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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. Contracts - Sales - Negotiable instruments - creditos rights - intellectual property - e-commerce - product liability - torts - agency - business organizations - professional liability - courts and court procedures.
Fifth Amendment
Search warrant
Areas of Law that may affect business decision making
Sociological school
2. (law) a pleading by the defendant in reply to a plaintiff's surrejoinder
Case law
Full faith and credit clause
Rebuttal
laches
3. (law) negligence allocated between the plaintiff and the defendant with a corresponding reduction in damages paid to the plaintiff
Comparative negligence
Compensatory damages
Business Ethics
Courts of law
4. Handle only bankruptcy proceedings - which are governed by federal bankruptcy law
Hearsay
Bankruptcy courts
Filtering software
Appellant
5. A brief outline of what the defendant and the plaintiff will try to prove.
Opinions
Opening statements
diversity of citizenship
Question of fact
6. Set of books containing published court decisions
Second Amendment
Small Claims courts
Reporters
Defense
7. A response to a plaintiff's claim that does not deny the plaintiff's facts but attacks the plaintiff's legal right to bring an action. An example is the running of the statute of limitations.
Comparative negligence
American Arbitration Association
Categorical imperative
Affirmative defense
8. Claims
Common law
Commerce clause
Alleges
Motion
9. 1066 in Britain - King William implemented this uniform legal system. He sent judges out to make rulings on cases - thus creating precedents. 1225 - the signing of the Magna Carta established the rule of law in England
Probable cause
Origins Of Common Law
Jurisdiction
Cyber torts
10. A defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him
Case law
diversity of citizenship
Defense
Remedies
11. Liability without fault. (Strict product liability)
First Amendment
tilitarinism
Strict liability
in personam jurisdiction
12. A rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society
citation
Natural law
law
Rules of evidence
13. Everyone in the commercial chain will be liable for the defect. (manafacturer - distrubutor - retailer) *end user is not in the commercial chain.
Free exercise clause
Statutory Law
Strict product liability
positivist school
14. 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.
Online dispute resolution
Equal protection clause
Cyber torts
positivist school
15. When the matter is between private parties the constitution laws do not apply. Between individuals and government organizations then constitutional laws apply.
Administrative law
Malpractice
Motion
When constitutional lawz apply
16. Supreme Court followed by the U.S. Court of Appeals and The highest state courts. Then followed by federal administrative agencies. U.S. District Courts - Specialized U.S. Courts(bankruptcy courts - court of Federal claims - court of international tr
State and Federal Court Systems
Cost-benefit analysis
Binding authority
Privileges and and immunities clause
17. Discussion with a view to reaching agreement; talking about a conflict where both parties give and take to reach a resolution - without attorneys.
Case law
First Amendment
Cost-benefit analysis
Negotiation
18. To be on the land of another without right or permission of the owner
Trade libel
positivist school
Trespass to land
Burden of proof
19. The idea that the goal of society should be the greatest happiness for the greatest number of its citizens
Areas of Law that may affect business decision making
Symbolic speech
Cases on point
tilitarinism
20. To confirm priestly authority upon
Business invitees
ordinaces
dram shop acts
Rejoinder
21. A court will award money or other relief to a party injured by a breach of contract
Remedies
Small Claims courts
Respondent Superior
Defense
22. 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
Appellee
Rule of four
Burden of proof
fradulent Misrepresentation
23. Authority shared by both federal and state courts
Motion for a new trial
Independent regulatory agencies
Concurrent Jurisdiction
Courts of equity
24. Party who defends an appeal
Appellee
uniform laws
Standing to sue
Early neutral case evaluation
25. The courts that awarded compensation back in English Realm
Rebuttal
Courts of law
Burden of proof
Fourth Amendment
26. An act or omission without which an event would not have occurred.
Causation in fact
Precedent
tilitarinism
Closing argument
27. 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.
Trespass to personal property
Legal reasoning
Defenses to negligence
Federal Jurisdiction
28. The body of laws created by legislative statutes
Statutory Law
Brief
Areas of Law that may affect business decision making
Chancellor
29. Settlement of civil disputes between parties using neutral mediators or arbitrators without going to court
Alternative dispute resolution
Origins Of Common Law
Writ of certiorari
Arbitrability
30. 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
Stare Decisis and legal Reasoning
Jurisdiction
Standing to sue
uniform laws
31. 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.
Good samaritan statues
Slander of title
Case Precedents and the doctrine of stare decisis
Stages in an A Typical Lawsuit
32. A body of rulings made by judges that become part of a nation's legal system
Hearsay
Common law
Case law
jurisprudence
33. (law) compensation in excess of actual damages (a form of punishment awarded in cases of malicious or willful misconduct)
Proximate cause
Jurisdiction
Punitive damages
dram shop acts
34. 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
American Arbitration Association
Fourth Amendment
Writ of execution
Remedies
35. Enforcable rules governing relationships among individuals and between individuals and thier society.
Search warrant
Absolute bar
Constitutional Law
law
36. In a jury trial - a motion for the judge to take the decision out of the hands of the jury and to direct a verdict for the party who filed the motion on the ground that the other party has not produced sufficient evidence to support her or his claim.
Causation in fact
When constitutional lawz apply
Mini-trial
Motion for a directed verdict
37. A question asked to determine what is true or to what extent something is true
Pretrial motions
Legal and Equitable Remedies
Question of fact
Petitioner
38. The publication of false information about another's product - alleging it is not what its seller claims; also referred to as slander of quality.
Alternative dispute resolution
Legal and Equitable Remedies
Administrative agency
Trade libel
39. Requirement that a case can only be heard by the Supreme Court if four justices vote to hear the case
positive law
Cases on point
Case Precedents and the doctrine of stare decisis
Rule of four
40. The question of whether an issue lies within the authority and jurisdiction of the arbitrator. A matter may be declared non-arbitrable either because certain steps - timetables and procedures have not been followed prior to submitting it to arbitrati
Defense
Corporate social responsibility
Defenses to negligence
Arbitrability
41. An informal term used to refer to all laws governing electronic communications and transactions - particularly those conducted via the Internet.
Strict product liability
establishment clause
Cyberlaw
Third Amendment
42. Torts committed via the internet
In rem jurisdiction
Cyber torts
Probable cause
Equitable maxims
43. State courts that handle only matters relating to the transfer of a person's assets and obligations after that person's death - including issues relating to custody and guardianship of children
Negotiation
Areas of Law that may affect business decision making
Arbitrability
Probate courts
44. (law) compensation for losses that can readily be proven to have occurred and for which the injured party has the right to be compensated
Brief
Trade libel
Compensatory damages
Independent regulatory agencies
45. 14th amendment clause that prohibits states from denying equal protection under the law - and has been used to combat discrimination
Trespass to personal property
Commerce clause
Cyberlaw
Equal protection clause
46. 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.
Proximate cause
Writ of certiorari
Filtering software
Commerce clause
47. Ethical or unethical behaviors by employees in the context of their jobs
Jurisdiction
Criminal law
Common law
Business Ethics
48. (law) behavior by the plaintiff that contributes to the harm resulting from the defendant's negligence
Causation in fact
Long arm statue
Chancellor
Contributory negligence
49. The publication of false information about another's product - alleging that it is not what its seller claims.
Contributory negligence
Motion for a new trial
Strict liability
Slander of quality
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
Ethical reasoning
Torts(Wrongs)
Legal reasoning
Summons