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Business Law Test
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A nonbinding process in which attorneys for both sides present synopses of their cases to a jury - which renders an advisory opinion on the basis of these presentations
Arbitrability
Courts of equity
Summary jury trials
Long arm statue
2. A reasoning process in which an individual links his or her moral convictions or ethical standards to the particular situation at hand.
Summary jury trials
Ethical reasoning
Pleadings
Probate courts
3. A reference to or a quotation from an authority
citation
Online dispute resolution
Appellee
Question of law
4. Excessive bail shall not be required - nor excessive fines imposed - nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
Sixth Amendment
Eighth Amendment
Ethical reasoning
Remedies
5. Settlement of civil disputes between parties using neutral mediators or arbitrators without going to court
jurisprudence
Courts of law
Respondent
Alternative dispute resolution
6. 14th amendment clause that prohibits states from denying equal protection under the law - and has been used to combat discrimination
Civil Law
Business Ethics
Causation in fact
Equal protection clause
7. Requirement that a case can only be heard by the Supreme Court if four justices vote to hear the case
positive law
Federal form of government
Contributory negligence
Rule of four
8. A rule of evidence whereby the negligence of an alleged wrongdoer can be inferred from the fact that the accident happened
Pretrial motions
Pleadings
Administrative agency
Res ipsa loquitur
9. Contracts - Sales - Negotiable instruments - creditos rights - intellectual property - e-commerce - product liability - torts - agency - business organizations - professional liability - courts and court procedures.
Natural law
Mini-trial
Areas of Law that may affect business decision making
Arbitration
10. 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.
Courts of equity
Standing to sue
Small Claims courts
Slander of title
11. 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
Fifth Amendment
uniform laws
Question of law
12. 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
Complaint
Strict liability
Absolute bar
State and Federal Court Systems
13. Negate the claim of negligence(assumption of risk - superceding intervening clause)
Causation in fact
Absolute bar
Question of law
Principle of rights
14. (law) the initial questioning of a witness by the party that called the witness
Direct examination
Syllogism
Civil Law
Police powers
15. Jurisdiction based upon claims against a person - in contrast to jurisdiction over the person's property
Writ of execution
in personam jurisdiction
Brief
uniform laws
16. (law) a pleading by the defendant in reply to a plaintiff's surrejoinder
Motion for a new trial
Strict product liability
Bill of Rights
Rebuttal
17. Claims
Arbitration
Arbitration clause
Categorical imperative
Alleges
18. Propositions or general statements of equitable rules
Equitable maxims
In rem jurisdiction
When constitutional lawz apply
Binding authority
19. (law) a pleading made by a defendant in response to the plaintiff's replication
Federal Jurisdiction
Malpractice
Rejoinder
Slander of title
20. The rules governing the manner in which civil cases are brough in and progress through the federal courts
Categorical imperative
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
fradulent Misrepresentation
Writ of execution
21. 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.
Commerce clause
Origins Of Common Law
breaches
ordinaces
22. Use deductive reasoning to identify relevant legal rules - applying those rules to to the facts of the case and drawing a conclusion.
Reporters
Negotiation
Case law
Stare Decisis and legal Reasoning
23. Adj. from the Latin 'against or about a thing -' referring to a lawsuit or other legal action directed toward property - rather than toward a particular person. Thus - if title to property is the issue - the action is 'in rem.' The term is important
When constitutional lawz apply
In rem jurisdiction
diversity of citizenship
Tenth Amendment
24. Inherent powers of state governments to pass laws to protect the public health - safety - and welfare; the national government has no directly granted police powers but accomplishes the same goals through other delegated powers.
Checks and balances
Police powers
Bankruptcy courts
Causation in fact
25. A legal proceeding in a court
Case Precedents and the doctrine of stare decisis
Litigation
Free exercise clause
Rules of evidence
26. Contains the courts reasons for its decision - the rules of law that apply - and the judgement
Fourth Amendment
Opinions
law
Opening statements
27. A brief outline of what the defendant and the plaintiff will try to prove.
Motion for judgement on the pleadings
Opening statements
fradulent Misrepresentation
Sixth Amendment
28. 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.
Appellant
Proximate cause
Writ of execution
Res ipsa loquitur
29. The course of action the government takes in response to an issue or problem as deemed by widely held belief.
When constitutional lawz apply
Pleadings
Stare Decisis and legal Reasoning
Public Policy
30. A question asked to determine what is true or to what extent something is true
Courts of law
State Jurisdiction
Closing argument
Question of fact
31. Law concerned with private wrongs against individuals
Public Policy
Civil Law
Justicable controversy
Filtering software
32. Right to a trial by jury
Stages in an A Typical Lawsuit
Privileges and and immunities clause
Seventh Amendment
Cross-examination
33. Any testimony given in court about a statement made by someone else who was not under oath at the time of the statement
due proccess clause
Hearsay
Justicable controversy
Eighth Amendment
34. No State can draw unreasonable distinctions between its own residents and those persons who happen to live in other States
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Privileges and and immunities clause
Pleadings
Case law
35. A controversey that is not hypotheical or academic but real and substansial; a requirement the must be satisfied before a court will hear a case
Stages in an A Typical Lawsuit
Arbitration
Burden of proof
Justicable controversy
36. (law) compensation for losses that can readily be proven to have occurred and for which the injured party has the right to be compensated
Compensatory damages
Torts(Wrongs)
Rule of four
Reporters
37. Specific length of time an individual can sue for injury resulting from negligence
Historical school
Appellee
Negotiation
Statues of limitation
38. Assumption of risk - Superseding cause - and contributory and comparative negligence.
Free exercise clause
Cases on point
Defenses to negligence
State and Federal Court Systems
39. (law) negligence allocated between the plaintiff and the defendant with a corresponding reduction in damages paid to the plaintiff
jurisprudence
In rem jurisdiction
Reporters
Comparative negligence
40. To confirm priestly authority upon
ordinaces
Federal question
in personam jurisdiction
Civil Law
41. (law) evidence sufficient to warrant an arrest or search and seizure
positivist school
Probable cause
Administrative law
ordinaces
42. A system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power
Police powers
Symbolic speech
Hearsay
Checks and balances
43. 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.
Question of fact
Sixth Amendment
Relevant evidence
Answer
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.
Petitioner
Burden of proof
Stages in an A Typical Lawsuit
Motion for a new trial
45. 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.
Contributory negligence
Administrative agency
Damages
Alternative dispute resolution
46. Discussion with a view to reaching agreement; talking about a conflict where both parties give and take to reach a resolution - without attorneys.
Opening statements
abnormally dangerous
Negotiation
jurisprudence
47. A motion made by a party - during trial - claiming the opposing party has insufficient evidence to reasonably support its case
Trespass to personal property
Motion for judgement as a matter of law
Analogy
Case law
48. An example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time
Brief
citation
Remedies
Precedent
49. (law) the right and power to interpret and apply the law
Second Amendment
laches
Business invitees
Jurisdiction
50. The First Amendment guarantee that the government will not create and support an official state church
establishment clause
Tenth Amendment
Sociological school
Exclusive Jurisdiction
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