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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. Wrongs
Stare Decisis and legal Reasoning
Torts(Wrongs)
Legal and Equitable Remedies
Business Ethics
2. The enumeration in the Constitution - of certain rights - shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
Ninth Amendment
Areas of Law that may affect business decision making
Causation in fact
Relevant evidence
3. A common law writ issued by a superior court to one of inferior jurisdiction demanding the record of a particular case
Writ of certiorari
Hearsay
Exclusive Jurisdiction
Causation in fact
4. The question of whether an issue lies within the authority and jurisdiction of the arbitrator. A matter may be declared non-arbitrable either because certain steps - timetables and procedures have not been followed prior to submitting it to arbitrati
Cyberlaw
Arbitrability
Long arm statue
Answer
5. The courts that awarded compensation back in English Realm
Courts of law
Damages
Police powers
Business Ethics
6. Negate the claim of negligence(assumption of risk - superceding intervening clause)
establishment clause
American Arbitration Association
Absolute bar
Pretrial motions
7. A reasoning process in which an individual links his or her moral convictions or ethical standards to the particular situation at hand.
Opening statements
Cyberlaw
Defenses to negligence
Ethical reasoning
8. On the premises fr the potential financial benefit of the occupier
Stare Decisis and legal Reasoning
Arbitration clause
Award
Business invitees
9. (law) the right and power to interpret and apply the law
Mini-trial
Cyberlaw
Jurisdiction
First Amendment
10. A system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power
Ethical reasoning
ordinaces
Summons
Checks and balances
11. A brief outline of what the defendant and the plaintiff will try to prove.
Burden of proof
tilitarinism
Opening statements
jurisprudence
12. Jurisdiction that exists when a case can be heard only in a particular court or type of court.
Rebuttal
Exclusive Jurisdiction
Seventh Amendment
breaches
13. Federal regulatory agencies that are independent - thus not fully under the power of the president. Ex. Federal Trade Commission - Securities and Exchange Commission.
Justicable controversy
Independent regulatory agencies
due proccess clause
In rem jurisdiction
14. 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
Checks and balances
Remedies of Law
diversity of citizenship
Respondent
15. An informal term used to refer to all laws governing electronic communications and transactions - particularly those conducted via the Internet.
Motion for judgement as a matter of law
Causation in fact
Stages in an A Typical Lawsuit
Cyberlaw
16. Someone who petitions a court for redress of a grievance or recovery of a right
Petitioner
Administrative law
Stages in an A Typical Lawsuit
Business Ethics
17. Jurisdiction based upon claims against a person - in contrast to jurisdiction over the person's property
Small Claims courts
Answer
Motion for a directed verdict
in personam jurisdiction
18. Doctrine under which a person cannot recover for injuries received from a dangerous activity to which she voluntarily exposed herself
Absolute bar
Assumption of risk
American Arbitration Association
Privileges and and immunities clause
19. The clause in the Constitution (Article I - Section 8 - Clause 1) that gives Congress the power to regulate all business activities that cross state lines or affect more than one state or other nations.
Natural law
Federal form of government
Motion for a directed verdict
Commerce clause
20. The rules governing the manner in which civil cases are brough in and progress through the federal courts
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Probable cause
Good samaritan statues
Police powers
21. Excessive bail shall not be required - nor excessive fines imposed - nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
Respondent
Eighth Amendment
Closing argument
Alleges
22. A warrant authorizing law enforcement officials to search for objects or people involved in the commission of a crime and to produce them in court
Default judgement
Service of process
positivist school
Search warrant
23. The First Amendment guarantee that the government will not create and support an official state church
Cases on point
jurisprudence
establishment clause
Small Claims courts
24. Statements made by the plaintiff and the defendant in a lawsuit that detail the facts - charges - and defenses involved in the litigation. The complaint and answer are part of the pleadings.
Affirmative defense
Compensatory damages
Pleadings
State level appeal eligibility
25. A claim filed in opposition to another claim in a legal action
Counterclaim
Origins Of Common Law
Online dispute resolution
First Amendment
26. State statute that permits a state to obtain personal jurisdiction over nonresident defendants
Syllogism
Legal reasoning
Filtering software
Long arm statue
27. 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
Strict product liability
Jurisdiction
Disparagement of property
fradulent Misrepresentation
28. Relieve you of some liability when reasonable care is used
Good samaritan statues
voir dire
Bill of Rights
Respondent Superior
29. Previously decided cases that are as similar as possible to the one under consideration
Assumption of risk
Hearsay
Cases on point
Symbolic speech
30. Any source of law that a court must follow when deciding a case. This includes constitutions - statues - and regulations - that govern the issue being decided - as well as previous court decisions in the same jurisdiction.
Burden of proof
Binding authority
Statues of limitation
Business Ethics
31. A court will award money or other relief to a party injured by a breach of contract
Counterclaim
Remedies
Full faith and credit clause
Legal and Equitable Remedies
32. An act or omission without which an event would not have occurred.
Chancellor
Causation in fact
Equitable maxims
Natural law
33. Part of the 14th Amendment which guarentees that no state deny basic rights to its people
Trespass to land
Stages in an A Typical Lawsuit
Small Claims courts
due proccess clause
34. (civil law) the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim for relief is based
Complaint
Corporate social responsibility
Award
Business invitees
35. 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
Strict liability
State and Federal Court Systems
Direct examination
Privileges and and immunities clause
36. Need a set of laws so that commerce is possible; can't have different laws in every state for business. Uniform Commercial Code. Uniform Partnernship Act. Most states adopt them but not in the exact same form
Burden of proof
When constitutional lawz apply
uniform laws
Brief
37. A condensed written summary or abstract
Brief
dram shop acts
Alternative dispute resolution
Appellee
38. Specific length of time an individual can sue for injury resulting from negligence
Second Amendment
Statues of limitation
State level appeal eligibility
Tenth Amendment
39. A doctrine by which equitable relief is denied to one who has waited TOO long to seek relief
Motion for a new trial
breaches
Stare Decisis and legal Reasoning
laches
40. The obligation of organization management to make decisions and take actions that will enhance the welfare and interests of society as well as the organization
Corporate social responsibility
Ethical reasoning
Petitioner
Summary jury trials
41. Highest official of a monarch. Granted new an unique remedies.
Chancellor
due proccess clause
Police powers
law
42. A sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
In rem jurisdiction
Damages
Free exercise clause
Rebuttal
43. A school of legal thought centered on the assumption that there is no law higher then the laws created by the government. Laws must be obeyed - even if they are unjust - to prevent anarchy.
Analogy
voir dire
positivist school
Respondent Superior
44. Jurisdiction based on claims against property
Malpractice
Precedent
In rem jurisdiction
Alternative dispute resolution
45. An order to appear in person at a given place and time
positivist school
Summons
Second Amendment
Opening statements
46. 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.
Public Policy
Award
State Jurisdiction
Natural law
47. Torts committed via the internet
Cyber torts
Strict liability
Probable cause
Complaint
48. An amendment to the Constitution of the United States guaranteeing the right of free expression
Administrative law
Good samaritan statues
Trespass to personal property
First Amendment
49. The First Amendment guarantee that citizens may freely engage in the religious activities of their choice
Sociological school
State level appeal eligibility
Free exercise clause
Motion
50. 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
Constitutional Law
Exclusive Jurisdiction
in personam jurisdiction