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Business Law Test
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A school of legal thought that views the law as a tool for promoting justice in society.
Sociological school
Justicable controversy
Equitable maxims
Bankruptcy courts
2. 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.
diversity of citizenship
Checks and balances
positivist school
positive law
3. Occurs when one party to a contract is not given full or accurate information by the other party about the contract subject matter - Intentional misrepresentation of material fact - reasonably relied on by plaintiff resulting in damages
Arbitrability
fradulent Misrepresentation
Slander of quality
Question of law
4. 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
Independent regulatory agencies
diversity of citizenship
Arbitrability
Negotiation
5. A sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
uniform laws
Hearsay
Business invitees
Damages
6. The courts that awarded compensation back in English Realm
Courts of law
Standing to sue
Concurrent Jurisdiction
Origins Of Common Law
7. Protects you from unreasonable search and seizure of your home and property
Cost-benefit analysis
Free exercise clause
Privileges and and immunities clause
Fourth Amendment
8. Motion to dismiss - motion for judgment on the pleadings - motion of summary judgement(amont others - motion to strike - motion to make more definite and certain - motion for judgement on the pleadings - motion to compel discovery - motion for summar
Pretrial motions
Courts of law
Summons
Sixth Amendment
9. Use deductive reasoning to identify relevant legal rules - applying those rules to to the facts of the case and drawing a conclusion.
Federal Jurisdiction
Fifth Amendment
Search warrant
Stare Decisis and legal Reasoning
10. Jurisdiction based upon claims against a person - in contrast to jurisdiction over the person's property
State Jurisdiction
Third Amendment
Remedies
in personam jurisdiction
11. 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.
Slander of title
Long arm statue
Closing argument
Answer
12. A rule of evidence whereby the negligence of an alleged wrongdoer can be inferred from the fact that the accident happened
Res ipsa loquitur
Criminal law
Pretrial motions
Relevant evidence
13. Federal regulatory agencies that are independent - thus not fully under the power of the president. Ex. Federal Trade Commission - Securities and Exchange Commission.
Probate courts
due proccess clause
Cases on point
Independent regulatory agencies
14. The body of rules and regulations and orders and decisions created by administrative agencies of government
Administrative law
Principle of rights
uniform laws
Appellant
15. A defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him
Defense
Closing argument
Third Amendment
Summary jury trials
16. 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
Standing to sue
Stages in an A Typical Lawsuit
Burden of proof
17. An example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time
Torts(Wrongs)
Negligence
Precedent
Chancellor
18. 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.
Business Ethics
Early neutral case evaluation
Negotiation
Case law
19. Law concerned with public wrongs against society
Public Policy
Business invitees
Motion for judgement on the pleadings
Criminal law
20. The power to speak the law.
Jurisdiction
Sixth Amendment
Respondent Superior
Justicable controversy
21. 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.
Ethical reasoning
Relevant evidence
Police powers
Summary jury trials
22. 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
Alternative dispute resolution
Public Policy
Motion for a new trial
23. The unlawful taking or harming of another's personal property; interference with another's right to the exclusive possession of his or her personal property.
Trespass to personal property
Binding authority
Direct examination
Areas of Law that may affect business decision making
24. Handle only bankruptcy proceedings - which are governed by federal bankruptcy law
Rejoinder
In rem jurisdiction
Bankruptcy courts
State Jurisdiction
25. Questioning of a witness during a trial or during the taking of a deposition - by the party opposed to the one who produced the witness.
Affirmative defense
fradulent Misrepresentation
Cross-examination
Contributory negligence
26. Authority shared by both federal and state courts
Ninth Amendment
Syllogism
Business invitees
Concurrent Jurisdiction
27. A claim filed in opposition to another claim in a legal action
Rejoinder
Rules of evidence
Administrative agency
Counterclaim
28. The idea that the goal of society should be the greatest happiness for the greatest number of its citizens
tilitarinism
Compensatory damages
Eighth Amendment
Search warrant
29. (law) the initial questioning of a witness by the party that called the witness
Summons
Case Precedents and the doctrine of stare decisis
Direct examination
Appellant
30. Set of books containing published court decisions
Cross-examination
Award
Constitutional Law
Reporters
31. Someone who petitions a court for redress of a grievance or recovery of a right
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Burden of proof
Rebuttal
Petitioner
32. (law) negligence allocated between the plaintiff and the defendant with a corresponding reduction in damages paid to the plaintiff
Historical school
Proximate cause
Federal Jurisdiction
Comparative negligence
33. An amendment to the Constitution of the United States that imposes restrictions on the government's prosecution of persons accused of crimes
law
tilitarinism
Bill of Rights
Fifth Amendment
34. 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.
Petitioner
Common law
Business invitees
Commerce clause
35. 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.
establishment clause
Pleadings
Jurisdiction
fradulent Misrepresentation
36. The act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone
Service of process
Constitutional Law
Negotiation
Small Claims courts
37. Doctrine under which a person cannot recover for injuries received from a dangerous activity to which she voluntarily exposed herself
Statues of limitation
Motion for judgement on the pleadings
Assumption of risk
Privileges and and immunities clause
38. An ethical principle that holds that you should never take any action that infringes on others; agreed-upon rights
in personam jurisdiction
Counterclaim
Principle of rights
Eighth Amendment
39. Contains the courts reasons for its decision - the rules of law that apply - and the judgement
Analogy
Damages
Opinions
Cross-examination
40. In litigation - the amount of monetary compensation awarded to a plaintiff in a civil lawsuit as damages. In the context of alternative dispute resolution - the decision rendered by an arbitrator.
Res ipsa loquitur
Precedent
Administrative agency
Award
41. Economic model that compares the marginal costs and marginal benefits of a decision
Cost-benefit analysis
positive law
Categorical imperative
abnormally dangerous
42. 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
Summary jury trials
Motion
importance of common law
Sociological school
43. Violation of a law - duty - or other form of obligation - either by engaging in an action or failing to act
Appellee
breaches
Appellant
Cyberlaw
44. 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
Commerce clause
Chancellor
Arbitrability
Free exercise clause
45. 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
Alleges
Search warrant
When constitutional lawz apply
Business invitees
46. Logical formula consisting of a major premise - a minor premise and a conclusion; deceptive or specious argument
Trespass to land
Causation in fact
Online dispute resolution
Syllogism
47. The preponderance of evidence which means more likely then not.
First Amendment
Respondent Superior
Disparagement of property
Burden of proof
48. In a jury trial - a motion for the judge to take the decision out of the hands of the jury and to direct a verdict for the party who filed the motion on the ground that the other party has not produced sufficient evidence to support her or his claim.
Motion for a directed verdict
Contributory negligence
Free exercise clause
Pretrial motions
49. The body of laws created by legislative statutes
jurisprudence
Statutory Law
Privileges and and immunities clause
Negligence
50. The First Amendment guarantee that citizens may freely engage in the religious activities of their choice
Mini-trial
Opinions
Free exercise clause
Appellee