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Business Law Test
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Ethical or unethical behaviors by employees in the context of their jobs
Motion for a new trial
Business Ethics
Binding authority
Legal and Equitable Remedies
2. Set of books containing published court decisions
Cross-examination
Reporters
Punitive damages
tilitarinism
3. 1. That the defendant owed a duty of care to the plaintiff. 2. The the defendant breached that duty. 3. That the defendant's breach caused the plaintiff's injury. 4. That the defendants breach caused the plaintiff's injury and that injury was forseea
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Alternative dispute resolution
Remedies
Negligence
4. (law) the right and power to interpret and apply the law
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Punitive damages
Ninth Amendment
Jurisdiction
5. The publication of a statement that denies or casts doubt on another's legal ownership of any property - causing financial loss to that property's owner.
breaches
Business Ethics
Counterclaim
Slander of title
6. (law) negligence allocated between the plaintiff and the defendant with a corresponding reduction in damages paid to the plaintiff
Assumption of risk
Strict product liability
Statues of limitation
Comparative negligence
7. To be on the land of another without right or permission of the owner
Trespass to land
Cyber torts
Bankruptcy courts
Burden of proof
8. Is the cause that immediately and directly results in a specific event. if a person can eleminate any one of the 4 elemants - the lawsuit will not be successful.
Answer
Ninth Amendment
Courts of law
Proximate cause
9. The body of laws created by legislative statutes
Analogy
Statutory Law
Search warrant
uniform laws
10. The act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone
Cost-benefit analysis
Arbitrability
Service of process
Concurrent Jurisdiction
11. 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
Alternative dispute resolution
Ethical reasoning
Reporters
12. The party who appeals a decision of a lower court
Appellant
Federal Jurisdiction
Pretrial motions
Hearsay
13. The unlawful taking or harming of another's personal property; interference with another's right to the exclusive possession of his or her personal property.
Probable cause
Trespass to personal property
State Jurisdiction
positive law
14. Courts that handle cases that involve less than $5000
Analogy
Small Claims courts
Case Precedents and the doctrine of stare decisis
Trespass to personal property
15. A wrongful act that the actor had no right to do
Free exercise clause
Malpractice
Arbitrability
Federal Jurisdiction
16. 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
American Arbitration Association
Jurisdiction
Courts of equity
17. A reasoning process in which an individual links his or her moral convictions or ethical standards to the particular situation at hand.
Default judgement
Analogy
Ethical reasoning
Bankruptcy courts
18. Law that involves the interpretation and application of the U.S. Constitution and state constitutions
establishment clause
Probate courts
Contributory negligence
Constitutional Law
19. The constitutional amendment designed to protect individuals accused of crimes. It includes the right to counsel - the right to confront witnesses - and the right to a speedy and public trial.
Courts of equity
Reporters
importance of common law
Sixth Amendment
20. Contracts - Sales - Negotiable instruments - creditos rights - intellectual property - e-commerce - product liability - torts - agency - business organizations - professional liability - courts and court procedures.
Writ of certiorari
Areas of Law that may affect business decision making
Cost-benefit analysis
Question of law
21. 1. employee activity within scope of employment 2. employee is negligent
positivist school
Legal and Equitable Remedies
Respondent Superior
Free exercise clause
22. A basis for federal court jurisdiction over a lawsuit between (1) citizens of different states (2) a foreign country and citizens of a state of of different states - or (3) citizens of a state and citizens or subjects of a foreign country. The amount
diversity of citizenship
Summary jury trials
Exclusive Jurisdiction
Chancellor
23. Logical formula consisting of a major premise - a minor premise and a conclusion; deceptive or specious argument
Syllogism
Question of fact
Pleadings
Corporate social responsibility
24. 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
Origins Of Common Law
Absolute bar
Rejoinder
Federal Jurisdiction
25. The First Amendment guarantee that the government will not create and support an official state church
establishment clause
Federal question
Arbitration clause
Remedies of Law
26. An economically injurious falsehood made about another's product or property; a general term for torts that are more specifically referred to as slander of quality or slander of title.
Precedent
Disparagement of property
First Amendment
Malpractice
27. A condensed written summary or abstract
Brief
Motion for judgement on the pleadings
Bill of Rights
Burden of proof
28. A reference to or a quotation from an authority
Arbitrability
citation
Jurisdiction
Historical school
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
Categorical imperative
Syllogism
Defenses to negligence
Full faith and credit clause
30. The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution - nor prohibited by it to the states - are reserved to the states respectively - or to the people.
Historical school
Summons
Tenth Amendment
Writ of certiorari
31. A statement of fundamental rights and privileges (especially the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution)
Cases on point
Bill of Rights
Principle of rights
Cyber torts
32. Jurisdiction that exists when a case can be heard only in a particular court or type of court.
Early neutral case evaluation
Trade libel
Motion for judgement on the pleadings
Exclusive Jurisdiction
33. 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
Sixth Amendment
Answer
ordinaces
Legal and Equitable Remedies
34. (law) behavior by the plaintiff that contributes to the harm resulting from the defendant's negligence
Default judgement
Tenth Amendment
uniform laws
Contributory negligence
35. Jurisdiction based upon claims against a person - in contrast to jurisdiction over the person's property
in personam jurisdiction
Cyberlaw
positivist school
Sixth Amendment
36. 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.
Chancellor
Burden of proof
Defense
Cross-examination
37. Statutes adopted in many states that impose strict liability upon tavern owners for injuries to third parties caused by their intoxicated patrons
dram shop acts
Summary jury trials
Jurisdiction
Service of process
38. A system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power
Checks and balances
fradulent Misrepresentation
Remedies
Analogy
39. Based on the idea that law is just one of many institutions in society and that it is shaped by social forces and needs
Legal realism
breaches
Direct examination
Writ of execution
40. State statute that permits a state to obtain personal jurisdiction over nonresident defendants
Symbolic speech
Long arm statue
Assumption of risk
Alternative dispute resolution
41. State courts that handle only matters relating to the transfer of a person's assets and obligations after that person's death - including issues relating to custody and guardianship of children
Ethical reasoning
Probate courts
Federal form of government
Binding authority
42. Highest official of a monarch. Granted new an unique remedies.
Probate courts
Equitable maxims
Writ of certiorari
Chancellor
43. An amendment to the Constitution of the United States guaranteeing the right of free expression
Question of fact
tilitarinism
First Amendment
jurisprudence
44. A motion asserting that the trial was so fundamentally flawed (because of error - newly discovered evidence - prejudice - or another reason) that a new trial is necessary to prevent a miscarriage of justice.
Negotiation
Motion for a new trial
Fifth Amendment
Trade libel
45. The idea that the goal of society should be the greatest happiness for the greatest number of its citizens
Ethical reasoning
Small Claims courts
tilitarinism
Early neutral case evaluation
46. Use deductive reasoning to identify relevant legal rules - applying those rules to to the facts of the case and drawing a conclusion.
Early neutral case evaluation
Pretrial motions
Stare Decisis and legal Reasoning
Alleges
47. Assumption of risk - Superseding cause - and contributory and comparative negligence.
Defenses to negligence
Default judgement
Statues of limitation
Statutory Law
48. Settlement of civil disputes between parties using neutral mediators or arbitrators without going to court
Natural law
Relevant evidence
Appellant
Alternative dispute resolution
49. A computer program that is designed to block access to certain Web sites based on their content. The software blocks the retrieval of a site whose URL or key words are on a list within the program.
Summons
Filtering software
Fourth Amendment
In rem jurisdiction
50. (civil law) the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim for relief is based
Answer
Equal protection clause
Complaint
Affirmative defense