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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. Jurisdiction based on claims against property
Causation in fact
Alleges
In rem jurisdiction
Arbitration clause
2. 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
Rules of evidence
Historical school
Negligence
Administrative agency
3. 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.
Cross-examination
Chancellor
Writ of certiorari
Eighth Amendment
4. A claim filed in opposition to another claim in a legal action
Petitioner
Statutory Law
Disparagement of property
Counterclaim
5. Emphasizes the evolutionary process of law by concentrating on the origin and history of the legal system
Common law
Historical school
Chancellor
Negotiation
6. The idea that the goal of society should be the greatest happiness for the greatest number of its citizens
Slander of quality
Search warrant
Constitutional Law
tilitarinism
7. 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)
importance of common law
Alleges
State level appeal eligibility
Third Amendment
8. 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
Pleadings
Opinions
Federal form of government
Damages
9. Requirement that a case can only be heard by the Supreme Court if four justices vote to hear the case
Public Policy
Rule of four
Pleadings
fradulent Misrepresentation
10. Specific length of time an individual can sue for injury resulting from negligence
Pleadings
Commerce clause
Statues of limitation
Compensatory damages
11. Courts that handle cases that involve less than $5000
Stages in an A Typical Lawsuit
Case Precedents and the doctrine of stare decisis
Slander of quality
Small Claims courts
12. To confirm priestly authority upon
Defenses to negligence
Torts(Wrongs)
ordinaces
Fourth Amendment
13. An ethical principle that holds that you should never take any action that infringes on others; agreed-upon rights
Question of fact
Hearsay
Principle of rights
Opening statements
14. A defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him
Reporters
Courts of law
Defense
Fifth Amendment
15. Party who defends an appeal
positivist school
Trespass to land
Appellee
Criminal law
16. Everyone in the commercial chain will be liable for the defect. (manafacturer - distrubutor - retailer) *end user is not in the commercial chain.
Strict product liability
Counterclaim
Historical school
Third Amendment
17. (civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions
Stare Decisis and legal Reasoning
Defenses to negligence
Federal Jurisdiction
Case law
18. Negate the claim of negligence(assumption of risk - superceding intervening clause)
In rem jurisdiction
uniform laws
Legal reasoning
Absolute bar
19. (law) the initial questioning of a witness by the party that called the witness
Direct examination
Respondent Superior
Standing to sue
In rem jurisdiction
20. An informal term used to refer to all laws governing electronic communications and transactions - particularly those conducted via the Internet.
Cyberlaw
Cross-examination
Bankruptcy courts
Rejoinder
21. Jurisdiction that exists when a case can be heard only in a particular court or type of court.
Third Amendment
Criminal law
Appellee
Exclusive Jurisdiction
22. A school of legal thought that views the law as a tool for promoting justice in society.
Jurisdiction
Litigation
Sociological school
American Arbitration Association
23. 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.
Affirmative defense
Rejoinder
Chancellor
fradulent Misrepresentation
24. Doctrine under which a person cannot recover for injuries received from a dangerous activity to which she voluntarily exposed herself
Search warrant
Third Amendment
Legal and Equitable Remedies
Assumption of risk
25. A court will award money or other relief to a party injured by a breach of contract
Slander of quality
Case law
Remedies
Online dispute resolution
26. Is strict liability hold a claim if the product or service in question is...
abnormally dangerous
ordinaces
Rejoinder
Analogy
27. (law) behavior by the plaintiff that contributes to the harm resulting from the defendant's negligence
Strict product liability
Respondent Superior
Tenth Amendment
Contributory negligence
28. 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
Rule of four
Justicable controversy
positivist school
Exclusive Jurisdiction
29. Any testimony given in court about a statement made by someone else who was not under oath at the time of the statement
Case Precedents and the doctrine of stare decisis
Hearsay
Compensatory damages
Natural law
30. Liability without fault. (Strict product liability)
Award
Strict liability
Fifth Amendment
Affirmative defense
31. The body of rules and regulations and orders and decisions created by administrative agencies of government
Administrative law
Legal realism
Legal and Equitable Remedies
Tenth Amendment
32. 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
Historical school
Commerce clause
Default judgement
Probate courts
33. Is the cause that immediately and directly results in a specific event. if a person can eleminate any one of the 4 elemants - the lawsuit will not be successful.
due proccess clause
Contributory negligence
Proximate cause
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
34. Propositions or general statements of equitable rules
Common law
Arbitrability
Equitable maxims
Police powers
35. 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.
importance of common law
Trespass to personal property
fradulent Misrepresentation
Categorical imperative
36. Contracts - Sales - Negotiable instruments - creditos rights - intellectual property - e-commerce - product liability - torts - agency - business organizations - professional liability - courts and court procedures.
Early neutral case evaluation
Respondent
Legal realism
Areas of Law that may affect business decision making
37. A question that had to do with the US Constitution - acts of Congress - or treaties; it provides a basis for federal jurisdiction
Legal reasoning
State Jurisdiction
Small Claims courts
Federal question
38. Authority shared by both federal and state courts
Equal protection clause
Areas of Law that may affect business decision making
Full faith and credit clause
Concurrent Jurisdiction
39. 14th amendment clause that prohibits states from denying equal protection under the law - and has been used to combat discrimination
Equal protection clause
Historical school
Absolute bar
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
40. Formal chancery courts - grant unique remedies. These remedies include specific performance - injunction and rescission.
Absolute bar
Courts of equity
Equal protection clause
Opinions
41. Jury selection process of questioning prospective jurors - to ascertain their qualifications and determine any basis for challenge.
Good samaritan statues
voir dire
law
Long arm statue
42. Law that involves the interpretation and application of the U.S. Constitution and state constitutions
Precedent
Constitutional Law
Assumption of risk
Alleges
43. Previously decided cases that are as similar as possible to the one under consideration
Malpractice
Cases on point
Checks and balances
Long arm statue
44. The enumeration in the Constitution - of certain rights - shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
Binding authority
Syllogism
Ninth Amendment
Tenth Amendment
45. Based on the idea that law is just one of many institutions in society and that it is shaped by social forces and needs
Sociological school
Symbolic speech
Reporters
Legal realism
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.
Case Precedents and the doctrine of stare decisis
Closing argument
Filtering software
Appellant
47. Clause in the Constitution (Article IV - Section 1) requiring each state to recognize the civil judgments rendered by the courts of the other states and to accept their public records and acts as valid
Summary jury trials
Standing to sue
Historical school
Full faith and credit clause
48. An act or omission without which an event would not have occurred.
Arbitration clause
Hearsay
Standing to sue
Causation in fact
49. An amendment to the Constitution of the United States that imposes restrictions on the government's prosecution of persons accused of crimes
Pretrial motions
Fifth Amendment
Arbitration clause
Online dispute resolution
50. Enforcable rules governing relationships among individuals and between individuals and thier society.
Probable cause
law
Closing argument
Fourth Amendment