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College Business 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. Laws based on England and custom
special federal courts
common law
usury statue
torte
2. The principles of right and wrong that guide an individual in making decisions
usury statue
termination of an offer
ethics
voidable contracts
3. Thing that poses a risk to chldren who may be attracted to it
federal privacy act
torte feasor
6 contract elements
attractive nusiance
4. Valid void - express or implied - bilateral or unilateral - oral or written
characteristics of a contract
forgery
sublease
administrative law
5. Landlord
supreme court
burgulary
conversion
lessor
6. Consists of threats to a person's business or income that cause him or her to enter a contract without real consent
manslaughter
economic duress
robbery
1st degree murder
7. People who are engaged in extremly dangerous activity may be held liable even if there was no negligence
concealment
proximate cause
promissory estopple
strict liablity
8. Property found in public place
1st degree murder
bailor
equitable estopple
misplaced property
9. Must be returned to owner if can be found - perosn has right to lost property until the owner is found
lost property
invasion of privacy
murder (homicide)
voluntary man slaughter
10. An act against the public good - punishable by a fine - imprisonment or both
local trial courts
crime
patent
district courts
11. Seriously intended - defineete and certain - communicated to the offeree
voidable contracts
equity
3 requirements of an offer
battery
12. Owner of property
bailor
pleadings
libel
Federal and state constitution
13. A person who dies without a will
morality
intestacy
larceny by false pretenses (fraud)
unruly child
14. Doesnt constitute consideration everyone must follow the law
bribery
bailee
breach of lease
promise to obey the law
15. Pay or give anything of value to public officials in order to inlufence their official activity
mututal benefit bailments
undue influence
codicil
bribery
16. False statements in written or printed form that injures anothers rep
slander
amoral
mututal benefit bailments
libel
17. Made any agreement made on Sunday void.
easement
bailment
sunday statutes
conventional morgage
18. Requires that the landlord make those repairds necessary to keep the premisies fit
eminent domain
minor
proximate cause
warranty of habitablity
19. For the greatest nmer of people afffected by an actoin. The more good that results the more ethical the action
lessor
usury statue
greatest good principle
equity
20. Supplements common law. Passed by some governmental body and written in some form.
satisfactory preformance
diversity of citizenship
statuatory law
codicil
21. Must be planned in advance - cruel way - committed while perpetrating another crime - if none apply its 2nd degree
probate
warranty of habitablity
voluntary man slaughter
1st degree murder
22. Agreements to sell a particular product or service at an agreed price
defenses to negligence
sublease
district courts
price fixing
23. Man who makes a will
Lawsuit must prove 4 things
promissory estopple
testator
public policy
24. So one sided that it unfairly oppresses one party and unreasonably favors the other
minor who claims to be over the age of majority has committed _______ and can be sued
diversity of citizenship
unconsinable
minor
25. The body of rules and regulations and orders and decisions created by administrative agencies of government
bribery
mechanics lein
administrative law
evaluation contradictory terms
26. Intermediate courts have authority to hear appeals and review cases from lower courts - they have appeleate jurisdiction
us court of appeals
intangible property
criminal act
to bring a lawsuit up for fraud
27. Injuring anothers rep by making false statements
burgulary
defamation
Federal and state constitution
proximate cause
28. Buyer
undue influence
petit jury
grantor
grantee
29. Unlawful taking and carrying away personal property
breach of lease
tender
larceny
juvinile cases
30. Not doing something you have a legal right to do
forebearance
probate courts
1st degree murder
amoral
31. Leagal doc containing a short and plain statement against the defendaant the clerk of courts issue a summons notice to the defendant that a lawsuit has begun
complaint
robbery
death penalty
federal privacy act
32. Occurs when one person while breaking a law kills someone
petit jury
assault
intangible property
involuntary manslaughter
33. 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
consideration
local trial courts
breach of lease
34. Court in which wills are proved
Felony murder rule
probate
unconsinable
district courts
35. Sudden killing person out of rage
minor
intentional torte
petit jury
voluntary man slaughter
36. Prohibits agencies from communicating any records to another agency or person without first obtaining that person's consent
bailee
federal privacy act
addiction
forebearance
37. Involves values that govern a societys attitude toward right and wrong
usury statue
bribery
morality
grantee
38. Fixed intrest rate buy monthly rates
unconsinable
ethics
graduated payment morgage
intentional torte
39. Must be planned in advance - cruel way - committed while perpetrating another crime - if none apply its 2nd degree
intentional torte
intentional torte
1st degree murder
defenses to negligence
40. Papers fied in courts by the plaintif and the defendant at the beginningof a suit
tangible property
pleadings
economic duress
lost property
41. Papers fied in courts by the plaintif and the defendant at the beginningof a suit
false imprisonment
tenancy at will
involuntary manslaughter
pleadings
42. The fee paid to a lender when borowing money
capactiy
embezzlement
undue influence
usury statue
43. Actions involving more than 50000 between citizens of different states
diversity of citizenship
greatest good principle
manslaughter
warranty of habitablity
44. VOID
drug/substance use
diversity of citizenship
agreements to obstruct justice
promissory estopple
45. 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
promise to obey the law
tenancy sufferance
usury statue
equitable estopple
46. Offenses committed against society and its members - their property - and social order
satisfactory preformance
criminal act
crime
novation
47. A promise made by the purchaser or lessee of land that the use of the premises will conform to conditions specified by the landlord.
covenants
defenses of crimes
morality
undue influence
48. The body of rules and regulations and orders and decisions created by administrative agencies of government
administrative law
economic duress
tenancy for years
eminent domain
49. Occurs when one person while breaking a law kills someone
Federal and state constitution
involuntary manslaughter
amoral
torte
50. An outcome that was planned - although the person involved may not have believed that the intended outcome would be harmful to the other person.
defamation
amoral
intentional torte
arraginment