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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. No State can draw unreasonable distinctions between its own residents and those persons who happen to live in other States
Brief
Privileges and and immunities clause
uniform laws
Strict product liability
2. 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
State level appeal eligibility
Pretrial motions
In rem jurisdiction
Sociological school
3. (law) the right and power to interpret and apply the law
Legal reasoning
Legal and Equitable Remedies
Equal protection clause
Jurisdiction
4. 1. Resident 2. (while within boundaries of state) 3. Long arm statue.
Assumption of risk
State Jurisdiction
Strict liability
Exclusive Jurisdiction
5. Three remedies known as land - items of value - or money
Police powers
Probable cause
Venue
Remedies of Law
6. A controversey that is not hypotheical or academic but real and substansial; a requirement the must be satisfied before a court will hear a case
Independent regulatory agencies
Brief
Justicable controversy
Jurisdiction
7. 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
Complaint
Civil Law
fradulent Misrepresentation
8. Jurisdiction that exists when a case can be heard only in a particular court or type of court.
Summary jury trials
Trade libel
Courts of law
Exclusive Jurisdiction
9. A clause in a contract providing for arbitration of disputes arising under the contract
Third Amendment
Writ of certiorari
Arbitration clause
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
10. A sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
Damages
Federal question
Punitive damages
Remedies
11. Contracts - Sales - Negotiable instruments - creditos rights - intellectual property - e-commerce - product liability - torts - agency - business organizations - professional liability - courts and court procedures.
Areas of Law that may affect business decision making
breaches
Justicable controversy
Writ of certiorari
12. Propositions or general statements of equitable rules
Alternative dispute resolution
Chancellor
Equitable maxims
Civil Law
13. A wrongful act that the actor had no right to do
Sixth Amendment
Malpractice
Second Amendment
Filtering software
14. Law that involves the interpretation and application of the U.S. Constitution and state constitutions
Default judgement
Equitable maxims
Hearsay
Constitutional Law
15. Right to a trial by jury
Common law
Seventh Amendment
Remedies of Law
State level appeal eligibility
16. Courts that handle cases that involve less than $5000
Origins Of Common Law
Small Claims courts
Alternative dispute resolution
Negligence
17. The act of changing location from one place to another
Burden of proof
Motion for judgement on the pleadings
Stare Decisis and legal Reasoning
Motion
18. 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
Precedent
Federal form of government
Respondent
Respondent Superior
19. Is strict liability hold a claim if the product or service in question is...
abnormally dangerous
positive law
Answer
Burden of proof
20. A legal proceeding in a court
Litigation
Areas of Law that may affect business decision making
State level appeal eligibility
Counterclaim
21. 1. employee activity within scope of employment 2. employee is negligent
Binding authority
Cyberlaw
due proccess clause
Respondent Superior
22. 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.
Cost-benefit analysis
Filtering software
Precedent
Damages
23. To confirm priestly authority upon
Equal protection clause
ordinaces
State Jurisdiction
Jurisdiction
24. A reasoning process in which an individual links his or her moral convictions or ethical standards to the particular situation at hand.
State Jurisdiction
Natural law
Motion
Ethical reasoning
25. The First Amendment guarantee that the government will not create and support an official state church
Cyberlaw
Strict product liability
establishment clause
Opening statements
26. (civil law) the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim for relief is based
Complaint
Sixth Amendment
voir dire
Cyberlaw
27. 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
Comparative negligence
Writ of execution
Causation in fact
28. An informal term used to refer to all laws governing electronic communications and transactions - particularly those conducted via the Internet.
Remedies
Cyberlaw
Bankruptcy courts
Defense
29. Nonverbal communication - such as burning a flag or wearing an armband. The Supreme Court has accorded some symbolic speech protection under the first amendment.
Symbolic speech
Relevant evidence
Small Claims courts
Public Policy
30. The publication of a statement that denies or casts doubt on another's legal ownership of any property - causing financial loss to that property's owner.
Second Amendment
Writ of certiorari
law
Slander of title
31. 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
Legal reasoning
Cyberlaw
Equitable maxims
Cases on point
32. The publication of false information about another's product - alleging that it is not what its seller claims.
Slander of quality
Business invitees
Concurrent Jurisdiction
citation
33. 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.
Chancellor
Malpractice
Opening statements
Proximate cause
34. A judgment entered in favor of the plaintiff when the defendant defaults (fails to appear in court)
Syllogism
Checks and balances
Default judgement
Probable cause
35. 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.
Cyberlaw
Disparagement of property
Rejoinder
diversity of citizenship
36. 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.
uniform laws
Petitioner
Commerce clause
Third Amendment
37. The resolution of disputes wit hthe assitance of organizations that offer disputesresolution services via the internet.
Causation in fact
positivist school
Online dispute resolution
Litigation
38. Precedents are determined under stare decisis. Courts of law and courts or equity have been combined.
Arbitration clause
importance of common law
Administrative law
Default judgement
39. A common law writ issued by a superior court to one of inferior jurisdiction demanding the record of a particular case
jurisprudence
Courts of law
Writ of certiorari
Legal reasoning
40. (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
Stages in an A Typical Lawsuit
Checks and balances
Cost-benefit analysis
Common law
41. The course of action the government takes in response to an issue or problem as deemed by widely held belief.
Contributory negligence
Administrative law
Alternative dispute resolution
Public Policy
42. A major provider of arbitration services
Binding authority
American Arbitration Association
Proximate cause
Public Policy
43. A doctrine by which equitable relief is denied to one who has waited TOO long to seek relief
uniform laws
Remedies
in personam jurisdiction
laches
44. A court will award money or other relief to a party injured by a breach of contract
Case law
Courts of law
Remedies
Full faith and credit clause
45. 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.
Tenth Amendment
law
Direct examination
fradulent Misrepresentation
46. If the injured party can be made whole by receiving something of economic value - the remedy is a legal remedy [damages] - if a remedy at law is inadequate - a litigant may seek a remedy in equity - which involves notions of fair dealing and justice
Trespass to personal property
Legal and Equitable Remedies
Alternative dispute resolution
breaches
47. 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.
Areas of Law that may affect business decision making
Jurisdiction
Pretrial motions
Trespass to personal property
48. A question asked to determine what is true or to what extent something is true
Legal and Equitable Remedies
Question of fact
Statues of limitation
Sociological school
49. Emphasizes the evolutionary process of law by concentrating on the origin and history of the legal system
Cases on point
Historical school
Motion for judgement as a matter of law
Free exercise clause
50. Claims
Answer
Legal realism
Hearsay
Alleges