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Business Law Test
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.
Categorical imperative
Common law
Case law
Binding authority
2. Economic model that compares the marginal costs and marginal benefits of a decision
Cost-benefit analysis
Tenth Amendment
Filtering software
Affirmative defense
3. On the premises fr the potential financial benefit of the occupier
due proccess clause
Business invitees
Rebuttal
State and Federal Court Systems
4. Law concerned with private wrongs against individuals
Appellant
Slander of quality
Civil Law
Comparative negligence
5. (law) behavior by the plaintiff that contributes to the harm resulting from the defendant's negligence
Contributory negligence
citation
Rule of four
Absolute bar
6. 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
Remedies
jurisprudence
Justicable controversy
Federal form of government
7. The course of action the government takes in response to an issue or problem as deemed by widely held belief.
Arbitration clause
Motion for judgement on the pleadings
Public Policy
establishment clause
8. Wrongs
establishment clause
Litigation
citation
Torts(Wrongs)
9. Judges must abide by precedents in thier jurisdictions.
Slander of quality
Good samaritan statues
Case Precedents and the doctrine of stare decisis
Second Amendment
10. Assumption of risk - Superseding cause - and contributory and comparative negligence.
Defenses to negligence
positive law
Causation in fact
Arbitrability
11. A claim filed in opposition to another claim in a legal action
Opinions
Writ of execution
Categorical imperative
Counterclaim
12. 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
Answer
Burden of proof
Criminal law
Arbitration
13. 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.
Disparagement of property
due proccess clause
breaches
Tenth Amendment
14. 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
Precedent
establishment clause
Compensatory damages
15. Supreme Court followed by the U.S. Court of Appeals and The highest state courts. Then followed by federal administrative agencies. U.S. District Courts - Specialized U.S. Courts(bankruptcy courts - court of Federal claims - court of international tr
In rem jurisdiction
Stare Decisis and legal Reasoning
uniform laws
State and Federal Court Systems
16. Jurisdiction based on claims against property
In rem jurisdiction
Award
Affirmative defense
Summons
17. The reasoning process used by judges in deciding what law applies to a given dispute and then applying that law to the specific facts or circumstances of the case
Burden of proof
tilitarinism
Negligence
Legal reasoning
18. Emphasizes the evolutionary process of law by concentrating on the origin and history of the legal system
Justicable controversy
Constitutional Law
Historical school
State Jurisdiction
19. An example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time
Precedent
Filtering software
Symbolic speech
Defenses to negligence
20. A condensed written summary or abstract
Brief
Opening statements
Burden of proof
Business Ethics
21. 1. employee activity within scope of employment 2. employee is negligent
Respondent Superior
Torts(Wrongs)
Arbitration clause
Alleges
22. To be on the land of another without right or permission of the owner
in personam jurisdiction
Concurrent Jurisdiction
Trespass to land
Arbitration clause
23. 14th amendment clause that prohibits states from denying equal protection under the law - and has been used to combat discrimination
Equal protection clause
Bankruptcy courts
Public Policy
Arbitration clause
24. Rules governing the admissibility of evidence in trial courts.
Res ipsa loquitur
Rules of evidence
Symbolic speech
Motion for judgement as a matter of law
25. 1. Federal statute 2. Constitution(U.S.) 3. Diversity of Citizenship($75 -000 or more)
First Amendment
Federal Jurisdiction
Privileges and and immunities clause
Trespass to personal property
26. A common law writ issued by a superior court to one of inferior jurisdiction demanding the record of a particular case
Comparative negligence
Writ of certiorari
positive law
Legal and Equitable Remedies
27. The enumeration in the Constitution - of certain rights - shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
Summons
Ninth Amendment
Comparative negligence
Motion for a directed verdict
28. Handle only bankruptcy proceedings - which are governed by federal bankruptcy law
Bankruptcy courts
Question of law
Rebuttal
Chancellor
29. A court will award money or other relief to a party injured by a breach of contract
Cyberlaw
Comparative negligence
Remedies
Concurrent Jurisdiction
30. A defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him
Statutory Law
Defense
Motion for a new trial
Damages
31. Three remedies known as land - items of value - or money
Historical school
Remedies of Law
Equitable maxims
In rem jurisdiction
32. The preponderance of evidence which means more likely then not.
Burden of proof
Statues of limitation
Federal Jurisdiction
Seventh Amendment
33. A routine court order that attempts to enforce the judgment that has been granted to a plaintiff by authorizing a sheriff to carry it out
Motion for a new trial
Pleadings
Writ of execution
Defenses to negligence
34. The branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
due proccess clause
Punitive damages
Seventh Amendment
jurisprudence
35. A clause in a contract providing for arbitration of disputes arising under the contract
Default judgement
Proximate cause
Case Precedents and the doctrine of stare decisis
Arbitration clause
36. 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.
Sociological school
Business Ethics
Question of fact
Filtering software
37. A wrongful act that the actor had no right to do
Malpractice
Legal realism
Police powers
uniform laws
38. A sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
Precedent
law
Rules of evidence
Damages
39. (civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions
Case law
Torts(Wrongs)
Proximate cause
citation
40. 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.
Motion for judgement as a matter of law
Categorical imperative
Affirmative defense
Cyber torts
41. (law) evidence sufficient to warrant an arrest or search and seizure
Corporate social responsibility
Analogy
Probable cause
Hearsay
42. 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.
Burden of proof
Legal realism
Res ipsa loquitur
Early neutral case evaluation
43. A motion asserting that the trial was so fundamentally flawed (because of error - newly discovered evidence - prejudice - or another reason) that a new trial is necessary to prevent a miscarriage of justice.
Principle of rights
Motion for a new trial
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Damages
44. 1. Resident 2. (while within boundaries of state) 3. Long arm statue.
Cyber torts
Writ of execution
State Jurisdiction
State and Federal Court Systems
45. A school of legal thought that views the law as a tool for promoting justice in society.
Trespass to personal property
Sociological school
Historical school
Privileges and and immunities clause
46. An act or omission without which an event would not have occurred.
Stages in an A Typical Lawsuit
Commerce clause
Causation in fact
Rejoinder
47. Any testimony given in court about a statement made by someone else who was not under oath at the time of the statement
Motion
Hearsay
Respondent
voir dire
48. 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.
Comparative negligence
Administrative agency
Pleadings
Appellant
49. The government may not house soldiers in private homes without consent of the owner
Motion for judgement as a matter of law
breaches
Defenses to negligence
Third Amendment
50. The body of rules and regulations and orders and decisions created by administrative agencies of government
Seventh Amendment
Early neutral case evaluation
Third Amendment
Administrative law