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Business Law Test - 2
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Act of taking ownership of a property by openly - notoriously - and continuously living on a property in an uninterrupted environment for 7yrs.(Quite Title)
Fee Simple Absolute(FSA)
Adverse Possession
Quit-Claim
Res Ispa Loquitur
2. Allows officers to investigate people - less strict then probable cause; 4th amendment
Negligence (tort)
Warranty Deed
Nuisance (private)
Reasonable suspicion
3. Attempt to settle civil cases before trial. Required in the state of FL. Two types
Joint Tenants with the Right of Survivor-ship(JTWTROS)
Alternative Dispute Resolution(ADR)
In Personum
Strict Liability (tort)
4. 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'
Bill of Rights - Amendment 6
Res Ispa Loquitur
Doctrine of Transferred Intent
Jurisdiction
5. A civil wrong - other than breach of contract - in which the law provides a remedy. Breach of duty owed to another that causes harm; private wrong. Tort laws are the biggest body of civil law/private law.
Inchoate Crimes
Actus reas
Tort
Negligence (tort)
6. 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.
Covenant
Court Of Equity
Tresspass to personal property
Implied Warranty
7. 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'
Adverse Possession
Court Of Equity
Eminent Domain
Mens rea
8. Any service on real estate that is not paid. Must file lean within 12 months of service provided.
Doctrine of Transferred Intent
Doctrine of strict liabilities
Mechanics Lean
what are the 8 common law crimes
9. Method of settling criminal cases by pleading guilty to charges in an attempt to lessen charges/consequences. Can either plead guilty - lesser charge - or nolo contendere(no contest).
Doctrine of strict liabilities
Plea Bargaining
Res Ispa Loquitur
Parole Evidence Rule
10. The intent of the person committing the crime is transferred outcome of the act. Used in both criminal and tort law.
Doctrine of Transferred Intent
what are the 8 common law crimes
Jurisdiction
Reasonable suspicion
11. Deed that passes whatever interest and control of a property to someone else without providing assurance of ownership.
Quit-Claim
Eminent Domain
Res Ispa Loquitur
Joint Tenants with the Right of Survivor-ship(JTWTROS)
12. Life estate measured on someone elses natural life.
Statute of Frauds
Estate Pur Autrie Vie
Implied Warranty
Quit-Claim
13. If one tenant passes away - the other claims full ownership of all property.
Deposition
Joint Tenants with the Right of Survivor-ship(JTWTROS)
what are the 4 types of slander
Common Law Crimes
14. An employer is responsible for the actions of employees performed within the course of their employment; 'let the master answer'
what are the 3 types of torts
Tacking
Respondeat Superior
Bill of Rights - Amendment 1
15. 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.
what are the 3 types of torts
Jurisdiction
Parole Evidence Rule
Title 7 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964(Employment Discrimination/Harassment)
16. 1.Contracts in consideration of marriage; 2. Contracts that cannot be performed within one year(statute of limitations); 3. Contracts for the transfer of an interest in land; 4. Contracts by the executor of a will to pay a debt of the estate with his
Nuisance (public)
Jurisdiction
what are the 6/7 statutes of frauds
Title 7 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964(Employment Discrimination/Harassment)
17. 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.
Deposition
Felony
Vicarious Liabilities
Bill of Rights - Amendment 6
18. Only refers to conduct. Judge can order someone who is not doing something he/she is legally required to do to start doing it and vice-versa.
Negligence (tort)
Actus reas
Court Of Equity
Covenant
19. Criminal law rule that protects a defendant from being tried a second time for the same crime.
Double Jeopardy
Parole Evidence Rule
Felony
Bill of Rights - Amendment 14
20. Intentional; negligence - strict liability
Res Judicata
Tenants in Common
Tresspass to personal property
what are the 3 types of torts
21. Unreasonable interference with a right held in common by the general public
Nuisance (public)
Slander
Expressed Warranty
what are the 6/7 statutes of frauds
22. Right against cruel and unusual punishment - includes excessive fines
Court Of Equity
Bill of Rights - Amendment 8
Respondeat Superior
Parole Evidence Rule
23. 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.
Res Judicata
Misdemeanor
Intentional (tort)
Nuisance (public)
24. Intentional and wrongful interference with possession of personal property of another without consent
Tresspass to personal property
Quit-Claim
Intentional (tort)
Bill of Rights - Amendment 4
25. Immunity is granted by the court to where whatever the defendant says cannot be used against him as evidence. Also 'pleading the fifth'.
