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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. A legal proceeding in a court
Analogy
abnormally dangerous
Damages
Litigation
2. The publication of false information about another's product - alleging that it is not what its seller claims.
Slander of quality
Writ of certiorari
Police powers
ordinaces
3. The party against whom legal action is taken; the party against whom a writ of certiorari is sought.
Sociological school
Respondent
Jurisdiction
Trade libel
4. A condensed written summary or abstract
jurisprudence
Free exercise clause
Brief
State level appeal eligibility
5. Three remedies known as land - items of value - or money
Writ of certiorari
Petitioner
Slander of title
Remedies of Law
6. An act or omission without which an event would not have occurred.
Federal form of government
Rules of evidence
Causation in fact
Arbitration clause
7. A common law writ issued by a superior court to one of inferior jurisdiction demanding the record of a particular case
Writ of certiorari
Respondent Superior
Checks and balances
Corporate social responsibility
8. The act of changing location from one place to another
positivist school
Res ipsa loquitur
Motion
diversity of citizenship
9. (law) the initial questioning of a witness by the party that called the witness
Affirmative defense
Standing to sue
Direct examination
Good samaritan statues
10. Questioning of a witness during a trial or during the taking of a deposition - by the party opposed to the one who produced the witness.
Seventh Amendment
Arbitration clause
Trespass to land
Cross-examination
11. A body of rulings made by judges that become part of a nation's legal system
When constitutional lawz apply
Negligence
Motion for a directed verdict
Common law
12. 1. employee activity within scope of employment 2. employee is negligent
Complaint
Respondent Superior
Petitioner
Precedent
13. Requirement that a case can only be heard by the Supreme Court if four justices vote to hear the case
State Jurisdiction
Rule of four
Motion
Exclusive Jurisdiction
14. Any testimony given in court about a statement made by someone else who was not under oath at the time of the statement
Cross-examination
Analogy
Hearsay
Disparagement of property
15. Jurisdiction that exists when a case can be heard only in a particular court or type of court.
Justicable controversy
Federal question
Motion for judgement on the pleadings
Exclusive Jurisdiction
16. A major provider of arbitration services
Award
Analogy
Slander of title
American Arbitration Association
17. Wrongs
Cyber torts
Causation in fact
Torts(Wrongs)
Seventh Amendment
18. 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.
Summary jury trials
Causation in fact
Commerce clause
Case Precedents and the doctrine of stare decisis
19. The act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone
Service of process
Statutory Law
Torts(Wrongs)
Res ipsa loquitur
20. Enforcable rules governing relationships among individuals and between individuals and thier society.
law
Courts of law
Small Claims courts
Full faith and credit clause
21. Authority shared by both federal and state courts
laches
Concurrent Jurisdiction
Answer
Appellee
22. A question asked to determine what is true or to what extent something is true
Case Precedents and the doctrine of stare decisis
Sociological school
Causation in fact
Question of fact
23. A question that had to do with the US Constitution - acts of Congress - or treaties; it provides a basis for federal jurisdiction
In rem jurisdiction
Federal Jurisdiction
Counterclaim
Federal question
24. The enumeration in the Constitution - of certain rights - shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
Ninth Amendment
Ethical reasoning
Pretrial motions
Respondent
25. 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
Closing argument
Award
Malpractice
Summary jury trials
26. The location where something takes place - esp. a trial
Sociological school
Damages
Ninth Amendment
Venue
27. The resolution of disputes wit hthe assitance of organizations that offer disputesresolution services via the internet.
State and Federal Court Systems
Second Amendment
Award
Online dispute resolution
28. 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.
Free exercise clause
Relevant evidence
Motion for a directed verdict
Jurisdiction
29. Law concerned with public wrongs against society
Courts of equity
Affirmative defense
Criminal law
law
30. A system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power
Ninth Amendment
Hearsay
Checks and balances
Rules of evidence
31. A statement of fundamental rights and privileges (especially the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution)
Bill of Rights
Equal protection clause
Trespass to personal property
establishment clause
32. 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.
Disparagement of property
Slander of title
fradulent Misrepresentation
Motion
33. A rule of evidence whereby the negligence of an alleged wrongdoer can be inferred from the fact that the accident happened
Police powers
Reporters
Res ipsa loquitur
in personam jurisdiction
34. (law) evidence sufficient to warrant an arrest or search and seizure
voir dire
Question of law
Probable cause
Probate courts
35. No State can draw unreasonable distinctions between its own residents and those persons who happen to live in other States
Counterclaim
Privileges and and immunities clause
Early neutral case evaluation
Pretrial motions
36. A motion made by a party - during trial - claiming the opposing party has insufficient evidence to reasonably support its case
Arbitration clause
Jurisdiction
Motion for judgement as a matter of law
Hearsay
37. Assumption of risk - Superseding cause - and contributory and comparative negligence.
Defenses to negligence
State level appeal eligibility
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Concurrent Jurisdiction
38. Right to a trial by jury
Bankruptcy courts
Seventh Amendment
Res ipsa loquitur
Direct examination
39. Rules governing the admissibility of evidence in trial courts.
positivist school
Rules of evidence
Fourth Amendment
Defenses to negligence
40. 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.
Trespass to land
Burden of proof
Administrative agency
Proximate cause
41. 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
Early neutral case evaluation
Federal Jurisdiction
due proccess clause
Writ of execution
42. The branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
jurisprudence
Opinions
Cyber torts
Historical school
43. A motion asserting that the trial was so fundamentally flawed (because of error - newly discovered evidence - prejudice - or another reason) that a new trial is necessary to prevent a miscarriage of justice.
Motion for a new trial
diversity of citizenship
Online dispute resolution
fradulent Misrepresentation
44. The First Amendment guarantee that citizens may freely engage in the religious activities of their choice
Cyberlaw
Free exercise clause
Administrative law
Symbolic speech
45. Ethical or unethical behaviors by employees in the context of their jobs
Business Ethics
Alleges
Cases on point
Relevant evidence
46. 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.
Second Amendment
Trespass to personal property
Constitutional Law
Sixth Amendment
47. Discussion with a view to reaching agreement; talking about a conflict where both parties give and take to reach a resolution - without attorneys.
Slander of quality
Administrative agency
Causation in fact
Negotiation
48. Everyone in the commercial chain will be liable for the defect. (manafacturer - distrubutor - retailer) *end user is not in the commercial chain.
Opening statements
Strict product liability
Causation in fact
Third Amendment
49. An order to appear in person at a given place and time
Seventh Amendment
Counterclaim
Respondent Superior
Summons
50. 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
fradulent Misrepresentation
Answer
Jurisdiction
Appellant