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Business Law Test
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Law that involves the interpretation and application of the U.S. Constitution and state constitutions
Arbitration
Good samaritan statues
Motion for judgement on the pleadings
Constitutional Law
2. Federal regulatory agencies that are independent - thus not fully under the power of the president. Ex. Federal Trade Commission - Securities and Exchange Commission.
Motion for a directed verdict
Independent regulatory agencies
Exclusive Jurisdiction
abnormally dangerous
3. 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.
Third Amendment
Torts(Wrongs)
Remedies of Law
Cross-examination
4. A body of rulings made by judges that become part of a nation's legal system
Malpractice
Common law
uniform laws
Federal question
5. (law) a pleading by the defendant in reply to a plaintiff's surrejoinder
Business Ethics
jurisprudence
Torts(Wrongs)
Rebuttal
6. Logical formula consisting of a major premise - a minor premise and a conclusion; deceptive or specious argument
Long arm statue
Areas of Law that may affect business decision making
Syllogism
Torts(Wrongs)
7. A rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society
Alleges
Fourth Amendment
Natural law
Long arm statue
8. Courts that handle cases that involve less than $5000
Categorical imperative
Cost-benefit analysis
Small Claims courts
In rem jurisdiction
9. A sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
Exclusive Jurisdiction
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Cyberlaw
Damages
10. Judges must abide by precedents in thier jurisdictions.
Case Precedents and the doctrine of stare decisis
Common law
Civil Law
Appellee
11. 1. Resident 2. (while within boundaries of state) 3. Long arm statue.
State Jurisdiction
Symbolic speech
State level appeal eligibility
Trespass to land
12. A school of legal thought that views the law as a tool for promoting justice in society.
Negligence
Concurrent Jurisdiction
Sociological school
Res ipsa loquitur
13. The preponderance of evidence which means more likely then not.
Equal protection clause
Burden of proof
Opening statements
Early neutral case evaluation
14. Settlement of civil disputes between parties using neutral mediators or arbitrators without going to court
Counterclaim
Alternative dispute resolution
Respondent Superior
Slander of quality
15. Someone who petitions a court for redress of a grievance or recovery of a right
Strict product liability
Disparagement of property
Early neutral case evaluation
Petitioner
16. 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
Assumption of risk
Search warrant
Writ of execution
Courts of law
17. Rules governing the admissibility of evidence in trial courts.
Sociological school
Fourth Amendment
Rules of evidence
Courts of law
18. 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.
Relevant evidence
establishment clause
Eighth Amendment
Remedies
19. 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
State Jurisdiction
Exclusive Jurisdiction
voir dire
Negligence
20. (law) a pleading made by a defendant in response to the plaintiff's replication
Negligence
Analogy
tilitarinism
Rejoinder
21. Contracts - Sales - Negotiable instruments - creditos rights - intellectual property - e-commerce - product liability - torts - agency - business organizations - professional liability - courts and court procedures.
Standing to sue
Areas of Law that may affect business decision making
Closing argument
Negotiation
22. Liability without fault. (Strict product liability)
Proximate cause
Trade libel
Damages
Strict liability
23. 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.
Binding authority
Commerce clause
positivist school
Ninth Amendment
24. Law concerned with public wrongs against society
Concurrent Jurisdiction
Closing argument
Criminal law
Syllogism
25. A brief outline of what the defendant and the plaintiff will try to prove.
Bill of Rights
Business invitees
Opening statements
Justicable controversy
26. An amendment to the Constitution of the United States guaranteeing the right of free expression
Motion for judgement as a matter of law
Federal question
First Amendment
Hearsay
27. A legal proceeding in a court
Ethical reasoning
Disparagement of property
Litigation
Statues of limitation
28. The resolution of disputes wit hthe assitance of organizations that offer disputesresolution services via the internet.
Defense
Absolute bar
Online dispute resolution
Bankruptcy courts
29. (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
Civil Law
laches
Police powers
Stages in an A Typical Lawsuit
30. Based on the idea that law is just one of many institutions in society and that it is shaped by social forces and needs
Remedies of Law
Legal realism
Arbitrability
Affirmative defense
31. 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
Precedent
Online dispute resolution
Arbitration clause
32. The courts that awarded compensation back in English Realm
Categorical imperative
Second Amendment
Courts of law
citation
33. A rule of evidence whereby the negligence of an alleged wrongdoer can be inferred from the fact that the accident happened
importance of common law
Statutory Law
Res ipsa loquitur
Appellant
34. Occurs when one party to a contract is not given full or accurate information by the other party about the contract subject matter - Intentional misrepresentation of material fact - reasonably relied on by plaintiff resulting in damages
Cost-benefit analysis
Federal question
fradulent Misrepresentation
Checks and balances
35. Assumption of risk - Superseding cause - and contributory and comparative negligence.
Legal realism
Defenses to negligence
Bill of Rights
Fourth Amendment
36. The act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone
Default judgement
Service of process
Search warrant
positive law
37. Discussion with a view to reaching agreement; talking about a conflict where both parties give and take to reach a resolution - without attorneys.
citation
Federal form of government
Disparagement of property
Negotiation
38. Part of the 14th Amendment which guarentees that no state deny basic rights to its people
Litigation
due proccess clause
Stages in an A Typical Lawsuit
Alleges
39. 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.
ordinaces
Pleadings
Business Ethics
Fourth Amendment
40. Any testimony given in court about a statement made by someone else who was not under oath at the time of the statement
Search warrant
Statues of limitation
Hearsay
diversity of citizenship
41. Relieve you of some liability when reasonable care is used
Stages in an A Typical Lawsuit
Good samaritan statues
Police powers
Counterclaim
42. 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.
Administrative law
Tenth Amendment
Negotiation
Second Amendment
43. 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
Defenses to negligence
Absolute bar
In rem jurisdiction
Stare Decisis and legal Reasoning
44. The party who appeals a decision of a lower court
Jurisdiction
in personam jurisdiction
Eighth Amendment
Appellant
45. 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.
Litigation
due proccess clause
Motion for a new trial
Venue
46. The body of conventional - or written - law of a particular society at a particular point in time.
fradulent Misrepresentation
positive law
Opening statements
Sociological school
47. The location where something takes place - esp. a trial
Appellant
Venue
Torts(Wrongs)
Courts of equity
48. To confirm priestly authority upon
ordinaces
establishment clause
Rebuttal
Online dispute resolution
49. A claim filed in opposition to another claim in a legal action
Counterclaim
Trade libel
Natural law
Legal reasoning
50. An order to appear in person at a given place and time
jurisprudence
Historical school
Summons
Federal form of government