5th Amendment Immunity
Deposition
what are the 6/7 statutes of frauds
Misdemeanor
26. Go to jail for less than or equal to 1yr and/or be fined less than or equal to $1000.
Misdemeanor
Strict Liability (tort)
Res Judicata
Nuisance (public)
27. 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.
Res Ispa Loquitur
what are the 2 types of ADR
What is Law
Double Jeopardy
28. 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.
Independent Contractor
Intentional (tort)
Bill of Rights - Amendment 8
Life Estate
29. Bill Of Rights protection against self-incarceration and just compensation
Res Ispa Loquitur
Inchoate Crimes
Bill of Rights - Amendment 5
Expressed Warranty
30. Felony; Misdemeanor
Strict Liability (tort)
what are the 2 Main Categories of Crime
Easement
Doctrine of Transferred Intent
31. The criminal intent that must be established; the guilty mind
Alternative Dispute Resolution(ADR)
Mens rea
Bill of Rights - Amendment 6
Parole Evidence Rule
32. Requires contracts to be in writing and signed by all parties in order to prevent injury from fraudulent conduct if
Statute of Frauds
Intentional (tort)
Bill of Rights - Amendment 4
Tresspass to land
33. 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.
Expressed Warranty
Doctrine of strict liabilities
Tresspass to personal property
Double Jeopardy
34. Liability without proving to be at fault.
Slander
Parole Evidence Rule
Reasonable suspicion
Strict Liability (tort)
35. Unwritten - unexpressed promise or guarantee that a court infers to exist and that accompanies a good/product. i.e. 'boomerang example'.
Easement
Implied Warranty
Independent Contractor
Deposition
36. Power or authority over case. If court does not have jurisdiction - all work on case is invalid.
Implied Warranty
Mens rea
Jurisdiction
Court Of Equity
37. Right against unreasonable search and seizure(probable cause)
Estate Pur Autrie Vie
Jurisdiction
Actus reas
Bill of Rights - Amendment 4
38. Tort defending against spoken defamation of persons.
Respondeat Superior
In Rem
Slander
Strict Liability (tort)
39. Careless conduct. Tort that protects from unintentional but careless conduct; Determine whether 'reasonable person' would have done this. 4 factors
Plea Bargaining
what are the 2 Main Categories of Crime
Negligence (tort)
Misdemeanor
40. Prohibits discrimination by covered employers on the basis or race - color - religion - sex or national origin.
Inchoate Crimes
Title 7 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964(Employment Discrimination/Harassment)
Tenants in Common
Quantum Meriut
41. Deed that claims the seller must defend the title of the property against any individuals claiming to seek the title of the property.
Warranty Deed
Nuisance (public)
Independent Contractor
Alternative Dispute Resolution(ADR)
42. Arbitration - Mediation.
what are the 2 types of ADR
Estate Pur Autrie Vie
Tresspass to land
Doctrine Of Fusion
43. Duty - breach of duty - proximate cause - damage.
what are the 8 common law crimes
what are the 4 factors of Negligence (tort)
Tacking
Slander
44. Murder - rape - sodomy - manslaughter - larceny - arson - mayhem - burglary
what are the 8 common law crimes
Doctrine of Transferred Intent
Fee Simple Absolute(FSA)
Statute of Frauds
45. A courts power over the person involved in the action. Personal and best type of jurisdiction.
Court Of Equity
Doctrine of strict liabilities
Common Law Crimes
In Personum
46. Ownership where tenants own the undivided property. If passed away heir will take over the undivided ownership.
Actus reas
Jurisdiction
Tenants in Common
Implied Warranty
47. The physical part of the crime; the guilty act
Respondeat Superior
Bill of Rights - Amendment 6
Actus reas
Res Judicata
48. Spoken word - telling lies - publicizing - causing damage.
what are the 4 types of slander
Life Estate
Doctrine Of Fusion
Doctrine of Transferred Intent
49. 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.
Actus reas
Interference with Contractual Relationships
Bill of Rights - Amendment 1
Expressed Warranty
50. Breaks the doctrine of fusion apart; conspiracy - attempt - and solicitation. these crimes have no actus reas - just mens rea.
Implied Warranty
Inchoate Crimes
In Personum
Jurisdiction