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Business Law Test
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1. The rules governing the manner in which civil cases are brough in and progress through the federal courts
Proximate cause
Assumption of risk
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Affirmative defense
2. 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.
When constitutional lawz apply
Search warrant
Strict product liability
Relevant evidence
3. Law concerned with private wrongs against individuals
Online dispute resolution
Stare Decisis and legal Reasoning
Concurrent Jurisdiction
Civil Law
4. The resolution of disputes wit hthe assitance of organizations that offer disputesresolution services via the internet.
Contributory negligence
Online dispute resolution
Federal form of government
Petitioner
5. 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
Business Ethics
Business invitees
Jurisdiction
6. A controversey that is not hypotheical or academic but real and substansial; a requirement the must be satisfied before a court will hear a case
Justicable controversy
law
When constitutional lawz apply
Concurrent Jurisdiction
7. The obligation of organization management to make decisions and take actions that will enhance the welfare and interests of society as well as the organization
abnormally dangerous
Jurisdiction
Award
Corporate social responsibility
8. The course of action the government takes in response to an issue or problem as deemed by widely held belief.
Syllogism
Public Policy
Stages in an A Typical Lawsuit
Tenth Amendment
9. A clause in a contract providing for arbitration of disputes arising under the contract
Early neutral case evaluation
jurisprudence
Writ of certiorari
Arbitration clause
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.
due proccess clause
Bill of Rights
Cross-examination
jurisprudence
11. (law) behavior by the plaintiff that contributes to the harm resulting from the defendant's negligence
Burden of proof
Cases on point
Contributory negligence
Motion for judgement on the pleadings
12. 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
Hearsay
Sociological school
Legal reasoning
ordinaces
13. No State can draw unreasonable distinctions between its own residents and those persons who happen to live in other States
Probable cause
Writ of certiorari
Commerce clause
Privileges and and immunities clause
14. Propositions or general statements of equitable rules
Equitable maxims
laches
Petitioner
Defense
15. The principle pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint
Free exercise clause
Answer
Legal realism
voir dire
16. 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.
Historical school
Summons
Question of fact
Award
17. On the premises fr the potential financial benefit of the occupier
breaches
Administrative law
Business invitees
Pretrial motions
18. Handle only bankruptcy proceedings - which are governed by federal bankruptcy law
Bankruptcy courts
State and Federal Court Systems
Remedies of Law
positivist school
19. The First Amendment guarantee that citizens may freely engage in the religious activities of their choice
Assumption of risk
Free exercise clause
Rules of evidence
Writ of certiorari
20. A court will award money or other relief to a party injured by a breach of contract
tilitarinism
Remedies
Long arm statue
Mini-trial
21. Inherent powers of state governments to pass laws to protect the public health - safety - and welfare; the national government has no directly granted police powers but accomplishes the same goals through other delegated powers.
Ninth Amendment
Police powers
Compensatory damages
Sixth Amendment
22. A warrant authorizing law enforcement officials to search for objects or people involved in the commission of a crime and to produce them in court
Privileges and and immunities clause
Tenth Amendment
Checks and balances
Search warrant
23. A motion made by a party - during trial - claiming the opposing party has insufficient evidence to reasonably support its case
Motion for judgement as a matter of law
Writ of execution
Statutory Law
Disparagement of property
24. A body of rulings made by judges that become part of a nation's legal system
Fifth Amendment
Common law
American Arbitration Association
Reporters
25. An order to appear in person at a given place and time
Full faith and credit clause
Summons
Origins Of Common Law
Bankruptcy courts
26. State statute that permits a state to obtain personal jurisdiction over nonresident defendants
Long arm statue
In rem jurisdiction
breaches
Proximate cause
27. 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
Stare Decisis and legal Reasoning
Trespass to personal property
ordinaces
Arbitration
28. Contains the courts reasons for its decision - the rules of law that apply - and the judgement
Opinions
Rules of evidence
Writ of certiorari
abnormally dangerous
29. (law) a pleading by the defendant in reply to a plaintiff's surrejoinder
Rejoinder
Rebuttal
Trespass to land
Origins Of Common Law
30. Relieve you of some liability when reasonable care is used
Reporters
Litigation
Good samaritan statues
Affirmative defense
31. A condensed written summary or abstract
Business Ethics
Brief
Fifth Amendment
Legal realism
32. Torts committed via the internet
Punitive damages
Online dispute resolution
Cyber torts
Symbolic speech
33. The body of rules and regulations and orders and decisions created by administrative agencies of government
Chancellor
Precedent
Administrative law
Common law
34. (law) negligence allocated between the plaintiff and the defendant with a corresponding reduction in damages paid to the plaintiff
Public Policy
Comparative negligence
Pretrial motions
Jurisdiction
35. (civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions
Courts of equity
Relevant evidence
Cases on point
Case law
36. 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.
Writ of certiorari
Justicable controversy
American Arbitration Association
Slander of title
37. Logical formula consisting of a major premise - a minor premise and a conclusion; deceptive or specious argument
State level appeal eligibility
Syllogism
Alternative dispute resolution
Remedies
38. Previously decided cases that are as similar as possible to the one under consideration
Petitioner
Cases on point
Justicable controversy
Filtering software
39. 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
Legal and Equitable Remedies
positive law
When constitutional lawz apply
Absolute bar
40. 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.
Bankruptcy courts
Federal question
Tenth Amendment
Rejoinder
41. To confirm priestly authority upon
Award
Independent regulatory agencies
ordinaces
Arbitration clause
42. 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.
Cross-examination
Closing argument
positivist school
Award
43. An informal term used to refer to all laws governing electronic communications and transactions - particularly those conducted via the Internet.
Petitioner
Disparagement of property
Cyberlaw
Areas of Law that may affect business decision making
44. Economic model that compares the marginal costs and marginal benefits of a decision
diversity of citizenship
Cost-benefit analysis
Summons
breaches
45. The courts that awarded compensation back in English Realm
Courts of law
Defenses to negligence
Causation in fact
Privileges and and immunities clause
46. (law) a pleading made by a defendant in response to the plaintiff's replication
Rejoinder
Search warrant
Statutory Law
Causation in fact
47. Jurisdiction based on claims against property
Search warrant
In rem jurisdiction
Pleadings
Case law
48. Claims
Origins Of Common Law
Comparative negligence
Summary jury trials
Alleges
49. Part of the 14th Amendment which guarentees that no state deny basic rights to its people
Pretrial motions
Venue
tilitarinism
due proccess clause
50. A statement of fundamental rights and privileges (especially the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution)
Categorical imperative
Motion for judgement on the pleadings
Assumption of risk
Bill of Rights
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