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College Business Law
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Supplements common law. Passed by some governmental body and written in some form.
statuatory law
truth in lending act
accord and satisfaction
codicil
2. False statements in written or printed form that injures anothers rep
libel
balloon payment
attractive nusiance
characteristics of a contract
3. Traditional usually 30 yr period
intangible property
reward
promissory estopple
conventional morgage
4. A killing htat takes place during a felony is now a murder
consideration
crime
Felony murder rule
murder (homicide)
5. Not doing something you have a legal right to do
characteristics of a contract
unruly child
lessor
forebearance
6. Handle estates of the deceased
fixed rate morgage
indictment
probate courts
minor who claims to be over the age of majority has committed _______ and can be sued
7. Failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
battery
negligence
supreme court
gift
8. VOID
petty larceny
agreements to obstruct justice
conventional morgage
drug/substance use
9. Actions involving more than 50000 between citizens of different states
gift
diversity of citizenship
crime
grantee
10. VOID
agreements to obstruct justice
pleadings
libel
defenses of crimes
11. Must be returned to owner if can be found - perosn has right to lost property until the owner is found
lost property
conversion
promise to obey the law
involuntary manslaughter
12. Seriously intended - defineete and certain - communicated to the offeree
pleadings
3 requirements of an offer
battery
strict liablity
13. Handles cases involving large amounts of money
general trial courts
attractive nusiance
strict liablity
periodic tenancency
14. Have original jurisdiction - the authority to try a case the first time its heard
libel
diversity of citizenship
district courts
equity
15. Thing that poses a risk to chldren who may be attracted to it
juvinile cases
patent
pre existing duty
attractive nusiance
16. When 2 parties to a contract disagree the court uses the reasonable person test
intangible property
torte feasor
satisfactory preformance
contributory negligence
17. You.S. CONSTITUTION 'WHICH IS THE SUPREME LAW OF THE LAND'
Federal and state constitution
Elements of a Crime
tenancy at will
testatrix
18. Court in which wills are proved
death penalty
addiction
6 contract elements
probate
19. A tenant has the right to quiet enjoyment
breach of lease
equitable estopple
parol evidence rule
grantor
20. Offenses committed against society and its members - their property - and social order
evaluation contradictory terms
grantor
tenancy for years
criminal act
21. If someone is already under a legal duty to do something promise is not needed
truth in lending act
pre existing duty
involuntary manslaughter
equitable estopple
22. 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
equitable estopple
economic duress
balloon payment
larceny by false pretenses (fraud)
23. Tenant wrongfully stays on rental property after the tenancy ended
tenancy sufferance
1st degree murder
complaint
false imprisonment
24. Unauthorized taking or borrowing of personal property
sunday statutes
conversion
warranty of habitablity
doctrine of adverse possession
25. Prohibits agencies from communicating any records to another agency or person without first obtaining that person's consent
us court of appeals
pre existing duty
3 requirements of an offer
federal privacy act
26. Valid void - express or implied - bilateral or unilateral - oral or written
characteristics of a contract
criminal act
bailor
warranty of habitablity
27. Original work in a tangible medium of expression
manslaughter
intellectual property
us court of appeals
tangible property
28. Insanity - entrapment - self defense - defense of fam member
petit jury
misplaced property
defenses of crimes
torte feasor
29. False rep of fact - rep known to be false - info relied upon - false rep resulted in a loss
defenses of crimes
to bring a lawsuit up for fraud
ethics
sunday statutes
30. Unlawful and violent taking of personal property
torte feasor
patent
robbery
slander
31. Stops one party from lying to anotherabout a promise
grantee
eminent domain
balloon payment
promissory estopple
32. Make sell use invention for 17 years
patent
termination of an offer
death penalty
lost property
33. 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
intangible property
tenancy sufferance
promise to obey the law
34. Tom ake consumers aware of borrowing money the federal gov passed this
conversion
truth in lending act
robbery
unruly child
35. Interfearane with anothers enjoyment of life or property
promise to make a gift
nuisance
petty larceny
crime
36. Owner of property
termination of an offer
bailor
gift
petit jury
37. Stated in words and may be oral or written
express contract
supreme court
negligence
petty larceny
38. Can be touched (goods)
tangible property
morality
bailment
to bring a lawsuit up for fraud
39. Unlawful killing of another human being with out malice aforethought
manslaughter
ethics
1st degree murder
minor who claims to be over the age of majority has committed _______ and can be sued
40. Failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
libel
greatest good principle
eminent domain
negligence
41. Continues forever
slander
mechanics lein
invasion of privacy
tenancy at will
42. Accused brought to court - read indictment - asked to plead guilty or not guilty
arraginment
capactiy
minor who claims to be over the age of majority has committed _______ and can be sued
crime
43. Something that produces result - without it the result wouldnt of occured
proximate cause
covenants
trademark
novation
44. For the greatest nmer of people afffected by an actoin. The more good that results the more ethical the action
tenancy at will
larceny
greatest good principle
bribery
45. The body of rules and regulations and orders and decisions created by administrative agencies of government
administrative law
statuatory law
complaint
tenancy at will
46. Detention haring - adjudicatory hearing - disposal hearing
tender
trademark
juvinile cases
sunday statutes
47. Revocation - rejection - counter offer - experation of time
parol evidence rule
tenancy sufferance
to bring a lawsuit up for fraud
termination of an offer
48. No consideration is recieved (only one person benefits)
Elements of a Crime
equity
promise to make a gift
covenants
49. Exchange of benefits and detriments by parties to an agreement
torte feasor
tenancy sufferance
consideration
juvinile cases
50. Criminal act & required state of mind
unruly child
Elements of a Crime
novation
federal controlled substance act