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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. Stated in words and may be oral or written
unconsinable
negligence
larceny by false pretenses (fraud)
express contract
2. Cant be touched - copy right
burgulary
morgage
local trial courts
intangible property
3. Entering a b uliding to commit a crime
burgulary
arraginment
slander
gift
4. Offenses committed against society and its members - their property - and social order
steps in a jury trial
federal privacy act
involuntary manslaughter
criminal act
5. Tom ake consumers aware of borrowing money the federal gov passed this
truth in lending act
characteristics of a contract
ethics
copyright
6. Offer - acceptance - genuine agreement - considration - capacity - legality
copyright
6 contract elements
easement
supreme court
7. Original work in a tangible medium of expression
protective orderr
extortion
quitclaim deed
intellectual property
8. Tenancy that automatically continues for a successive amount of time
periodic tenancency
tender
strict liablity
graduated payment morgage
9. Taking of another's property or money by a person to whom it has been entrusted
tender
misplaced property
embezzlement
extortion
10. Highest court - has original and appealate jurisdiction - hears all cases
easement
supreme court
consideration
eminent domain
11. Donor must intent to make a gift - gift must be delivered - donee must accept gift
ethics
gift
concealment
amoral
12. Tom ake consumers aware of borrowing money the federal gov passed this
equitable estopple
truth in lending act
forebearance
enforced without consideration
13. Minor who has done something that would not be a crime if it were done by an adult
ethics
unruly child
assault
assault
14. A killing htat takes place during a felony is now a murder
Felony murder rule
fixed rate morgage
warranty of habitablity
pre existing duty
15. Agreements to sell a particular product or service at an agreed price
agreements to obstruct justice
false imprisonment
price fixing
federal controlled substance act
16. Detention haring - adjudicatory hearing - disposal hearing
licensing statute
juvinile cases
3 requirements of an offer
forebearance
17. Made any agreement made on Sunday void.
sunday statutes
parol evidence rule
special federal courts
unruly child
18. Unlawful killing of another human being with out malice aforethought
intestacy
agreements to obstruct justice
manslaughter
mututal benefit bailments
19. People who are engaged in extremly dangerous activity may be held liable even if there was no negligence
grantee
burgulary
voidable contracts
strict liablity
20. Supplements common law. Passed by some governmental body and written in some form.
statuatory law
death penalty
murder (homicide)
robbery
21. Duty of care - breach of duty - prximate cause - actualy harm
federal controlled substance act
kidapping
Lawsuit must prove 4 things
termination of an offer
22. Failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
negligence
juvinile cases
bailee
contributory negligence
23. Decide wheather a person on trial is guilty or innocent
petit jury
conventional morgage
mechanics lein
morgage
24. Difference between fair market value and the debt in the property
probate courts
equity
covenants
Felony murder rule
25. Court in which wills are proved
probate
complaint
manslaughter
bribery
26. Actions involving more than 50000 between citizens of different states
lessor
public policy
diversity of citizenship
defenses to negligence
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
extortion
equitable estopple
lost property
common law
28. People who are engaged in extremly dangerous activity may be held liable even if there was no negligence
quitclaim deed
bribery
strict liablity
lost property
29. Being issued a driverrs license is a privledge not a right
us court of appeals
motor vehicle violations
lost property
truth in lending act
30. Pledges and subscriptions to charities
consideration
unconsinable
enforced without consideration
express contract
31. Doctrine that gives state gove right to regulate health - saftey - welfare - and morals of the people
express contract
us court of appeals
negligence
public policy
32. Occurs when one person while breaking a law kills someone
torte
gift
involuntary manslaughter
special federal courts
33. Consists of threats to a person's business or income that cause him or her to enter a contract without real consent
economic duress
agreements to obstruct justice
unruly child
bailor
34. Injuring anothers rep by making false statements
conventional morgage
defamation
mututal benefit bailments
promise to obey the law
35. Something that produces result - without it the result wouldnt of occured
consideration
statuatory law
proximate cause
tangible property
36. Duty of care - breach of duty - prximate cause - actualy harm
district courts
petit jury
Lawsuit must prove 4 things
crime
37. An offer to do what you have agreed to do also known as tender of preformance
juvinile cases
quitclaim deed
concealment
tender
38. Down payment intrest rate stays the same throughout life of a morgage
minor
fixed rate morgage
common law
kidapping
39. An amendment or addition to a will
us court of appeals
testatrix
defenses of crimes
codicil
40. Intermediate courts have authority to hear appeals and review cases from lower courts - they have appeleate jurisdiction
licensing statute
larceny
us court of appeals
burgulary
41. Life of author plus 50 years
pleadings
characteristics of a contract
copyright
to bring a lawsuit up for fraud
42. The right of the gov to take private land with or without the consent of the owner for public use
express contract
motor vehicle violations
eminent domain
probate courts
43. Selecting a jury - opening statements - intro of evidence - closing arguments - instructions to the jury - verdict - judgement
minor who claims to be over the age of majority has committed _______ and can be sued
steps in a jury trial
truth in lending act
federal privacy act
44. Offer - acceptance - genuine agreement - considration - capacity - legality
characteristics of a contract
contributory negligence
6 contract elements
misplaced property
45. Have original jurisdiction - the authority to try a case the first time its heard
warranty of habitablity
economic duress
defamation
district courts
46. Must be returned to owner if can be found - perosn has right to lost property until the owner is found
lost property
proximate cause
termination of an offer
common law
47. VOID
diversity of citizenship
mechanics lein
agreements to obstruct justice
indictment
48. Taking someones property by intentionally decieving that person
parol evidence rule
larceny by false pretenses (fraud)
sublease
protective orderr
49. An act against the public good - punishable by a fine - imprisonment or both
intentional torte
gift
defamation
crime
50. Cant be touched - copy right
torte
intangible property
termination of an offer
bailee