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Business Law Test
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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
Writ of certiorari
uniform laws
Administrative agency
Strict product liability
2. Highest official of a monarch. Granted new an unique remedies.
Chancellor
Seventh Amendment
Writ of execution
Origins Of Common Law
3. State statute that permits a state to obtain personal jurisdiction over nonresident defendants
Fourth Amendment
Strict product liability
Long arm statue
Symbolic speech
4. 1. employee activity within scope of employment 2. employee is negligent
Privileges and and immunities clause
Respondent Superior
Equal protection clause
Answer
5. Statutes adopted in many states that impose strict liability upon tavern owners for injuries to third parties caused by their intoxicated patrons
Concurrent Jurisdiction
Malpractice
dram shop acts
Ethical reasoning
6. Relieve you of some liability when reasonable care is used
Administrative law
Good samaritan statues
State level appeal eligibility
Case Precedents and the doctrine of stare decisis
7. Doctrine under which a person cannot recover for injuries received from a dangerous activity to which she voluntarily exposed herself
Assumption of risk
Slander of quality
State and Federal Court Systems
Probable cause
8. The rules governing the manner in which civil cases are brough in and progress through the federal courts
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Motion for judgement as a matter of law
When constitutional lawz apply
Defense
9. 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.
Proximate cause
Remedies
Reporters
Federal form of government
10. 1. Resident 2. (while within boundaries of state) 3. Long arm statue.
Symbolic speech
State Jurisdiction
dram shop acts
Appellant
11. Law that involves the interpretation and application of the U.S. Constitution and state constitutions
Statutory Law
Constitutional Law
Absolute bar
abnormally dangerous
12. (law) the right and power to interpret and apply the law
Jurisdiction
Federal question
Online dispute resolution
Disparagement of property
13. 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
Categorical imperative
uniform laws
Default judgement
Appellee
14. 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.
Long arm statue
Statues of limitation
Tenth Amendment
Torts(Wrongs)
15. When the matter is between private parties the constitution laws do not apply. Between individuals and government organizations then constitutional laws apply.
Arbitrability
When constitutional lawz apply
Federal question
Arbitration clause
16. A court will award money or other relief to a party injured by a breach of contract
Reporters
Remedies
Constitutional Law
Motion for judgement as a matter of law
17. (law) behavior by the plaintiff that contributes to the harm resulting from the defendant's negligence
Free exercise clause
Causation in fact
Contributory negligence
tilitarinism
18. Ethical or unethical behaviors by employees in the context of their jobs
Reporters
Business Ethics
Compensatory damages
Strict product liability
19. A motion made by a party - during trial - claiming the opposing party has insufficient evidence to reasonably support its case
Motion for judgement as a matter of law
Probable cause
State Jurisdiction
Early neutral case evaluation
20. (law) compensation in excess of actual damages (a form of punishment awarded in cases of malicious or willful misconduct)
Punitive damages
Statues of limitation
Res ipsa loquitur
Probable cause
21. A statement of fundamental rights and privileges (especially the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution)
Case law
Bill of Rights
Seventh Amendment
Cyber torts
22. The publication of false information about another's product - alleging it is not what its seller claims; also referred to as slander of quality.
Relevant evidence
Trade libel
Fifth Amendment
Statutory Law
23. 1. Federal statute 2. Constitution(U.S.) 3. Diversity of Citizenship($75 -000 or more)
Ninth Amendment
Cyber torts
Rules of evidence
Federal Jurisdiction
24. (law) a pleading by the defendant in reply to a plaintiff's surrejoinder
Administrative agency
Probate courts
Rebuttal
Common law
25. Use deductive reasoning to identify relevant legal rules - applying those rules to to the facts of the case and drawing a conclusion.
Litigation
Stare Decisis and legal Reasoning
Arbitration
Third Amendment
26. Protects you from unreasonable search and seizure of your home and property
Mini-trial
Civil Law
Fourth Amendment
Malpractice
27. (civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions
Case law
Courts of equity
Venue
Remedies of Law
28. Right to a trial by jury
Ethical reasoning
abnormally dangerous
Statues of limitation
Seventh Amendment
29. Courts that handle cases that involve less than $5000
Small Claims courts
Precedent
Legal and Equitable Remedies
Justicable controversy
30. On the premises fr the potential financial benefit of the occupier
Rule of four
Complaint
Summons
Business invitees
31. Drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect
fradulent Misrepresentation
Ethical reasoning
American Arbitration Association
Analogy
32. An amendment to the Constitution of the United States guaranteeing the right of free expression
Direct examination
Natural law
First Amendment
Motion for a directed verdict
33. The enumeration in the Constitution - of certain rights - shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
Ninth Amendment
Business Ethics
Administrative agency
Default judgement
34. 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.
Hearsay
Cyberlaw
Slander of title
Federal question
35. Set of books containing published court decisions
Precedent
Reporters
Cases on point
Analogy
36. 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
Syllogism
Privileges and and immunities clause
laches
37. Negate the claim of negligence(assumption of risk - superceding intervening clause)
First Amendment
Precedent
Absolute bar
When constitutional lawz apply
38. 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
fradulent Misrepresentation
Eighth Amendment
Cyberlaw
Motion for judgement on the pleadings
39. (law) negligence allocated between the plaintiff and the defendant with a corresponding reduction in damages paid to the plaintiff
Legal reasoning
Seventh Amendment
Comparative negligence
Sociological school
40. A condensed written summary or abstract
Motion for a new trial
Alleges
Brief
Petitioner
41. Economic model that compares the marginal costs and marginal benefits of a decision
Cost-benefit analysis
Rebuttal
State and Federal Court Systems
American Arbitration Association
42. The idea that the goal of society should be the greatest happiness for the greatest number of its citizens
American Arbitration Association
tilitarinism
Defense
Comparative negligence
43. Jury selection process of questioning prospective jurors - to ascertain their qualifications and determine any basis for challenge.
voir dire
Courts of law
Rebuttal
Courts of equity
44. The courts that awarded compensation back in English Realm
Courts of law
Probate courts
Statues of limitation
Legal and Equitable Remedies
45. A claim filed in opposition to another claim in a legal action
Relevant evidence
Administrative law
Areas of Law that may affect business decision making
Counterclaim
46. Authority shared by both federal and state courts
Federal question
Writ of certiorari
Business Ethics
Concurrent Jurisdiction
47. 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
Public Policy
Search warrant
Summons
positivist school
48. (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
Courts of equity
Exclusive Jurisdiction
Statutory Law
49. 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
Rejoinder
Venue
Summary jury trials
Negotiation
50. Precedents are determined under stare decisis. Courts of law and courts or equity have been combined.
Second Amendment
tilitarinism
Negligence
importance of common law