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Business Law Test
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1. 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.
Natural law
Commerce clause
Mini-trial
Remedies
2. A system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power
When constitutional lawz apply
Federal Jurisdiction
Motion for a new trial
Checks and balances
3. Part of the 14th Amendment which guarentees that no state deny basic rights to its people
due proccess clause
Ethical reasoning
Justicable controversy
positive law
4. A statement of fundamental rights and privileges (especially the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution)
Rebuttal
citation
Arbitrability
Bill of Rights
5. Violation of a law - duty - or other form of obligation - either by engaging in an action or failing to act
Precedent
Arbitration
breaches
Business Ethics
6. Assumption of risk - Superseding cause - and contributory and comparative negligence.
Defenses to negligence
Question of fact
Stare Decisis and legal Reasoning
In rem jurisdiction
7. (law) a pleading made by a defendant in response to the plaintiff's replication
in personam jurisdiction
Courts of law
Tenth Amendment
Rejoinder
8. The body of laws created by legislative statutes
Statutory Law
Hearsay
Constitutional Law
Arbitration clause
9. A sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
Litigation
Appellant
breaches
Damages
10. The publication of false information about another's product - alleging it is not what its seller claims; also referred to as slander of quality.
Respondent
Trade libel
tilitarinism
Federal Jurisdiction
11. The power to speak the law.
Punitive damages
Negligence
Jurisdiction
Areas of Law that may affect business decision making
12. (law) compensation for losses that can readily be proven to have occurred and for which the injured party has the right to be compensated
Tenth Amendment
Fourth Amendment
Compensatory damages
Commerce clause
13. The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution - nor prohibited by it to the states - are reserved to the states respectively - or to the people.
Tenth Amendment
Complaint
State and Federal Court Systems
Natural law
14. An amendment to the Constitution of the United States guaranteeing the right of free expression
fradulent Misrepresentation
First Amendment
Early neutral case evaluation
Long arm statue
15. 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
Trespass to personal property
Third Amendment
Federal form of government
Small Claims courts
16. (law) the right and power to interpret and apply the law
Jurisdiction
Second Amendment
Cyber torts
Appellee
17. 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.
Strict product liability
Statues of limitation
Affirmative defense
Default judgement
18. The body of conventional - or written - law of a particular society at a particular point in time.
citation
Checks and balances
State and Federal Court Systems
positive law
19. 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.
Summary jury trials
Opening statements
Contributory negligence
Question of law
20. A school of legal thought that views the law as a tool for promoting justice in society.
Comparative negligence
Closing argument
Sociological school
Federal form of government
21. The principle pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint
Chancellor
Service of process
Petitioner
Answer
22. Rules governing the admissibility of evidence in trial courts.
voir dire
Disparagement of property
Rules of evidence
uniform laws
23. Judges must abide by precedents in thier jurisdictions.
Case Precedents and the doctrine of stare decisis
When constitutional lawz apply
Concurrent Jurisdiction
Remedies of Law
24. 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
Stages in an A Typical Lawsuit
Writ of execution
laches
Eighth Amendment
25. (civil law) the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim for relief is based
Defenses to negligence
breaches
Complaint
Ninth Amendment
26. 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)
State level appeal eligibility
Criminal law
Origins Of Common Law
Defense
27. A claim filed in opposition to another claim in a legal action
Counterclaim
Comparative negligence
Case law
Stages in an A Typical Lawsuit
28. A judgment entered in favor of the plaintiff when the defendant defaults (fails to appear in court)
Slander of title
Legal realism
Default judgement
Jurisdiction
29. Based on the idea that law is just one of many institutions in society and that it is shaped by social forces and needs
Case Precedents and the doctrine of stare decisis
Probate courts
Sociological school
Legal realism
30. 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
Defense
Motion for a new trial
Categorical imperative
fradulent Misrepresentation
31. A body of rulings made by judges that become part of a nation's legal system
Common law
Respondent
Legal and Equitable Remedies
Motion for a new trial
32. Jurisdiction based upon claims against a person - in contrast to jurisdiction over the person's property
Statues of limitation
Burden of proof
Motion for judgement as a matter of law
in personam jurisdiction
33. 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
Second Amendment
Complaint
Negligence
Exclusive Jurisdiction
34. (law) behavior by the plaintiff that contributes to the harm resulting from the defendant's negligence
Arbitrability
diversity of citizenship
Contributory negligence
Legal realism
35. The resolution of disputes wit hthe assitance of organizations that offer disputesresolution services via the internet.
Absolute bar
Early neutral case evaluation
Writ of certiorari
Online dispute resolution
36. 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.
Arbitration
Jurisdiction
positivist school
Arbitration clause
37. To confirm priestly authority upon
Fourth Amendment
Writ of certiorari
Legal and Equitable Remedies
ordinaces
38. An order to appear in person at a given place and time
Strict product liability
Summons
State and Federal Court Systems
Burden of proof
39. Ethical or unethical behaviors by employees in the context of their jobs
Long arm statue
abnormally dangerous
Business Ethics
Strict liability
40. (law) compensation in excess of actual damages (a form of punishment awarded in cases of malicious or willful misconduct)
Punitive damages
American Arbitration Association
Statues of limitation
Cyberlaw
41. A defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him
Full faith and credit clause
Brief
Defense
Bill of Rights
42. The publication of false information about another's product - alleging that it is not what its seller claims.
First Amendment
Criminal law
Statues of limitation
Slander of quality
43. Right to bear arms
voir dire
dram shop acts
Civil Law
Second Amendment
44. 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
When constitutional lawz apply
Arbitration
Complaint
Slander of title
45. A brief outline of what the defendant and the plaintiff will try to prove.
Courts of equity
Public Policy
Opening statements
Service of process
46. Statements made by the plaintiff and the defendant in a lawsuit that detail the facts - charges - and defenses involved in the litigation. The complaint and answer are part of the pleadings.
breaches
Pleadings
abnormally dangerous
Probable cause
47. Specific length of time an individual can sue for injury resulting from negligence
Statues of limitation
law
Affirmative defense
voir dire
48. 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
Strict product liability
Standing to sue
citation
Closing argument
49. Propositions or general statements of equitable rules
Equitable maxims
Case Precedents and the doctrine of stare decisis
Cyberlaw
Pretrial motions
50. The preponderance of evidence which means more likely then not.
Petitioner
Burden of proof
Natural law
Trade libel
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