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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Torts committed via the internet
Case Precedents and the doctrine of stare decisis
Cyber torts
Absolute bar
abnormally dangerous
2. 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
Negligence
First Amendment
Motion for judgement as a matter of law
fradulent Misrepresentation
3. The body of laws created by legislative statutes
Comparative negligence
Alleges
Pretrial motions
Statutory Law
4. Party who defends an appeal
Appellee
Statutory Law
Categorical imperative
Answer
5. An ethical principle that holds that you should never take any action that infringes on others; agreed-upon rights
Trade libel
Principle of rights
Eighth Amendment
Strict liability
6. Specific length of time an individual can sue for injury resulting from negligence
Second Amendment
Remedies
positive law
Statues of limitation
7. On the premises fr the potential financial benefit of the occupier
jurisprudence
Business invitees
Independent regulatory agencies
Slander of quality
8. Requirement that a case can only be heard by the Supreme Court if four justices vote to hear the case
Motion for judgement as a matter of law
Corporate social responsibility
Rule of four
Respondent
9. 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.
ordinaces
Search warrant
Tenth Amendment
positivist school
10. 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
Arbitrability
Stare Decisis and legal Reasoning
Cross-examination
Full faith and credit clause
11. An argument made after the plaintiff and defendant have rested their cases. Closing arguments are made prior to the jury charges.
Stages in an A Typical Lawsuit
Business Ethics
Closing argument
Privileges and and immunities clause
12. Contracts - Sales - Negotiable instruments - creditos rights - intellectual property - e-commerce - product liability - torts - agency - business organizations - professional liability - courts and court procedures.
Federal Jurisdiction
Strict product liability
Areas of Law that may affect business decision making
Legal and Equitable Remedies
13. The courts that awarded compensation back in English Realm
Cyberlaw
Search warrant
Answer
Courts of law
14. A wrongful act that the actor had no right to do
Filtering software
Motion for judgement on the pleadings
Concurrent Jurisdiction
Malpractice
15. Precedents are determined under stare decisis. Courts of law and courts or equity have been combined.
Alternative dispute resolution
importance of common law
Affirmative defense
Privileges and and immunities clause
16. Handle only bankruptcy proceedings - which are governed by federal bankruptcy law
jurisprudence
Cost-benefit analysis
Bankruptcy courts
Pleadings
17. 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.
Analogy
Disparagement of property
Writ of certiorari
importance of common law
18. The course of action the government takes in response to an issue or problem as deemed by widely held belief.
First Amendment
Public Policy
Statues of limitation
Rule of four
19. An example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time
Concurrent Jurisdiction
Equitable maxims
Precedent
Early neutral case evaluation
20. (law) compensation in excess of actual damages (a form of punishment awarded in cases of malicious or willful misconduct)
Motion
Probable cause
Business invitees
Punitive damages
21. The power to speak the law.
Federal form of government
Good samaritan statues
Service of process
Jurisdiction
22. Ethical or unethical behaviors by employees in the context of their jobs
Business Ethics
Arbitration
Courts of equity
In rem jurisdiction
23. A motion made by a party - during trial - claiming the opposing party has insufficient evidence to reasonably support its case
Good samaritan statues
Default judgement
Motion for judgement as a matter of law
Jurisdiction
24. The act of changing location from one place to another
Motion
Relevant evidence
breaches
Absolute bar
25. A brief outline of what the defendant and the plaintiff will try to prove.
Full faith and credit clause
Motion for a directed verdict
Opening statements
Motion
26. An amendment to the Constitution of the United States that imposes restrictions on the government's prosecution of persons accused of crimes
Legal reasoning
Fifth Amendment
Mini-trial
Independent regulatory agencies
27. 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.
Trespass to land
Summons
Independent regulatory agencies
Administrative agency
28. When the matter is between private parties the constitution laws do not apply. Between individuals and government organizations then constitutional laws apply.
When constitutional lawz apply
Seventh Amendment
Exclusive Jurisdiction
Motion for judgement as a matter of law
29. A form of alternative dispute resolution in which a neutral third party evaluates the strengths and weakness of the disputing parties' positions; the evaluator's opinion forms the basis for negotiating a settlement.
Early neutral case evaluation
Res ipsa loquitur
Sociological school
Police powers
30. To confirm priestly authority upon
Pretrial motions
Analogy
law
ordinaces
31. A body of rulings made by judges that become part of a nation's legal system
Chancellor
Assumption of risk
Seventh Amendment
Common law
32. The publication of false information about another's product - alleging that it is not what its seller claims.
State Jurisdiction
Slander of quality
Motion for judgement on the pleadings
Equal protection clause
33. A reasoning process in which an individual links his or her moral convictions or ethical standards to the particular situation at hand.
Ethical reasoning
Trade libel
Precedent
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
34. 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
Administrative agency
Areas of Law that may affect business decision making
abnormally dangerous
Probate courts
35. 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
Standing to sue
Proximate cause
Rejoinder
Bankruptcy courts
36. An act or omission without which an event would not have occurred.
Legal reasoning
Causation in fact
in personam jurisdiction
Proximate cause
37. A system of government in which the states form a union and the sovereign power is divided between the central government and the member states
Federal form of government
diversity of citizenship
Writ of execution
Civil Law
38. Violation of a law - duty - or other form of obligation - either by engaging in an action or failing to act
breaches
Ethical reasoning
Probable cause
Slander of title
39. Law concerned with public wrongs against society
Natural law
Stages in an A Typical Lawsuit
Criminal law
Reporters
40. Drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect
Analogy
Exclusive Jurisdiction
Relevant evidence
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
41. Someone who petitions a court for redress of a grievance or recovery of a right
Probate courts
Categorical imperative
In rem jurisdiction
Petitioner
42. 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
Areas of Law that may affect business decision making
Case Precedents and the doctrine of stare decisis
Arbitrability
43. Everyone in the commercial chain will be liable for the defect. (manafacturer - distrubutor - retailer) *end user is not in the commercial chain.
Filtering software
Statutory Law
Direct examination
Strict product liability
44. Jurisdiction that exists when a case can be heard only in a particular court or type of court.
establishment clause
Pretrial motions
Relevant evidence
Exclusive Jurisdiction
45. The enumeration in the Constitution - of certain rights - shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
law
Statutory Law
Statues of limitation
Ninth Amendment
46. Nonverbal communication - such as burning a flag or wearing an armband. The Supreme Court has accorded some symbolic speech protection under the first amendment.
Binding authority
Symbolic speech
Justicable controversy
Assumption of risk
47. 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.
Writ of execution
Police powers
Case Precedents and the doctrine of stare decisis
Privileges and and immunities clause
48. 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
State and Federal Court Systems
Analogy
Remedies
Areas of Law that may affect business decision making
49. An order to appear in person at a given place and time
Slander of quality
Summons
Rebuttal
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
50. Automotic appeal based on procedure/law. appeal cannot be made on a error of fact. Car accident example. procedure - wrong court date. law - issue of law is wrong. U.S. Supreme Court appeal is still possible with permission(write of certerori)
Independent regulatory agencies
State level appeal eligibility
Legal reasoning
Police powers