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Business Law Test - 2

Subjects : law, business-law
Instructions:
  • 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. Life estate measured on someone elses natural life.






2. Time - Place - and Manner






3. Unwritten - unexpressed promise or guarantee that a court infers to exist and that accompanies a good/product. i.e. 'boomerang example'.






4. Not held liable under respondeat superior. Cannot be held vicariously liable for the tortuous acts and damage of the contractor during the time which the contractor is working on private property.






5. Breaks the doctrine of fusion apart; conspiracy - attempt - and solicitation. these crimes have no actus reas - just mens rea.






6. Deed that claims the seller must defend the title of the property against any individuals claiming to seek the title of the property.






7. 8 common law crimes form the basis of penil (criminal) code. Mrs m lamb






8. Each adverse possessor can tack there time to others when trying to obtain a quite title on a property.






9. Sworn testimony - written or oral - of a person taken outside of court.






10. Intentional and wrongful interference with possession of personal property of another without consent






11. Go to jail for less than or equal to 1yr and/or be fined less than or equal to $1000.






12. If one tenant passes away - the other claims full ownership of all property.






13. Bill Of Rights protection against self-incarceration and just compensation






14. Confrontation Clause - rights of the accused in criminal law be guaranteed a speedy public trail as well as the right to seek counsel






15. Freedom of speech - religion - press - rights to assemble - and petition of government






16. Civil law rule that prohibits the same dispute between two parties from being reopen by a court after final judgment has been entered and all appeals exhausted.






17. A tort which there is a valid contract - and the defendant knowingly and intentionally caused a breach of the contract - resulting in damages to the plaintiff.






18. A courts power over the person involved in the action. Personal and best type of jurisdiction.






19. Ownership where tenants own the undivided property. If passed away heir will take over the undivided ownership.






20. Allows officers to investigate people - less strict then probable cause; 4th amendment






21. Liability without proving to be at fault.






22. The criminal intent that must be established; the guilty mind






23. Prohibits discrimination by covered employers on the basis or race - color - religion - sex or national origin.






24. Property law in writing - an agreement between two or more parties that places certain restrictions on the use of property or obligations the owner of the property to take specifications with respect to the land.






25. Unreasonable interference with a right held in common by the general public






26. Tort defending against spoken defamation of persons.






27. Form of strict - secondary liabilities that arise under the common law doc. of agency(respondeat superior). If liability for the tort requires a state of mind - the directing officer must have that state of mind.






28. Substantive common law that claims any agreement made by both parties prior to signing the contract that was not incorporated into the contract is barred upon signing by this rule in seeking to alter the terms of the contract.






29. Right against cruel and unusual punishment - includes excessive fines






30. Court can file lean on persons property.






31. The government must prove mental intent and act on a crime; In defense of the accused - the act of fusing Actus Rea and Mens Rea before the court in which to prove evidence.






32. Requires contracts to be in writing and signed by all parties in order to prevent injury from fraudulent conduct if






33. Citizenship Rights






34. Attempt to settle civil cases before trial. Required in the state of FL. Two types






35. Duty - breach of duty - proximate cause - damage.






36. A promise in addition to an underlying sales agreement that goes beyond the terms of the sale agreement which the promisor assures the description - performance - or quality of the goods.






37. FSA owner can grant ownership of property to someone for the measured on the duration of their natural life. Once dead the land goes back to FSA owner.






38. Right against unreasonable search and seizure(probable cause)






39. The intent of the person committing the crime is transferred outcome of the act. Used in both criminal and tort law.






40. In property law - an absolute ownership interest in an estate without restrictions. Highest and best form of property ownership.






41. Common law - injured based on defendants negligence and therefore presumed to be at fault. i.e. lawnmower and dog; latin for 'the thing speaks for itself'






42. Power or authority over case. If court does not have jurisdiction - all work on case is invalid.






43. Immunity is granted by the court to where whatever the defendant says cannot be used against him as evidence. Also 'pleading the fifth'.






44. Act of taking ownership of a property by openly - notoriously - and continuously living on a property in an uninterrupted environment for 7yrs.(Quite Title)






45. Murder - rape - sodomy - manslaughter - larceny - arson - mayhem - burglary






46. Unauthorized intrusion by a person or a thing on land belonging to another - regardless of whether it was a mistake. Not necessary to set foot on land to constitute trespassing.






47. Power of the government to condemn property for a public use without consent of the owner(condemnation).; With rights from 5th amendment comes the issue of 'just compensation'






48. A system of rules and regulations that govern our lives and society; in our action or inaction and for which a violation results in an action. Flexible to meet the needs of the evolving society.






49. Intentional; negligence - strict liability






50. You are entitled to be paid the reasonable value of your services and material in a contract action when you have completed the work and the buyer refuses to pay because of some 'minor' difference in what was contracted for.