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Business Law Test

Subjects : law, business-law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. 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






2. (civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions






3. A school of legal thought that views the law as a tool for promoting justice in society.






4. A common law writ issued by a superior court to one of inferior jurisdiction demanding the record of a particular case






5. The question of whether an issue lies within the authority and jurisdiction of the arbitrator. A matter may be declared non-arbitrable either because certain steps - timetables and procedures have not been followed prior to submitting it to arbitrati






6. To confirm priestly authority upon






7. Logical formula consisting of a major premise - a minor premise and a conclusion; deceptive or specious argument






8. Rules governing the admissibility of evidence in trial courts.






9. Law concerned with public wrongs against society






10. A rule of evidence whereby the negligence of an alleged wrongdoer can be inferred from the fact that the accident happened






11. A clause in a contract providing for arbitration of disputes arising under the contract






12. Set of books containing published court decisions






13. The body of conventional - or written - law of a particular society at a particular point in time.






14. Judges must abide by precedents in thier jurisdictions.






15. A final judgment for one side in a lawsuit without trial when a judge finds based on pleadings - affidavits - and depositions that there is no genuine factual issue in the lawsuit






16. Is the cause that immediately and directly results in a specific event. if a person can eleminate any one of the 4 elemants - the lawsuit will not be successful.






17. A reference to or a quotation from an authority






18. An ethical principle that holds that you should never take any action that infringes on others; agreed-upon rights






19. 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






20. State statute that permits a state to obtain personal jurisdiction over nonresident defendants






21. An example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time






22. (law) negligence allocated between the plaintiff and the defendant with a corresponding reduction in damages paid to the plaintiff






23. Jury selection process of questioning prospective jurors - to ascertain their qualifications and determine any basis for challenge.






24. 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






25. 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.






26. Discussion with a view to reaching agreement; talking about a conflict where both parties give and take to reach a resolution - without attorneys.






27. 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.






28. Federal regulatory agencies that are independent - thus not fully under the power of the president. Ex. Federal Trade Commission - Securities and Exchange Commission.






29. The act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone






30. A wrongful act that the actor had no right to do






31. An amendment to the Constitution of the United States guaranteeing the right of free expression






32. (law) a pleading by the defendant in reply to a plaintiff's surrejoinder






33. 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.






34. Jurisdiction based upon claims against a person - in contrast to jurisdiction over the person's property






35. The body of rules and regulations and orders and decisions created by administrative agencies of government






36. Precedents are determined under stare decisis. Courts of law and courts or equity have been combined.






37. 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.






38. Use deductive reasoning to identify relevant legal rules - applying those rules to to the facts of the case and drawing a conclusion.






39. Authority shared by both federal and state courts






40. Negate the claim of negligence(assumption of risk - superceding intervening clause)






41. The idea that the goal of society should be the greatest happiness for the greatest number of its citizens






42. (law) behavior by the plaintiff that contributes to the harm resulting from the defendant's negligence






43. (civil law) the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim for relief is based






44. 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.






45. An order to appear in person at a given place and time






46. 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






47. 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.






48. Clause in the Constitution (Article IV - Section 1) requiring each state to recognize the civil judgments rendered by the courts of the other states and to accept their public records and acts as valid






49. An argument made after the plaintiff and defendant have rested their cases. Closing arguments are made prior to the jury charges.






50. Enforcable rules governing relationships among individuals and between individuals and thier society.