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Business Law Test
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Authority shared by both federal and state courts
Reporters
Probate courts
Exclusive Jurisdiction
Concurrent Jurisdiction
2. Part of the 14th Amendment which guarentees that no state deny basic rights to its people
Jurisdiction
due proccess clause
Defense
Areas of Law that may affect business decision making
3. A computer program that is designed to block access to certain Web sites based on their content. The software blocks the retrieval of a site whose URL or key words are on a list within the program.
Principle of rights
Analogy
Filtering software
Fourth Amendment
4. A sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
dram shop acts
Service of process
Damages
Summary jury trials
5. A form of alternative dispute resolution in which a neutral third party evaluates the strengths and weakness of the disputing parties' positions; the evaluator's opinion forms the basis for negotiating a settlement.
Mini-trial
Early neutral case evaluation
Syllogism
Contributory negligence
6. (law) the right and power to interpret and apply the law
Corporate social responsibility
Jurisdiction
Filtering software
uniform laws
7. Assumption of risk - Superseding cause - and contributory and comparative negligence.
Defenses to negligence
Strict product liability
Arbitration clause
due proccess clause
8. (law) a pleading by the defendant in reply to a plaintiff's surrejoinder
Probate courts
Comparative negligence
Statues of limitation
Rebuttal
9. (law) a pleading made by a defendant in response to the plaintiff's replication
Rejoinder
Sociological school
Probate courts
importance of common law
10. (law) negligence allocated between the plaintiff and the defendant with a corresponding reduction in damages paid to the plaintiff
Administrative law
Privileges and and immunities clause
Comparative negligence
When constitutional lawz apply
11. Law concerned with private wrongs against individuals
Cost-benefit analysis
Civil Law
Business Ethics
Affirmative defense
12. A reference to or a quotation from an authority
Precedent
Standing to sue
Comparative negligence
citation
13. A major provider of arbitration services
American Arbitration Association
Binding authority
Disparagement of property
Relevant evidence
14. A school of legal thought that views the law as a tool for promoting justice in society.
Administrative law
Sociological school
Remedies
Slander of title
15. Precedents are determined under stare decisis. Courts of law and courts or equity have been combined.
importance of common law
Respondent
Standing to sue
Alleges
16. An informal term used to refer to all laws governing electronic communications and transactions - particularly those conducted via the Internet.
Cyberlaw
Tenth Amendment
ordinaces
establishment clause
17. Torts committed via the internet
Cyber torts
Rejoinder
Burden of proof
Free exercise clause
18. Previously decided cases that are as similar as possible to the one under consideration
State Jurisdiction
Cases on point
breaches
Full faith and credit clause
19. 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.
Punitive damages
Third Amendment
Police powers
Petitioner
20. A warrant authorizing law enforcement officials to search for objects or people involved in the commission of a crime and to produce them in court
Search warrant
dram shop acts
Pleadings
Federal question
21. Liability without fault. (Strict product liability)
Summary jury trials
Strict liability
Free exercise clause
Areas of Law that may affect business decision making
22. An example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time
law
Precedent
Full faith and credit clause
Causation in fact
23. Drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect
Analogy
Case Precedents and the doctrine of stare decisis
Slander of title
Award
24. A defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him
Remedies of Law
Defense
Equal protection clause
Cyber torts
25. Any source of law that a court must follow when deciding a case. This includes constitutions - statues - and regulations - that govern the issue being decided - as well as previous court decisions in the same jurisdiction.
Binding authority
Filtering software
Hearsay
Good samaritan statues
26. An argument made after the plaintiff and defendant have rested their cases. Closing arguments are made prior to the jury charges.
Cases on point
Closing argument
Case law
Legal and Equitable Remedies
27. Party who defends an appeal
Appellee
When constitutional lawz apply
Statues of limitation
Alleges
28. A clause in a contract providing for arbitration of disputes arising under the contract
Courts of law
Arbitration clause
Strict liability
Legal and Equitable Remedies
29. The courts that awarded compensation back in English Realm
Third Amendment
Courts of law
State and Federal Court Systems
Statues of limitation
30. 14th amendment clause that prohibits states from denying equal protection under the law - and has been used to combat discrimination
Cost-benefit analysis
Strict product liability
Trespass to personal property
Equal protection clause
31. The location where something takes place - esp. a trial
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Venue
Case Precedents and the doctrine of stare decisis
abnormally dangerous
32. Requirement that a case can only be heard by the Supreme Court if four justices vote to hear the case
Rule of four
Mini-trial
Analogy
Rejoinder
33. An amendment to the Constitution of the United States guaranteeing the right of free expression
ordinaces
Standing to sue
First Amendment
Negligence
34. Statements made by the plaintiff and the defendant in a lawsuit that detail the facts - charges - and defenses involved in the litigation. The complaint and answer are part of the pleadings.
Privileges and and immunities clause
Sociological school
Arbitration clause
Pleadings
35. A response to a plaintiff's claim that does not deny the plaintiff's facts but attacks the plaintiff's legal right to bring an action. An example is the running of the statute of limitations.
Affirmative defense
Punitive damages
Sixth Amendment
Syllogism
36. A claim filed in opposition to another claim in a legal action
ordinaces
Counterclaim
Motion for judgement on the pleadings
Cases on point
37. A federal - state - or local government unit established to perform a specific function. Administrative agencies are created and authorized by legislative bodies to administer and enforce specific laws.
Remedies
Answer
Administrative agency
Cyberlaw
38. A motion made by a party - during trial - claiming the opposing party has insufficient evidence to reasonably support its case
Assumption of risk
Motion for judgement as a matter of law
Analogy
in personam jurisdiction
39. (civil law) the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim for relief is based
jurisprudence
Summary jury trials
Categorical imperative
Complaint
40. An amendment to the Constitution of the United States that imposes restrictions on the government's prosecution of persons accused of crimes
Fifth Amendment
In rem jurisdiction
Negotiation
Damages
41. The process by which the parties in a dispute submit their difference to the judgment of an impartial person or group appointed by mutual consent
Arbitration
Common law
Binding authority
Statues of limitation
42. The course of action the government takes in response to an issue or problem as deemed by widely held belief.
dram shop acts
Areas of Law that may affect business decision making
Federal form of government
Public Policy
43. The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution - nor prohibited by it to the states - are reserved to the states respectively - or to the people.
Appellant
Remedies
Sociological school
Tenth Amendment
44. Settlement of civil disputes between parties using neutral mediators or arbitrators without going to court
Fifth Amendment
Arbitrability
Free exercise clause
Alternative dispute resolution
45. Need a set of laws so that commerce is possible; can't have different laws in every state for business. Uniform Commercial Code. Uniform Partnernship Act. Most states adopt them but not in the exact same form
Affirmative defense
Common law
uniform laws
Stare Decisis and legal Reasoning
46. Is strict liability hold a claim if the product or service in question is...
Sociological school
Appellee
Administrative law
abnormally dangerous
47. (law) evidence sufficient to warrant an arrest or search and seizure
Question of fact
Probable cause
Motion for judgement as a matter of law
Civil Law
48. The party against whom legal action is taken; the party against whom a writ of certiorari is sought.
Rule of four
Respondent
Public Policy
positive law
49. A school of legal thought centered on the assumption that there is no law higher then the laws created by the government. Laws must be obeyed - even if they are unjust - to prevent anarchy.
positivist school
Statues of limitation
Mini-trial
Absolute bar
50. The party who appeals a decision of a lower court
Appellant
Proximate cause
Early neutral case evaluation
Online dispute resolution