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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. 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
Free exercise clause
Full faith and credit clause
Malpractice
2. A body of rulings made by judges that become part of a nation's legal system
Common law
Cyberlaw
Alternative dispute resolution
Slander of quality
3. (civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions
Case law
Summary jury trials
fradulent Misrepresentation
Trespass to land
4. Assumption of risk - Superseding cause - and contributory and comparative negligence.
Defenses to negligence
Categorical imperative
Absolute bar
Criminal law
5. Wrongs
Torts(Wrongs)
Police powers
Early neutral case evaluation
Trade libel
6. A court will award money or other relief to a party injured by a breach of contract
Burden of proof
laches
fradulent Misrepresentation
Remedies
7. No State can draw unreasonable distinctions between its own residents and those persons who happen to live in other States
Online dispute resolution
Negligence
Privileges and and immunities clause
Rule of four
8. Courts that handle cases that involve less than $5000
Summary jury trials
Small Claims courts
Alternative dispute resolution
Ethical reasoning
9. Nonverbal communication - such as burning a flag or wearing an armband. The Supreme Court has accorded some symbolic speech protection under the first amendment.
Origins Of Common Law
Symbolic speech
Opening statements
Hearsay
10. 1. employee activity within scope of employment 2. employee is negligent
Petitioner
Pretrial motions
Probate courts
Respondent Superior
11. A common law writ issued by a superior court to one of inferior jurisdiction demanding the record of a particular case
Writ of certiorari
jurisprudence
Long arm statue
Legal realism
12. Everyone in the commercial chain will be liable for the defect. (manafacturer - distrubutor - retailer) *end user is not in the commercial chain.
Rules of evidence
Negligence
Common law
Strict product liability
13. 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
dram shop acts
Direct examination
Case law
14. The courts that awarded compensation back in English Realm
Long arm statue
dram shop acts
Proximate cause
Courts of law
15. (civil law) the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim for relief is based
Writ of certiorari
Complaint
Police powers
Good samaritan statues
16. A reasoning process in which an individual links his or her moral convictions or ethical standards to the particular situation at hand.
Courts of equity
Statutory Law
Ethical reasoning
Police powers
17. Ethical or unethical behaviors by employees in the context of their jobs
Cases on point
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Administrative law
Business Ethics
18. 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.
due proccess clause
Trespass to personal property
Corporate social responsibility
Commerce clause
19. An economically injurious falsehood made about another's product or property; a general term for torts that are more specifically referred to as slander of quality or slander of title.
Analogy
Question of law
Disparagement of property
Exclusive Jurisdiction
20. An informal term used to refer to all laws governing electronic communications and transactions - particularly those conducted via the Internet.
Filtering software
Arbitration
Defenses to negligence
Cyberlaw
21. 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.
Constitutional Law
Tenth Amendment
Probable cause
Civil Law
22. 1066 in Britain - King William implemented this uniform legal system. He sent judges out to make rulings on cases - thus creating precedents. 1225 - the signing of the Magna Carta established the rule of law in England
Federal question
Origins Of Common Law
Direct examination
positive law
23. Law concerned with public wrongs against society
Statues of limitation
Causation in fact
Criminal law
Alleges
24. 14th amendment clause that prohibits states from denying equal protection under the law - and has been used to combat discrimination
Third Amendment
Arbitration clause
Equal protection clause
Compensatory damages
25. 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
Remedies
When constitutional lawz apply
fradulent Misrepresentation
Categorical imperative
26. Violation of a law - duty - or other form of obligation - either by engaging in an action or failing to act
Rule of four
Analogy
breaches
Federal form of government
27. Jurisdiction that exists when a case can be heard only in a particular court or type of court.
Good samaritan statues
Mini-trial
Legal realism
Exclusive Jurisdiction
28. 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.
Writ of execution
Precedent
Motion for a directed verdict
Areas of Law that may affect business decision making
29. A rule of evidence whereby the negligence of an alleged wrongdoer can be inferred from the fact that the accident happened
Res ipsa loquitur
Jurisdiction
Arbitration clause
Hearsay
30. (law) negligence allocated between the plaintiff and the defendant with a corresponding reduction in damages paid to the plaintiff
Question of fact
Appellant
Comparative negligence
Statues of limitation
31. Right to bear arms
Opening statements
Second Amendment
Comparative negligence
Trespass to personal property
32. In a lawsuit - an issue involving the application or interpretation of a law. Only a judge - not a jury - can rule on questions of law.
Negligence
Statutory Law
Question of law
Opening statements
33. The government may not house soldiers in private homes without consent of the owner
Standing to sue
diversity of citizenship
Third Amendment
Administrative agency
34. Drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect
Jurisdiction
Analogy
Tenth Amendment
Origins Of Common Law
35. Settlement of civil disputes between parties using neutral mediators or arbitrators without going to court
Long arm statue
Alternative dispute resolution
Opening statements
Privileges and and immunities clause
36. A wrongful act that the actor had no right to do
Malpractice
Default judgement
Common law
Cost-benefit analysis
37. (law) the right and power to interpret and apply the law
Jurisdiction
Stare Decisis and legal Reasoning
Civil Law
Defenses to negligence
38. 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.
Administrative agency
Disparagement of property
Respondent Superior
Justicable controversy
39. A statement of fundamental rights and privileges (especially the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution)
Torts(Wrongs)
Bill of Rights
Compensatory damages
Motion for judgement as a matter of law
40. Negate the claim of negligence(assumption of risk - superceding intervening clause)
Question of law
uniform laws
Absolute bar
Legal realism
41. The publication of false information about another's product - alleging that it is not what its seller claims.
Arbitration
dram shop acts
Damages
Slander of quality
42. 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
Administrative law
Malpractice
Brief
43. A sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
uniform laws
Damages
Remedies
Administrative agency
44. (law) compensation for losses that can readily be proven to have occurred and for which the injured party has the right to be compensated
Negotiation
Federal Jurisdiction
Relevant evidence
Compensatory damages
45. Someone who petitions a court for redress of a grievance or recovery of a right
Appellant
Tenth Amendment
Petitioner
Probate courts
46. 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.
Motion for judgement as a matter of law
positivist school
Chancellor
Petitioner
47. Statutes adopted in many states that impose strict liability upon tavern owners for injuries to third parties caused by their intoxicated patrons
dram shop acts
Service of process
Free exercise clause
diversity of citizenship
48. The constitutional amendment designed to protect individuals accused of crimes. It includes the right to counsel - the right to confront witnesses - and the right to a speedy and public trial.
Sixth Amendment
Binding authority
Probable cause
Service of process
49. Three remedies known as land - items of value - or money
Summary jury trials
Arbitration clause
Search warrant
Remedies of Law
50. 1. Resident 2. (while within boundaries of state) 3. Long arm statue.
Disparagement of property
Summary jury trials
State Jurisdiction
Binding authority