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Business Law Test
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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. Right to bear arms
Motion for judgement as a matter of law
Absolute bar
Motion for judgement on the pleadings
Second Amendment
2. (law) compensation for losses that can readily be proven to have occurred and for which the injured party has the right to be compensated
Disparagement of property
State level appeal eligibility
Compensatory damages
due proccess clause
3. A question that had to do with the US Constitution - acts of Congress - or treaties; it provides a basis for federal jurisdiction
Disparagement of property
positivist school
Federal question
American Arbitration Association
4. Authority shared by both federal and state courts
Administrative agency
Categorical imperative
Concurrent Jurisdiction
Affirmative defense
5. 1066 in Britain - King William implemented this uniform legal system. He sent judges out to make rulings on cases - thus creating precedents. 1225 - the signing of the Magna Carta established the rule of law in England
Complaint
Natural law
Origins Of Common Law
Arbitration
6. The First Amendment guarantee that citizens may freely engage in the religious activities of their choice
Free exercise clause
Independent regulatory agencies
Slander of title
Contributory negligence
7. Claims
Service of process
First Amendment
Alleges
Slander of quality
8. In a jury trial - a motion for the judge to take the decision out of the hands of the jury and to direct a verdict for the party who filed the motion on the ground that the other party has not produced sufficient evidence to support her or his claim.
Motion for a directed verdict
Award
Answer
Courts of equity
9. Torts committed via the internet
Cyber torts
jurisprudence
Alleges
laches
10. (civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions
Binding authority
Punitive damages
Case law
Damages
11. Law that involves the interpretation and application of the U.S. Constitution and state constitutions
In rem jurisdiction
Constitutional Law
Respondent
Areas of Law that may affect business decision making
12. A defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him
Malpractice
Areas of Law that may affect business decision making
Defense
Natural law
13. Supreme Court followed by the U.S. Court of Appeals and The highest state courts. Then followed by federal administrative agencies. U.S. District Courts - Specialized U.S. Courts(bankruptcy courts - court of Federal claims - court of international tr
Counterclaim
State and Federal Court Systems
Service of process
American Arbitration Association
14. Contracts - Sales - Negotiable instruments - creditos rights - intellectual property - e-commerce - product liability - torts - agency - business organizations - professional liability - courts and court procedures.
Areas of Law that may affect business decision making
Case law
Remedies of Law
laches
15. The body of laws created by legislative statutes
Statutory Law
Petitioner
Standing to sue
Cyberlaw
16. Jury selection process of questioning prospective jurors - to ascertain their qualifications and determine any basis for challenge.
Corporate social responsibility
Federal form of government
voir dire
Federal question
17. Private proceeding in which each party to a dispute argues its position before the other side - and vice versa. A neutral third party may be present and act as an adviser if the parties fail to reach an agreement
State and Federal Court Systems
Venue
Trespass to land
Mini-trial
18. A clause in a contract providing for arbitration of disputes arising under the contract
Arbitration clause
Writ of certiorari
diversity of citizenship
Burden of proof
19. Violation of a law - duty - or other form of obligation - either by engaging in an action or failing to act
Rebuttal
breaches
Defense
fradulent Misrepresentation
20. Courts that handle cases that involve less than $5000
Small Claims courts
Petitioner
Absolute bar
Brief
21. An argument made after the plaintiff and defendant have rested their cases. Closing arguments are made prior to the jury charges.
Eighth Amendment
Slander of title
Stare Decisis and legal Reasoning
Closing argument
22. If the injured party can be made whole by receiving something of economic value - the remedy is a legal remedy [damages] - if a remedy at law is inadequate - a litigant may seek a remedy in equity - which involves notions of fair dealing and justice
Chancellor
Legal and Equitable Remedies
Concurrent Jurisdiction
Second Amendment
23. A sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
Concurrent Jurisdiction
Appellee
Answer
Damages
24. Nonverbal communication - such as burning a flag or wearing an armband. The Supreme Court has accorded some symbolic speech protection under the first amendment.
