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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. Courts that handle cases that involve less than $5000
Burden of proof
Mini-trial
Small Claims courts
tilitarinism
2. A statement of fundamental rights and privileges (especially the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution)
Affirmative defense
Pleadings
Bill of Rights
abnormally dangerous
3. Claims
Alleges
Corporate social responsibility
Civil Law
State level appeal eligibility
4. 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.
Statutory Law
Cross-examination
Legal and Equitable Remedies
Tenth Amendment
5. Excessive bail shall not be required - nor excessive fines imposed - nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
Rejoinder
jurisprudence
Eighth Amendment
Online dispute resolution
6. The body of conventional - or written - law of a particular society at a particular point in time.
positive law
citation
Closing argument
State level appeal eligibility
7. A motion made by a party - during trial - claiming the opposing party has insufficient evidence to reasonably support its case
Motion for judgement on the pleadings
Motion for judgement as a matter of law
State level appeal eligibility
Natural law
8. Judges must abide by precedents in thier jurisdictions.
Police powers
Case Precedents and the doctrine of stare decisis
Service of process
Stages in an A Typical Lawsuit
9. The courts that awarded compensation back in English Realm
Courts of law
Long arm statue
Federal form of government
Pleadings
10. Use deductive reasoning to identify relevant legal rules - applying those rules to to the facts of the case and drawing a conclusion.
Punitive damages
Motion for a directed verdict
Constitutional Law
Stare Decisis and legal Reasoning
11. 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.
positivist school
Business invitees
Online dispute resolution
Bankruptcy courts
12. 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
Opinions
In rem jurisdiction
Affirmative defense
Venue
13. 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.
Jurisdiction
Legal realism
law
Commerce clause
14. Set of books containing published court decisions
Service of process
Jurisdiction
Reporters
Brief
15. Part of the 14th Amendment which guarentees that no state deny basic rights to its people
Business Ethics
Motion for judgement as a matter of law
due proccess clause
Eighth Amendment
16. Contains the courts reasons for its decision - the rules of law that apply - and the judgement
Summons
Negligence
Opinions
Negotiation
17. 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.
Hearsay
Exclusive Jurisdiction
Administrative agency
Pleadings
18. 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.
Probate courts
Civil Law
Search warrant
Question of law
19. The act of changing location from one place to another
State level appeal eligibility
First Amendment
Motion
Remedies
20. A major provider of arbitration services
in personam jurisdiction
American Arbitration Association
Cases on point
Venue
21. The government may not house soldiers in private homes without consent of the owner
Good samaritan statues
Third Amendment
Complaint
Case law
22. 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.
Negotiation
uniform laws
Filtering software
Compensatory damages
23. Assumption of risk - Superseding cause - and contributory and comparative negligence.
Motion for judgement as a matter of law
Appellee
Defenses to negligence
Police powers
24. A routine court order that attempts to enforce the judgment that has been granted to a plaintiff by authorizing a sheriff to carry it out
Writ of execution
Rule of four
Damages
Ethical reasoning
25. An ethical principle that holds that you should never take any action that infringes on others; agreed-upon rights
Trade libel
Closing argument
Principle of rights
Free exercise clause
26. Law concerned with private wrongs against individuals
Arbitration clause
Appellant
In rem jurisdiction
Civil Law
27. On the premises fr the potential financial benefit of the occupier
due proccess clause
Assumption of risk
Reporters
Business invitees
28. A doctrine by which equitable relief is denied to one who has waited TOO long to seek relief
tilitarinism
Trespass to personal property
Defense
laches
29. The principle pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint
jurisprudence
Answer
Alleges
Damages
30. Settlement of civil disputes between parties using neutral mediators or arbitrators without going to court
Business Ethics
Alternative dispute resolution
Answer
Federal Jurisdiction
31. The course of action the government takes in response to an issue or problem as deemed by widely held belief.
Res ipsa loquitur
Ninth Amendment
Public Policy
Venue
32. Authority shared by both federal and state courts
Concurrent Jurisdiction
Checks and balances
Equitable maxims
breaches
33. 1. Resident 2. (while within boundaries of state) 3. Long arm statue.
State Jurisdiction
Sixth Amendment
Concurrent Jurisdiction
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
34. The First Amendment guarantee that the government will not create and support an official state church
establishment clause
Affirmative defense
First Amendment
Cases on point
35. 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 law
Relevant evidence
Default judgement
Remedies
36. The rules governing the manner in which civil cases are brough in and progress through the federal courts
Negotiation
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Counterclaim
Trade libel
37. A school of legal thought that views the law as a tool for promoting justice in society.
State and Federal Court Systems
Sociological school
Analogy
Summons
38. The act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone
Comparative negligence
Service of process
Public Policy
Principle of rights
39. (law) negligence allocated between the plaintiff and the defendant with a corresponding reduction in damages paid to the plaintiff
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Comparative negligence
establishment clause
Third Amendment
40. 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
Rules of evidence
State level appeal eligibility
Exclusive Jurisdiction
Arbitrability
41. The preponderance of evidence which means more likely then not.
Burden of proof
Binding authority
Long arm statue
Jurisdiction
42. A brief outline of what the defendant and the plaintiff will try to prove.
Ethical reasoning
fradulent Misrepresentation
Opening statements
Tenth Amendment
43. The body of rules and regulations and orders and decisions created by administrative agencies of government
Administrative law
Bill of Rights
Direct examination
Absolute bar
44. Wrongs
Service of process
Constitutional Law
Torts(Wrongs)
Chancellor
45. An example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time
Complaint
Affirmative defense
Precedent
Probable cause
46. Previously decided cases that are as similar as possible to the one under consideration
Comparative negligence
Assumption of risk
Cases on point
Counterclaim
47. In order to bring a lawsuit before a court a party must have a sufficient 'stake' in a matter to justify seeking relief through the court system
Equitable maxims
Trespass to personal property
Standing to sue
Cost-benefit analysis
48. The publication of false information about another's product - alleging it is not what its seller claims; also referred to as slander of quality.
Trade libel
Principle of rights
Federal form of government
Eighth Amendment
49. Handle only bankruptcy proceedings - which are governed by federal bankruptcy law
Eighth Amendment
Bankruptcy courts
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Federal form of government
50. Relieve you of some liability when reasonable care is used
Counterclaim
Good samaritan statues
Contributory negligence
Appellant