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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. The act of changing location from one place to another
Motion
Trade libel
tilitarinism
Historical school
2. 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.
Brief
Equitable maxims
Assumption of risk
Filtering software
3. 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
Statues of limitation
Seventh Amendment
When constitutional lawz apply
diversity of citizenship
4. A federal - state - or local government unit established to perform a specific function. Administrative agencies are created and authorized by legislative bodies to administer and enforce specific laws.
Administrative agency
Statutory Law
Defense
Free exercise clause
5. 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
ordinaces
Res ipsa loquitur
Burden of proof
Search warrant
6. (law) compensation in excess of actual damages (a form of punishment awarded in cases of malicious or willful misconduct)
Punitive damages
Trade libel
Motion for a new trial
citation
7. A school of legal thought that views the law as a tool for promoting justice in society.
Hearsay
Sociological school
Summary jury trials
Respondent Superior
8. A claim filed in opposition to another claim in a legal action
Counterclaim
establishment clause
Bill of Rights
Rejoinder
9. Ethical or unethical behaviors by employees in the context of their jobs
Fifth Amendment
Search warrant
Equitable maxims
Business Ethics
10. Drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect
Commerce clause
Analogy
due proccess clause
Cross-examination
11. (law) a pleading made by a defendant in response to the plaintiff's replication
Federal Jurisdiction
Rejoinder
Slander of title
Third Amendment
12. (law) the right and power to interpret and apply the law
Jurisdiction
Absolute bar
Slander of title
Probate courts
13. Three remedies known as land - items of value - or money
Remedies of Law
Writ of certiorari
positive law
Contributory negligence
14. When the matter is between private parties the constitution laws do not apply. Between individuals and government organizations then constitutional laws apply.
Default judgement
When constitutional lawz apply
Defense
Strict liability
15. The courts that awarded compensation back in English Realm
Courts of law
Third Amendment
Binding authority
diversity of citizenship
16. Set of books containing published court decisions
Eighth Amendment
Reporters
Litigation
Negotiation
17. A response to a plaintiff's claim that does not deny the plaintiff's facts but attacks the plaintiff's legal right to bring an action. An example is the running of the statute of limitations.
Strict liability
State level appeal eligibility
Affirmative defense
Summary jury trials
18. Specific length of time an individual can sue for injury resulting from negligence
Remedies of Law
Cross-examination
Courts of equity
Statues of limitation
19. A court will award money or other relief to a party injured by a breach of contract
Causation in fact
Defense
Remedies
Pleadings
20. Party who defends an appeal
importance of common law
Default judgement
Stages in an A Typical Lawsuit
Appellee
21. 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
positivist school
Alternative dispute resolution
Categorical imperative
Probable cause
22. A question that had to do with the US Constitution - acts of Congress - or treaties; it provides a basis for federal jurisdiction
Federal question
Search warrant
Criminal law
State level appeal eligibility
23. The principle pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint
Malpractice
Causation in fact
Proximate cause
Answer
24. A sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
Binding authority
Probable cause
Pleadings
Damages
25. The branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
jurisprudence
Administrative law
Rejoinder
ordinaces
26. 14th amendment clause that prohibits states from denying equal protection under the law - and has been used to combat discrimination
Bankruptcy courts
Res ipsa loquitur
Equal protection clause
Writ of certiorari
27. Federal regulatory agencies that are independent - thus not fully under the power of the president. Ex. Federal Trade Commission - Securities and Exchange Commission.
Strict product liability
Counterclaim
Independent regulatory agencies
positive law
28. The reasoning process used by judges in deciding what law applies to a given dispute and then applying that law to the specific facts or circumstances of the case
Common law
Legal reasoning
State Jurisdiction
Litigation
29. Propositions or general statements of equitable rules
Arbitrability
Cases on point
Stare Decisis and legal Reasoning
Equitable maxims
30. Liability without fault. (Strict product liability)
Negotiation
Strict liability
Courts of law
Jurisdiction
31. (law) compensation for losses that can readily be proven to have occurred and for which the injured party has the right to be compensated
Negligence
Compensatory damages
Question of law
positive law
32. Settlement of civil disputes between parties using neutral mediators or arbitrators without going to court
Symbolic speech
Negligence
Alternative dispute resolution
Summons
33. (law) negligence allocated between the plaintiff and the defendant with a corresponding reduction in damages paid to the plaintiff
Burden of proof
positive law
Comparative negligence
Summary jury trials
34. Discussion with a view to reaching agreement; talking about a conflict where both parties give and take to reach a resolution - without attorneys.
Defense
Assumption of risk
Rules of evidence
Negotiation
35. The process by which the parties in a dispute submit their difference to the judgment of an impartial person or group appointed by mutual consent
Historical school
Arbitration
Courts of equity
Second Amendment
36. Is strict liability hold a claim if the product or service in question is...
Appellee
abnormally dangerous
Business Ethics
Small Claims courts
37. Evidence tending to make a fact at issue in the case more or less probable than it would be without the evidence. Only relevant evidence is admissible in court.
Relevant evidence
Analogy
Stages in an A Typical Lawsuit
Cases on point
38. Precedents are determined under stare decisis. Courts of law and courts or equity have been combined.
Motion for judgement on the pleadings
importance of common law
Fifth Amendment
Areas of Law that may affect business decision making
39. Doctrine under which a person cannot recover for injuries received from a dangerous activity to which she voluntarily exposed herself
Respondent
Fourth Amendment
Assumption of risk
Rules of evidence
40. The publication of false information about another's product - alleging it is not what its seller claims; also referred to as slander of quality.
Equal protection clause
Civil Law
Trade libel
Motion
41. 1. employee activity within scope of employment 2. employee is negligent
Historical school
Respondent Superior
ordinaces
Malpractice
42. 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.
Pleadings
Slander of title
tilitarinism
uniform laws
43. (civil law) the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim for relief is based
Case law
Complaint
Venue
Negotiation
44. Negate the claim of negligence(assumption of risk - superceding intervening clause)
Corporate social responsibility
Analogy
Torts(Wrongs)
Absolute bar
45. The government may not house soldiers in private homes without consent of the owner
Equitable maxims
Third Amendment
Cost-benefit analysis
Disparagement of property
46. Requirement that a case can only be heard by the Supreme Court if four justices vote to hear the case
Punitive damages
dram shop acts
Rule of four
Motion for a new trial
47. A final judgment for one side in a lawsuit without trial when a judge finds based on pleadings - affidavits - and depositions that there is no genuine factual issue in the lawsuit
Chancellor
importance of common law
Motion for judgement on the pleadings
abnormally dangerous
48. Right to bear arms
Rejoinder
Slander of title
Second Amendment
Closing argument
49. Statutes adopted in many states that impose strict liability upon tavern owners for injuries to third parties caused by their intoxicated patrons
Case Precedents and the doctrine of stare decisis
Comparative negligence
Burden of proof
dram shop acts
50. To be on the land of another without right or permission of the owner
Trespass to land
dram shop acts
Checks and balances
Closing argument