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Business Law Test
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. A statement of fundamental rights and privileges (especially the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution)
Full faith and credit clause
Bill of Rights
Assumption of risk
Categorical imperative
2. A motion made by a party - during trial - claiming the opposing party has insufficient evidence to reasonably support its case
Motion for judgement as a matter of law
Sixth Amendment
Good samaritan statues
Summons
3. Jurisdiction that exists when a case can be heard only in a particular court or type of court.
Federal question
Exclusive Jurisdiction
Fifth Amendment
Question of fact
4. Evidence tending to make a fact at issue in the case more or less probable than it would be without the evidence. Only relevant evidence is admissible in court.
Statues of limitation
Relevant evidence
Negotiation
Hearsay
5. The First Amendment guarantee that the government will not create and support an official state church
Commerce clause
State and Federal Court Systems
establishment clause
Business invitees
6. 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
Rule of four
Equal protection clause
Arbitration
dram shop acts
7. The preponderance of evidence which means more likely then not.
Early neutral case evaluation
Burden of proof
Cost-benefit analysis
Affirmative defense
8. Private proceeding in which each party to a dispute argues its position before the other side - and vice versa. A neutral third party may be present and act as an adviser if the parties fail to reach an agreement
Appellant
Defense
Mini-trial
Compensatory damages
9. Three remedies known as land - items of value - or money
State and Federal Court Systems
Remedies of Law
Relevant evidence
Civil Law
10. A sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
laches
Tenth Amendment
Damages
Sixth Amendment
11. The location where something takes place - esp. a trial
Venue
importance of common law
Litigation
Defenses to negligence
12. In a jury trial - a motion for the judge to take the decision out of the hands of the jury and to direct a verdict for the party who filed the motion on the ground that the other party has not produced sufficient evidence to support her or his claim.
Negotiation
Disparagement of property
Motion
Motion for a directed verdict
13. 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.
Reporters
Administrative agency
State level appeal eligibility
State Jurisdiction
14. Drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect
Damages
Analogy
Rule of four
Defense
15. 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
Binding authority
Federal form of government
Negotiation
Negligence
16. Based on the idea that law is just one of many institutions in society and that it is shaped by social forces and needs
Legal realism
Case law
Venue
dram shop acts
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
Statutory Law
Common law
In rem jurisdiction
Legal reasoning
18. 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.
Cyberlaw
Hearsay
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Early neutral case evaluation
19. A basis for federal court jurisdiction over a lawsuit between (1) citizens of different states (2) a foreign country and citizens of a state of of different states - or (3) citizens of a state and citizens or subjects of a foreign country. The amount
Equitable maxims
Motion for judgement on the pleadings
diversity of citizenship
importance of common law
20. Right to a trial by jury
ordinaces
Negligence
Seventh Amendment
Federal question
21. Set of books containing published court decisions
Public Policy
State Jurisdiction
Syllogism
Reporters
22. Adj. from the Latin 'against or about a thing -' referring to a lawsuit or other legal action directed toward property - rather than toward a particular person. Thus - if title to property is the issue - the action is 'in rem.' The term is important
Motion for judgement on the pleadings
Fourth Amendment
Long arm statue
In rem jurisdiction
23. (law) compensation for losses that can readily be proven to have occurred and for which the injured party has the right to be compensated
Precedent
Public Policy
Compensatory damages
Commerce clause
24. The party who appeals a decision of a lower court
Pretrial motions
Appellant
Motion for a directed verdict
Principle of rights
25. The branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
jurisprudence
Case Precedents and the doctrine of stare decisis
Strict product liability
Seventh Amendment
26. Highest official of a monarch. Granted new an unique remedies.
Chancellor
laches
Trade libel
establishment clause
27. An amendment to the Constitution of the United States guaranteeing the right of free expression
Slander of quality
First Amendment
Case Precedents and the doctrine of stare decisis
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
28. A reference to or a quotation from an authority
citation
Petitioner
Causation in fact
Case law
29. A doctrine by which equitable relief is denied to one who has waited TOO long to seek relief
establishment clause
Second Amendment
Defense
laches
30. 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.
abnormally dangerous
Arbitration
dram shop acts
Police powers
31. 14th amendment clause that prohibits states from denying equal protection under the law - and has been used to combat discrimination
laches
Checks and balances
Equal protection clause
Answer
32. 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.
Early neutral case evaluation
Corporate social responsibility
breaches
Trespass to personal property
33. (accident - breach of contract - or other event) > Party consults with Attorney(Initial client interview - signing of retainer agreement) > Informal investigation > Plaintiffs attorney files complaint > Defendant attorney files answer to complaint or
Online dispute resolution
Jurisdiction
Petitioner
Stages in an A Typical Lawsuit
34. The party against whom legal action is taken; the party against whom a writ of certiorari is sought.
Res ipsa loquitur
Corporate social responsibility
Respondent
Defense
35. Liability without fault. (Strict product liability)
Writ of certiorari
State Jurisdiction
Punitive damages
Strict liability
36. Rules governing the admissibility of evidence in trial courts.
Absolute bar
Proximate cause
Rules of evidence
Venue
37. An order to appear in person at a given place and time
Summons
Remedies
Strict liability
Case law
38. A court will award money or other relief to a party injured by a breach of contract
Remedies
Trespass to land
Binding authority
Standing to sue
39. An ethical principle that holds that you should never take any action that infringes on others; agreed-upon rights
Principle of rights
Courts of equity
Compensatory damages
law
40. On the premises fr the potential financial benefit of the occupier
Appellant
Categorical imperative
importance of common law
Business invitees
41. (law) the right and power to interpret and apply the law
Jurisdiction
Alternative dispute resolution
Eighth Amendment
importance of common law
42. Nonverbal communication - such as burning a flag or wearing an armband. The Supreme Court has accorded some symbolic speech protection under the first amendment.
Tenth Amendment
Case law
jurisprudence
Symbolic speech
43. The clause in the Constitution (Article I - Section 8 - Clause 1) that gives Congress the power to regulate all business activities that cross state lines or affect more than one state or other nations.
Commerce clause
Precedent
Damages
Complaint
44. The body of rules and regulations and orders and decisions created by administrative agencies of government
Motion for a new trial
Motion for a directed verdict
Administrative law
Categorical imperative
45. Settlement of civil disputes between parties using neutral mediators or arbitrators without going to court
Alternative dispute resolution
Contributory negligence
establishment clause
Fifth Amendment
46. A reasoning process in which an individual links his or her moral convictions or ethical standards to the particular situation at hand.
Sixth Amendment
Cost-benefit analysis
Ethical reasoning
Assumption of risk
47. In order to bring a lawsuit before a court a party must have a sufficient 'stake' in a matter to justify seeking relief through the court system
Venue
Standing to sue
Trade libel
Appellee
48. The idea that the goal of society should be the greatest happiness for the greatest number of its citizens
Torts(Wrongs)
Motion for judgement as a matter of law
tilitarinism
Tenth Amendment
49. Everyone in the commercial chain will be liable for the defect. (manafacturer - distrubutor - retailer) *end user is not in the commercial chain.
Slander of title
Strict product liability
Legal and Equitable Remedies
Negotiation
50. (law) negligence allocated between the plaintiff and the defendant with a corresponding reduction in damages paid to the plaintiff
Brief
Respondent Superior
Torts(Wrongs)
Comparative negligence