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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 process by which the parties in a dispute submit their difference to the judgment of an impartial person or group appointed by mutual consent
Online dispute resolution
Arbitration
Ethical reasoning
Legal reasoning
2. An ethical principle that holds that you should never take any action that infringes on others; agreed-upon rights
Corporate social responsibility
Trespass to land
Principle of rights
Opinions
3. Law concerned with private wrongs against individuals
Civil Law
Second Amendment
Strict liability
Rule of four
4. The principle pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint
Respondent Superior
First Amendment
Alternative dispute resolution
Answer
5. An amendment to the Constitution of the United States guaranteeing the right of free expression
Motion
First Amendment
Origins Of Common Law
Rebuttal
6. (law) the right and power to interpret and apply the law
Jurisdiction
positive law
Trespass to land
Probate courts
7. An amendment to the Constitution of the United States that imposes restrictions on the government's prosecution of persons accused of crimes
citation
Punitive damages
Equitable maxims
Fifth Amendment
8. A question that had to do with the US Constitution - acts of Congress - or treaties; it provides a basis for federal jurisdiction
Federal question
Punitive damages
Stare Decisis and legal Reasoning
Proximate cause
9. A major provider of arbitration services
American Arbitration Association
Slander of title
Analogy
Commerce clause
10. The course of action the government takes in response to an issue or problem as deemed by widely held belief.
Alternative dispute resolution
Public Policy
Slander of title
positivist school
11. An order to appear in person at a given place and time
Sixth Amendment
Precedent
Respondent
Summons
12. A wrongful act that the actor had no right to do
Justicable controversy
Malpractice
Complaint
Syllogism
13. The First Amendment guarantee that citizens may freely engage in the religious activities of their choice
Legal reasoning
Free exercise clause
establishment clause
Defenses to negligence
14. To be on the land of another without right or permission of the owner
Federal question
Hearsay
Trespass to land
Appellant
15. Precedents are determined under stare decisis. Courts of law and courts or equity have been combined.
importance of common law
Analogy
Precedent
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
16. The act of changing location from one place to another
dram shop acts
Symbolic speech
Arbitration
Motion
17. Specific length of time an individual can sue for injury resulting from negligence
Public Policy
State level appeal eligibility
Statues of limitation
Business Ethics
18. 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)
Constitutional Law
State level appeal eligibility
Cost-benefit analysis
Negligence
19. When the matter is between private parties the constitution laws do not apply. Between individuals and government organizations then constitutional laws apply.
When constitutional lawz apply
Trade libel
Full faith and credit clause
Privileges and and immunities clause
20. 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
Federal Jurisdiction
Legal and Equitable Remedies
Independent regulatory agencies
Remedies
21. An argument made after the plaintiff and defendant have rested their cases. Closing arguments are made prior to the jury charges.
Statues of limitation
Closing argument
Analogy
Fifth Amendment
22. Highest official of a monarch. Granted new an unique remedies.
Chancellor
Negotiation
Analogy
Origins Of Common Law
23. The party against whom legal action is taken; the party against whom a writ of certiorari is sought.
Probable cause
positive law
Respondent
Rule of four
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
Motion for a new trial
Negligence
Historical school
Petitioner
25. Excessive bail shall not be required - nor excessive fines imposed - nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
Binding authority
State Jurisdiction
Eighth Amendment
Justicable controversy
26. A sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
jurisprudence
When constitutional lawz apply
Damages
Probate courts
27. (law) the initial questioning of a witness by the party that called the witness
Defenses to negligence
Constitutional Law
Direct examination
Probate courts
28. An act or omission without which an event would not have occurred.
in personam jurisdiction
Contributory negligence
Justicable controversy
Causation in fact
29. The branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
Remedies of Law
Punitive damages
jurisprudence
Litigation
30. Liability without fault. (Strict product liability)
Legal reasoning
Strict liability
Constitutional Law
Early neutral case evaluation
31. The First Amendment guarantee that the government will not create and support an official state church
Remedies
establishment clause
law
Service of process
32. Formal chancery courts - grant unique remedies. These remedies include specific performance - injunction and rescission.
When constitutional lawz apply
Pretrial motions
Award
Courts of equity
33. 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
Criminal law
Brief
uniform laws
Damages
34. Use deductive reasoning to identify relevant legal rules - applying those rules to to the facts of the case and drawing a conclusion.
State and Federal Court Systems
Stare Decisis and legal Reasoning
Direct examination
Writ of certiorari
35. Previously decided cases that are as similar as possible to the one under consideration
Alternative dispute resolution
Cases on point
Comparative negligence
Third Amendment
36. Discussion with a view to reaching agreement; talking about a conflict where both parties give and take to reach a resolution - without attorneys.
Negotiation
Negligence
positivist school
Rejoinder
37. 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
Cyber torts
Case Precedents and the doctrine of stare decisis
Causation in fact
Categorical imperative
38. The power to speak the law.
Jurisdiction
Complaint
Writ of certiorari
Probate courts
39. Emphasizes the evolutionary process of law by concentrating on the origin and history of the legal system
Criminal law
Hearsay
Historical school
Symbolic speech
40. Jurisdiction based on claims against property
Business invitees
breaches
In rem jurisdiction
Motion
41. Everyone in the commercial chain will be liable for the defect. (manafacturer - distrubutor - retailer) *end user is not in the commercial chain.
Third Amendment
Absolute bar
Full faith and credit clause
Strict product liability
42. A judgment entered in favor of the plaintiff when the defendant defaults (fails to appear in court)
Principle of rights
Default judgement
Sixth Amendment
establishment clause
43. (law) a pleading by the defendant in reply to a plaintiff's surrejoinder
importance of common law
Rebuttal
in personam jurisdiction
Answer
44. Logical formula consisting of a major premise - a minor premise and a conclusion; deceptive or specious argument
Principle of rights
Rebuttal
Syllogism
Fifth Amendment
45. A motion made by a party - during trial - claiming the opposing party has insufficient evidence to reasonably support its case
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
positive law
Motion for judgement as a matter of law
Negotiation
46. Economic model that compares the marginal costs and marginal benefits of a decision
American Arbitration Association
Motion for judgement as a matter of law
Symbolic speech
Cost-benefit analysis
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.
Burden of proof
Seventh Amendment
Commerce clause
In rem jurisdiction
48. Jurisdiction based upon claims against a person - in contrast to jurisdiction over the person's property
Compensatory damages
Relevant evidence
in personam jurisdiction
Trade libel
49. Authority shared by both federal and state courts
Default judgement
Equal protection clause
Areas of Law that may affect business decision making
Concurrent Jurisdiction
50. 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.
uniform laws
Cyber torts
Filtering software
Question of fact