Defense
positivist school
Remedies of Law
Symbolic speech
25. Previously decided cases that are as similar as possible to the one under consideration
Counterclaim
Cases on point
Absolute bar
citation
26. A system of government in which the states form a union and the sovereign power is divided between the central government and the member states
Absolute bar
Venue
Federal form of government
Categorical imperative
27. Automotic appeal based on procedure/law. appeal cannot be made on a error of fact. Car accident example. procedure - wrong court date. law - issue of law is wrong. U.S. Supreme Court appeal is still possible with permission(write of certerori)
State level appeal eligibility
Historical school
Alleges
Strict liability
28. Three remedies known as land - items of value - or money
uniform laws
Remedies of Law
Public Policy
Cost-benefit analysis
29. Clause in the Constitution (Article IV - Section 1) requiring each state to recognize the civil judgments rendered by the courts of the other states and to accept their public records and acts as valid
Sociological school
Remedies of Law
Full faith and credit clause
Equitable maxims
30. Highest official of a monarch. Granted new an unique remedies.
Stare Decisis and legal Reasoning
Bankruptcy courts
Chancellor
Early neutral case evaluation
31. Part of the 14th Amendment which guarentees that no state deny basic rights to its people
Venue
Small Claims courts
due proccess clause
First Amendment
32. In litigation - the amount of monetary compensation awarded to a plaintiff in a civil lawsuit as damages. In the context of alternative dispute resolution - the decision rendered by an arbitrator.
Equitable maxims
Analogy
Award
Probable cause
33. Protects you from unreasonable search and seizure of your home and property
laches
Courts of equity
Fourth Amendment
Question of fact
34. The location where something takes place - esp. a trial
Res ipsa loquitur
Venue
Mini-trial
positive law
35. Someone who petitions a court for redress of a grievance or recovery of a right
Petitioner
Ethical reasoning
Contributory negligence
Damages
36. Ethical or unethical behaviors by employees in the context of their jobs
Business Ethics
Cyberlaw
Punitive damages
Opening statements
37. To confirm priestly authority upon
Defense
Constitutional Law
Stages in an A Typical Lawsuit
ordinaces
38. The moral principle that behavior should be determined by duty - A concept developed by the philosopher Immanuel Kant as an ethical guideline for behavior. In deciding whether an action is right or wrong a person should evaluate the action in terms o
Complaint
Origins Of Common Law
Categorical imperative
Third Amendment
39. Set of books containing published court decisions
Legal and Equitable Remedies
Reporters
Defense
Arbitrability
40. A major provider of arbitration services
Rebuttal
Eighth Amendment
Trespass to land
American Arbitration Association
41. When the matter is between private parties the constitution laws do not apply. Between individuals and government organizations then constitutional laws apply.
Pleadings
When constitutional lawz apply
Courts of equity
Search warrant
42. The body of rules and regulations and orders and decisions created by administrative agencies of government
Motion
Administrative law
Arbitration
In rem jurisdiction
43. Occurs when one party to a contract is not given full or accurate information by the other party about the contract subject matter - Intentional misrepresentation of material fact - reasonably relied on by plaintiff resulting in damages
fradulent Misrepresentation
In rem jurisdiction
Bill of Rights
Answer
44. The resolution of disputes wit hthe assitance of organizations that offer disputesresolution services via the internet.
Rebuttal
Legal realism
Defense
Online dispute resolution
45. (law) compensation in excess of actual damages (a form of punishment awarded in cases of malicious or willful misconduct)
Motion
Tenth Amendment
Case law
Punitive damages
46. Motion to dismiss - motion for judgment on the pleadings - motion of summary judgement(amont others - motion to strike - motion to make more definite and certain - motion for judgement on the pleadings - motion to compel discovery - motion for summar
Statutory Law
positivist school
Award
Pretrial motions
47. 1. employee activity within scope of employment 2. employee is negligent
Respondent Superior
Negligence
Constitutional Law
Origins Of Common Law
48. Questioning of a witness during a trial or during the taking of a deposition - by the party opposed to the one who produced the witness.
Common law
Cross-examination
When constitutional lawz apply
Stare Decisis and legal Reasoning
49. In a lawsuit - an issue involving the application or interpretation of a law. Only a judge - not a jury - can rule on questions of law.
Equal protection clause
Legal reasoning
Question of law
fradulent Misrepresentation
50. A wrongful act that the actor had no right to do
tilitarinism
Small Claims courts
Malpractice
Award