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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. Torts committed via the internet
Common law
Ninth Amendment
Cyber torts
Arbitration
2. An amendment to the Constitution of the United States guaranteeing the right of free expression
First Amendment
Stages in an A Typical Lawsuit
Assumption of risk
Origins Of Common Law
3. 14th amendment clause that prohibits states from denying equal protection under the law - and has been used to combat discrimination
Legal realism
Stages in an A Typical Lawsuit
citation
Equal protection clause
4. Is strict liability hold a claim if the product or service in question is...
Origins Of Common Law
Filtering software
Summons
abnormally dangerous
5. A sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
Concurrent Jurisdiction
Damages
Disparagement of property
Chancellor
6. A routine court order that attempts to enforce the judgment that has been granted to a plaintiff by authorizing a sheriff to carry it out
Arbitrability
Proximate cause
Writ of execution
Arbitration
7. 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.
Commerce clause
Syllogism
Cases on point
Absolute bar
8. Economic model that compares the marginal costs and marginal benefits of a decision
Cases on point
Cost-benefit analysis
Sociological school
Chancellor
9. Violation of a law - duty - or other form of obligation - either by engaging in an action or failing to act
Tenth Amendment
Search warrant
Pretrial motions
breaches
10. Contracts - Sales - Negotiable instruments - creditos rights - intellectual property - e-commerce - product liability - torts - agency - business organizations - professional liability - courts and court procedures.
Courts of law
Corporate social responsibility
Areas of Law that may affect business decision making
Probable cause
11. A court will award money or other relief to a party injured by a breach of contract
Precedent
Mini-trial
Default judgement
Remedies
12. The party against whom legal action is taken; the party against whom a writ of certiorari is sought.
Comparative negligence
Respondent
State and Federal Court Systems
Statues of limitation
13. (law) compensation for losses that can readily be proven to have occurred and for which the injured party has the right to be compensated
Pretrial motions
Causation in fact
Compensatory damages
Arbitrability
14. Assumption of risk - Superseding cause - and contributory and comparative negligence.
Defenses to negligence
Categorical imperative
Stare Decisis and legal Reasoning
First Amendment
15. (law) compensation in excess of actual damages (a form of punishment awarded in cases of malicious or willful misconduct)
Common law
Service of process
Public Policy
Punitive damages
16. Any testimony given in court about a statement made by someone else who was not under oath at the time of the statement
Hearsay
Free exercise clause
law
Alternative dispute resolution
17. A reasoning process in which an individual links his or her moral convictions or ethical standards to the particular situation at hand.
Ethical reasoning
Reporters
Binding authority
Petitioner
18. A motion made by a party - during trial - claiming the opposing party has insufficient evidence to reasonably support its case
breaches
Motion for judgement as a matter of law
Courts of equity
First Amendment
19. An order to appear in person at a given place and time
law
Summons
Civil Law
Burden of proof
20. Highest official of a monarch. Granted new an unique remedies.
Principle of rights
Chancellor
Concurrent Jurisdiction
Rejoinder
21. A major provider of arbitration services
Malpractice
abnormally dangerous
Trespass to land
American Arbitration Association
22. Drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect
Independent regulatory agencies
Civil Law
Analogy
Ninth Amendment
23. Settlement of civil disputes between parties using neutral mediators or arbitrators without going to court
Closing argument
In rem jurisdiction
Trespass to personal property
Alternative dispute resolution
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
Negligence
jurisprudence
Case Precedents and the doctrine of stare decisis
Privileges and and immunities clause
25. To confirm priestly authority upon
Administrative agency
ordinaces
Civil Law
Remedies
26. Law that involves the interpretation and application of the U.S. Constitution and state constitutions
Constitutional Law
Full faith and credit clause
Rejoinder
Legal and Equitable Remedies
27. 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
Cross-examination
Civil Law
Question of fact
uniform laws
28. An informal term used to refer to all laws governing electronic communications and transactions - particularly those conducted via the Internet.
Direct examination
Full faith and credit clause
Award
Cyberlaw
29. The preponderance of evidence which means more likely then not.
Burden of proof
Award
Pretrial motions
Contributory negligence
30. 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
Case Precedents and the doctrine of stare decisis
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Respondent Superior
31. The courts that awarded compensation back in English Realm
State level appeal eligibility
Concurrent Jurisdiction
Courts of law
Chancellor
32. Protects you from unreasonable search and seizure of your home and property
Answer
Fourth Amendment
Cross-examination
breaches
33. (civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions
Case law
Equal protection clause
Trade libel
State level appeal eligibility
34. Automotic appeal based on procedure/law. appeal cannot be made on a error of fact. Car accident example. procedure - wrong court date. law - issue of law is wrong. U.S. Supreme Court appeal is still possible with permission(write of certerori)
Administrative agency
State level appeal eligibility
Counterclaim
Defenses to negligence
35. Occurs when one party to a contract is not given full or accurate information by the other party about the contract subject matter - Intentional misrepresentation of material fact - reasonably relied on by plaintiff resulting in damages
voir dire
Motion for judgement as a matter of law
fradulent Misrepresentation
When constitutional lawz apply
36. Negate the claim of negligence(assumption of risk - superceding intervening clause)
Absolute bar
Search warrant
Motion for judgement as a matter of law
Rebuttal
37. A claim filed in opposition to another claim in a legal action
Question of fact
Counterclaim
Police powers
due proccess clause
38. 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.
Award
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Petitioner
positive law
39. 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.
Question of law
Rejoinder
Legal reasoning
Answer
40. 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
Legal reasoning
Affirmative defense
Absolute bar
Standing to sue
41. Wrongs
Chancellor
Torts(Wrongs)
diversity of citizenship
Categorical imperative
42. Previously decided cases that are as similar as possible to the one under consideration
Privileges and and immunities clause
Direct examination
Cases on point
Courts of law
43. Jury selection process of questioning prospective jurors - to ascertain their qualifications and determine any basis for challenge.
Statutory Law
voir dire
Filtering software
Respondent Superior
44. Set of books containing published court decisions
Slander of quality
Binding authority
Checks and balances
Reporters
45. Based on the idea that law is just one of many institutions in society and that it is shaped by social forces and needs
Legal realism
Malpractice
Service of process
Contributory negligence
46. A nonbinding process in which attorneys for both sides present synopses of their cases to a jury - which renders an advisory opinion on the basis of these presentations
Probate courts
Summary jury trials
Rebuttal
Case law
47. 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
jurisprudence
positivist school
Full faith and credit clause
Cyber torts
48. A statement of fundamental rights and privileges (especially the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution)
In rem jurisdiction
Reporters
Bill of Rights
Cross-examination
49. State statute that permits a state to obtain personal jurisdiction over nonresident defendants
Public Policy
Pretrial motions
Jurisdiction
Long arm statue
50. 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
Assumption of risk
Legal reasoning
Filtering software
Case law