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College Business Law
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law
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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. Offenses committed against society and its members - their property - and social order
concealment
promissory estopple
Felony murder rule
criminal act
2. A person who doesnt really own property but takes possession of it for a specified time period may become legal owner
doctrine of adverse possession
greatest good principle
economic duress
minor who claims to be over the age of majority has committed _______ and can be sued
3. A person who commits a tort
conversion
codicil
attractive nusiance
torte feasor
4. Duty of care - breach of duty - prximate cause - actualy harm
characteristics of a contract
Lawsuit must prove 4 things
usury statue
sublease
5. Offer - acceptance - genuine agreement - considration - capacity - legality
equity
6 contract elements
graduated payment morgage
testatrix
6. Taking someones property by intentionally decieving that person
embezzlement
larceny by false pretenses (fraud)
eminent domain
lessee
7. Fixed intrest rate buy monthly rates
juvinile cases
administrative law
pre existing duty
graduated payment morgage
8. Killing with aforethought
termination of an offer
tangible property
arraginment
murder (homicide)
9. Unauthorized taking or borrowing of personal property
conversion
motor vehicle violations
pre existing duty
local trial courts
10. Difference between fair market value and the debt in the property
novation
ethics
to bring a lawsuit up for fraud
equity
11. A written instrument by which the borrower pledges real property to the lender
copyright
tenancy for years
intellectual property
morgage
12. Must be planned in advance - cruel way - committed while perpetrating another crime - if none apply its 2nd degree
1st degree murder
tender
petit jury
defamation
13. Unjust taking of money or thing of value by a public offical
promissory estopple
torte
extortion
invasion of privacy
14. Interfeerence with a persons right to be left alonne
defenses to negligence
invasion of privacy
manslaughter
contributory negligence
15. Accused brought to court - read indictment - asked to plead guilty or not guilty
grantor
arraginment
bailor
greatest good principle
16. Court in which wills are proved
sublease
probate
fixed rate morgage
forebearance
17. A person who dies without a will
express contract
conventional morgage
intestacy
battery
18. Tom ake consumers aware of borrowing money the federal gov passed this
minor who claims to be over the age of majority has committed _______ and can be sued
promise to make a gift
truth in lending act
testatrix
19. Contributory negligence - comparative - assumption of risk
strict liablity
fixed rate morgage
defenses to negligence
1st degree murder
20. A person who commits a tort
torte feasor
strict liablity
statuatory law
graduated payment morgage
21. Detention haring - adjudicatory hearing - disposal hearing
robbery
breach of lease
murder (homicide)
juvinile cases
22. For the greatest nmer of people afffected by an actoin. The more good that results the more ethical the action
slander
torte
amoral
greatest good principle
23. A person who doesnt really own property but takes possession of it for a specified time period may become legal owner
doctrine of adverse possession
minor
assault
morgage
24. An agreement when one party to a contract is replaced by another
Lawsuit must prove 4 things
defamation
district courts
novation
25. Handwritten over printed
administrative law
torte
evaluation contradictory terms
forebearance
26. Handwritten over printed
torte feasor
evaluation contradictory terms
parol evidence rule
lessee
27. Preclude 'a person from denying or asserting anything to the contrary of that which has - in contemplation of law - been established as the truth - either by the acts of judicial
attractive nusiance
death penalty
intangible property
equitable estopple
28. No consideration is recieved (only one person benefits)
voluntary man slaughter
misplaced property
morality
promise to make a gift
29. Valid void - express or implied - bilateral or unilateral - oral or written
characteristics of a contract
supreme court
ethics
pleadings
30. Prohibits agencies from communicating any records to another agency or person without first obtaining that person's consent
equity
federal privacy act
express contract
agreements to obstruct justice
31. A killing htat takes place during a felony is now a murder
undue influence
Felony murder rule
usury statue
promissory estopple
32. So one sided that it unfairly oppresses one party and unreasonably favors the other
libel
unconsinable
gift
economic duress
33. Occurs when a person uses unfair and improper persuasive pressure to force another person to enter into an agreement(sick person/old)
general warranty deed
undue influence
voluntary man slaughter
indictment
34. Written accusation charging suspect with crime
agreements to obstruct justice
indictment
novation
intentional torte
35. You.S. CONSTITUTION 'WHICH IS THE SUPREME LAW OF THE LAND'
undue influence
burgulary
petit jury
Federal and state constitution
36. An offer to do what you have agreed to do also known as tender of preformance
robbery
defamation
tender
voluntary man slaughter
37. Tom ake consumers aware of borrowing money the federal gov passed this
trademark
amoral
truth in lending act
agreements to obstruct justice
38. Stops one party from lying to anotherabout a promise
mututal benefit bailments
periodic tenancency
undue influence
promissory estopple
39. The fee paid to a lender when borowing money
intellectual property
tenancy for years
mechanics lein
usury statue
40. Difference between fair market value and the debt in the property
conversion
public policy
agreements to obstruct justice
equity
41. Agreements to sell a particular product or service at an agreed price
intentional torte
price fixing
express contract
quitclaim deed
42. Entering a b uliding to commit a crime
criminal act
satisfactory preformance
intangible property
burgulary
43. Minor who has done something that would not be a crime if it were done by an adult
undue influence
assault
unruly child
defenses of crimes
44. An act against the public good - punishable by a fine - imprisonment or both
proximate cause
intellectual property
crime
mututal benefit bailments
45. Stops one party from lying to anotherabout a promise
to bring a lawsuit up for fraud
price fixing
promissory estopple
extortion
46. Occurs when one person while breaking a law kills someone
involuntary manslaughter
crime
morality
invasion of privacy
47. False statement made orally to a 3rd party
sublease
copyright
slander
torte feasor
48. Decide wheather a person on trial is guilty or innocent
termination of an offer
usury statue
petit jury
us court of appeals
49. False rep of fact - rep known to be false - info relied upon - false rep resulted in a loss
to bring a lawsuit up for fraud
protective orderr
robbery
agreements to obstruct justice
50. Handles suits against federal gov and disputes over taxes
equity
special federal courts
voluntary man slaughter
manslaughter