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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 unlawful taking or harming of another's personal property; interference with another's right to the exclusive possession of his or her personal property.
In rem jurisdiction
Courts of law
Opening statements
Trespass to personal property
2. 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
Comparative negligence
Justicable controversy
Negligence
uniform laws
3. 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
Checks and balances
Summary jury trials
Full faith and credit clause
Motion for a directed verdict
4. Rules governing the admissibility of evidence in trial courts.
tilitarinism
Filtering software
Rules of evidence
Pretrial motions
5. Economic model that compares the marginal costs and marginal benefits of a decision
Cyberlaw
State Jurisdiction
Cost-benefit analysis
Question of fact
6. The body of conventional - or written - law of a particular society at a particular point in time.
due proccess clause
Motion for judgement on the pleadings
Pretrial motions
positive law
7. Doctrine under which a person cannot recover for injuries received from a dangerous activity to which she voluntarily exposed herself
Remedies of Law
Assumption of risk
Statues of limitation
Federal form of government
8. A doctrine by which equitable relief is denied to one who has waited TOO long to seek relief
laches
Stare Decisis and legal Reasoning
Negligence
Common law
9. The publication of false information about another's product - alleging it is not what its seller claims; also referred to as slander of quality.
Rule of four
Appellant
Trade libel
Federal form of government
10. An example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time
Statues of limitation
Precedent
Arbitration
Appellee
11. Is strict liability hold a claim if the product or service in question is...
Police powers
abnormally dangerous
Areas of Law that may affect business decision making
Natural law
12. Any source of law that a court must follow when deciding a case. This includes constitutions - statues - and regulations - that govern the issue being decided - as well as previous court decisions in the same jurisdiction.
Pretrial motions
Binding authority
Contributory negligence
Exclusive Jurisdiction
13. 1. employee activity within scope of employment 2. employee is negligent
Stages in an A Typical Lawsuit
Corporate social responsibility
Tenth Amendment
Respondent Superior
14. The idea that the goal of society should be the greatest happiness for the greatest number of its citizens
Service of process
tilitarinism
Disparagement of property
Ethical reasoning
15. In litigation - the amount of monetary compensation awarded to a plaintiff in a civil lawsuit as damages. In the context of alternative dispute resolution - the decision rendered by an arbitrator.
Respondent Superior
Good samaritan statues
Award
Slander of quality
16. State statute that permits a state to obtain personal jurisdiction over nonresident defendants
Long arm statue
Analogy
Trespass to land
Equitable maxims
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
Summons
Disparagement of property
Jurisdiction
Legal reasoning
18. Precedents are determined under stare decisis. Courts of law and courts or equity have been combined.
Binding authority
importance of common law
Answer
Venue
19. Any testimony given in court about a statement made by someone else who was not under oath at the time of the statement
Online dispute resolution
Hearsay
abnormally dangerous
Fifth Amendment
20. 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
First Amendment
Mini-trial
Chancellor
positive law
21. 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.
In rem jurisdiction
tilitarinism
Stare Decisis and legal Reasoning
Proximate cause
22. 1. Federal statute 2. Constitution(U.S.) 3. Diversity of Citizenship($75 -000 or more)
Federal Jurisdiction
positive law
Stare Decisis and legal Reasoning
Police powers
23. Contracts - Sales - Negotiable instruments - creditos rights - intellectual property - e-commerce - product liability - torts - agency - business organizations - professional liability - courts and court procedures.
dram shop acts
Areas of Law that may affect business decision making
Strict liability
Summary jury trials
24. (law) compensation in excess of actual damages (a form of punishment awarded in cases of malicious or willful misconduct)
Good samaritan statues
Punitive damages
Slander of title
Probable cause
25. Formal chancery courts - grant unique remedies. These remedies include specific performance - injunction and rescission.
Stages in an A Typical Lawsuit
Courts of equity
Sixth Amendment
Corporate social responsibility
26. An ethical principle that holds that you should never take any action that infringes on others; agreed-upon rights
Cyber torts
Cyberlaw
Principle of rights
Common law
27. To be on the land of another without right or permission of the owner
Free exercise clause
Brief
Trespass to land
Checks and balances
28. 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
Proximate cause
Jurisdiction
Complaint
Legal and Equitable Remedies
29. Previously decided cases that are as similar as possible to the one under consideration
Cost-benefit analysis
Opening statements
Cases on point
Venue
30. Liability without fault. (Strict product liability)
Assumption of risk
Full faith and credit clause
Sociological school
Strict liability
31. A brief outline of what the defendant and the plaintiff will try to prove.
Alternative dispute resolution
Eighth Amendment
Opening statements
Cost-benefit analysis
32. The First Amendment guarantee that the government will not create and support an official state church
establishment clause
Bill of Rights
Litigation
Question of law
33. The enumeration in the Constitution - of certain rights - shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
Relevant evidence
Burden of proof
Ninth Amendment
Petitioner
34. 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
Contributory negligence
Standing to sue
Disparagement of property
Sixth Amendment
35. Logical formula consisting of a major premise - a minor premise and a conclusion; deceptive or specious argument
ordinaces
Alternative dispute resolution
Syllogism
Trespass to land
36. 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
citation
Justicable controversy
Ethical reasoning
Filtering software
37. 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.
Cyberlaw
Negligence
Police powers
Business Ethics
38. A question asked to determine what is true or to what extent something is true
Question of fact
Slander of title
Federal form of government
Arbitrability
39. Federal regulatory agencies that are independent - thus not fully under the power of the president. Ex. Federal Trade Commission - Securities and Exchange Commission.
Independent regulatory agencies
In rem jurisdiction
Trespass to land
due proccess clause
40. 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.
Precedent
Small Claims courts
Tenth Amendment
Mini-trial
41. Law concerned with public wrongs against society
Courts of equity
Criminal law
Precedent
Relevant evidence
42. Excessive bail shall not be required - nor excessive fines imposed - nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
Origins Of Common Law
Contributory negligence
abnormally dangerous
Eighth Amendment
43. Requirement that a case can only be heard by the Supreme Court if four justices vote to hear the case
Free exercise clause
Equal protection clause
Equitable maxims
Rule of four
44. Use deductive reasoning to identify relevant legal rules - applying those rules to to the facts of the case and drawing a conclusion.
Writ of certiorari
Stare Decisis and legal Reasoning
Cross-examination
positive law
45. A common law writ issued by a superior court to one of inferior jurisdiction demanding the record of a particular case
Statutory Law
Writ of certiorari
Good samaritan statues
tilitarinism
46. Protects you from unreasonable search and seizure of your home and property
Criminal law
Service of process
Privileges and and immunities clause
Fourth Amendment
47. Jurisdiction that exists when a case can be heard only in a particular court or type of court.
Privileges and and immunities clause
Symbolic speech
Search warrant
Exclusive Jurisdiction
48. The power to speak the law.
Cases on point
Respondent Superior
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Jurisdiction
49. 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
Business invitees
Assumption of risk
Natural law
diversity of citizenship
50. 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.
Alternative dispute resolution
Early neutral case evaluation
Cyber torts
Appellee