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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. 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.
Legal realism
Compensatory damages
Courts of law
Disparagement of property
2. A defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him
American Arbitration Association
Defense
Pleadings
In rem jurisdiction
3. Settlement of civil disputes between parties using neutral mediators or arbitrators without going to court
Strict liability
Service of process
Alternative dispute resolution
Ninth Amendment
4. A question that had to do with the US Constitution - acts of Congress - or treaties; it provides a basis for federal jurisdiction
Statutory Law
Probable cause
Defenses to negligence
Federal question
5. The course of action the government takes in response to an issue or problem as deemed by widely held belief.
Public Policy
Negligence
diversity of citizenship
ordinaces
6. The government may not house soldiers in private homes without consent of the owner
Precedent
Rules of evidence
Rejoinder
Third Amendment
7. Set of books containing published court decisions
Torts(Wrongs)
Comparative negligence
Motion for judgement on the pleadings
Reporters
8. Party who defends an appeal
Areas of Law that may affect business decision making
Damages
Res ipsa loquitur
Appellee
9. 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
Categorical imperative
Common law
Closing argument
Full faith and credit clause
10. 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.
Commerce clause
Writ of certiorari
positivist school
Online dispute resolution
11. Need a set of laws so that commerce is possible; can't have different laws in every state for business. Uniform Commercial Code. Uniform Partnernship Act. Most states adopt them but not in the exact same form
Sixth Amendment
Justicable controversy
uniform laws
Strict product liability
12. A school of legal thought that views the law as a tool for promoting justice in society.
Sociological school
Jurisdiction
Third Amendment
Online dispute resolution
13. A reasoning process in which an individual links his or her moral convictions or ethical standards to the particular situation at hand.
Symbolic speech
establishment clause
Commerce clause
Ethical reasoning
14. (civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions
Burden of proof
Case law
Assumption of risk
Trespass to land
15. An act or omission without which an event would not have occurred.
Legal and Equitable Remedies
Legal reasoning
ordinaces
Causation in fact
16. (law) a pleading by the defendant in reply to a plaintiff's surrejoinder
Rebuttal
Malpractice
Defenses to negligence
Negligence
17. Rules governing the admissibility of evidence in trial courts.
Early neutral case evaluation
Rules of evidence
Pretrial motions
Torts(Wrongs)
18. A major provider of arbitration services
American Arbitration Association
Small Claims courts
Litigation
Punitive damages
19. 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
Federal form of government
Arbitration clause
Probable cause
Malpractice
20. Discussion with a view to reaching agreement; talking about a conflict where both parties give and take to reach a resolution - without attorneys.
diversity of citizenship
Federal form of government
Motion for a directed verdict
Negotiation
21. To confirm priestly authority upon
Federal Jurisdiction
ordinaces
Disparagement of property
First Amendment
22. Previously decided cases that are as similar as possible to the one under consideration
Brief
State level appeal eligibility
Cases on point
law
23. Assumption of risk - Superseding cause - and contributory and comparative negligence.
Eighth Amendment
Defenses to negligence
in personam jurisdiction
Venue
24. Law that involves the interpretation and application of the U.S. Constitution and state constitutions
Statutory Law
Long arm statue
Criminal law
Constitutional Law
25. Claims
Alleges
Corporate social responsibility
jurisprudence
Ethical reasoning
26. A body of rulings made by judges that become part of a nation's legal system
voir dire
Arbitration clause
Res ipsa loquitur
Common law
27. When the matter is between private parties the constitution laws do not apply. Between individuals and government organizations then constitutional laws apply.
Appellant
When constitutional lawz apply
Fourth Amendment
Trade libel
28. Courts that handle cases that involve less than $5000
Service of process
law
Small Claims courts
Motion for a new trial
29. The idea that the goal of society should be the greatest happiness for the greatest number of its citizens
Precedent
Courts of equity
Torts(Wrongs)
tilitarinism
30. A clause in a contract providing for arbitration of disputes arising under the contract
Damages
Arbitration clause
Standing to sue
Statutory Law
31. The First Amendment guarantee that the government will not create and support an official state church
establishment clause
Statutory Law
Jurisdiction
Filtering software
32. Nonverbal communication - such as burning a flag or wearing an armband. The Supreme Court has accorded some symbolic speech protection under the first amendment.
Arbitration
Rebuttal
Symbolic speech
Absolute bar
33. Propositions or general statements of equitable rules
due proccess clause
Burden of proof
Affirmative defense
Equitable maxims
34. 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.
Binding authority
Defense
Contributory negligence
Commerce clause
35. An amendment to the Constitution of the United States that imposes restrictions on the government's prosecution of persons accused of crimes
Proximate cause
Causation in fact
Fifth Amendment
Assumption of risk
36. Logical formula consisting of a major premise - a minor premise and a conclusion; deceptive or specious argument
Syllogism
tilitarinism
Federal question
Respondent Superior
37. 1. employee activity within scope of employment 2. employee is negligent
In rem jurisdiction
Respondent Superior
Third Amendment
Motion for a new trial
38. A legal proceeding in a court
Litigation
Early neutral case evaluation
Concurrent Jurisdiction
uniform laws
39. To be on the land of another without right or permission of the owner
jurisprudence
establishment clause
Comparative negligence
Trespass to land
40. Authority shared by both federal and state courts
Burden of proof
Fourth Amendment
Concurrent Jurisdiction
Slander of title
41. The act of changing location from one place to another
Motion
Good samaritan statues
Free exercise clause
Exclusive Jurisdiction
42. An example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time
Principle of rights
Rules of evidence
Appellee
Precedent
43. An amendment to the Constitution of the United States guaranteeing the right of free expression
Fourth Amendment
First Amendment
Answer
Disparagement of property
44. 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
Early neutral case evaluation
Slander of title
importance of common law
45. No State can draw unreasonable distinctions between its own residents and those persons who happen to live in other States
Full faith and credit clause
ordinaces
Privileges and and immunities clause
Origins Of Common Law
46. Liability without fault. (Strict product liability)
Affirmative defense
Stare Decisis and legal Reasoning
Strict liability
Precedent
47. 14th amendment clause that prohibits states from denying equal protection under the law - and has been used to combat discrimination
Arbitration
Equal protection clause
Comparative negligence
Full faith and credit clause
48. Three remedies known as land - items of value - or money
Eighth Amendment
Remedies of Law
Default judgement
Opinions
49. Doctrine under which a person cannot recover for injuries received from a dangerous activity to which she voluntarily exposed herself
ordinaces
Assumption of risk
Early neutral case evaluation
When constitutional lawz apply
50. The party who appeals a decision of a lower court
jurisprudence
Appellant
Complaint
in personam jurisdiction