)
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Criminal law
Eighth Amendment
Absolute bar
24. The obligation of organization management to make decisions and take actions that will enhance the welfare and interests of society as well as the organization
Corporate social responsibility
Chancellor
Question of fact
Causation in fact
25. Ethical or unethical behaviors by employees in the context of their jobs
diversity of citizenship
Business Ethics
Burden of proof
Venue
26. (law) behavior by the plaintiff that contributes to the harm resulting from the defendant's negligence
Arbitrability
Contributory negligence
Stages in an A Typical Lawsuit
Chancellor
27. The course of action the government takes in response to an issue or problem as deemed by widely held belief.
Public Policy
Federal Jurisdiction
Corporate social responsibility
Analogy
28. The act of changing location from one place to another
Causation in fact
Natural law
Early neutral case evaluation
Motion
29. Discussion with a view to reaching agreement; talking about a conflict where both parties give and take to reach a resolution - without attorneys.
Negotiation
Public Policy
Cyber torts
Writ of execution
30. The unlawful taking or harming of another's personal property; interference with another's right to the exclusive possession of his or her personal property.
Trespass to personal property
Sociological school
Pretrial motions
Stages in an A Typical Lawsuit
31. A judgment entered in favor of the plaintiff when the defendant defaults (fails to appear in court)
Default judgement
Writ of certiorari
Administrative law
Legal and Equitable Remedies
32. Excessive bail shall not be required - nor excessive fines imposed - nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
ordinaces
jurisprudence
Eighth Amendment
Summons
33. Jury selection process of questioning prospective jurors - to ascertain their qualifications and determine any basis for challenge.
Fifth Amendment
Third Amendment
Probable cause
voir dire
34. The branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
Appellee
Torts(Wrongs)
jurisprudence
Appellant
35. A system of government in which the states form a union and the sovereign power is divided between the central government and the member states
Small Claims courts
Federal form of government
Burden of proof
Motion for judgement as a matter of law
36. Highest official of a monarch. Granted new an unique remedies.
Chancellor
Courts of law
Motion for a new trial
Federal form of government
37. The rules governing the manner in which civil cases are brough in and progress through the federal courts
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Federal form of government
Stare Decisis and legal Reasoning
Case law
38. Emphasizes the evolutionary process of law by concentrating on the origin and history of the legal system
Historical school
Absolute bar
Appellee
Arbitration
39. A system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power
Respondent
Cost-benefit analysis
Venue
Checks and balances
40. (law) a pleading by the defendant in reply to a plaintiff's surrejoinder
Eighth Amendment
Chancellor
Rebuttal
Legal and Equitable Remedies
41. A body of rulings made by judges that become part of a nation's legal system
Case law
Sociological school
Common law
laches
42. Law concerned with private wrongs against individuals
Corporate social responsibility
Legal realism
Opinions
Civil Law
43. On the premises fr the potential financial benefit of the occupier
Business invitees
Justicable controversy
Motion for a directed verdict
jurisprudence
44. A wrongful act that the actor had no right to do
Common law
Malpractice
Fifth Amendment
Case law
45. Settlement of civil disputes between parties using neutral mediators or arbitrators without going to court
Trespass to personal property
Alternative dispute resolution
Arbitrability
positivist school
46. Torts committed via the internet
Cyber torts
Damages
Business invitees
Relevant evidence
47. The moral principle that behavior should be determined by duty - A concept developed by the philosopher Immanuel Kant as an ethical guideline for behavior. In deciding whether an action is right or wrong a person should evaluate the action in terms o
Motion
Cost-benefit analysis
Counterclaim
Categorical imperative
48. The party against whom legal action is taken; the party against whom a writ of certiorari is sought.
Respondent
Criminal law
Search warrant
Federal Jurisdiction
49. Authority shared by both federal and state courts
ordinaces
Stages in an A Typical Lawsuit
Comparative negligence
Concurrent Jurisdiction
50. Is strict liability hold a claim if the product or service in question is...
tilitarinism
Question of fact
abnormally dangerous
Principle of rights
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