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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. The First Amendment guarantee that citizens may freely engage in the religious activities of their choice
Free exercise clause
Concurrent Jurisdiction
positivist school
Privileges and and immunities clause
2. 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
Fifth Amendment
Common law
Federal form of government
positive law
3. Federal regulatory agencies that are independent - thus not fully under the power of the president. Ex. Federal Trade Commission - Securities and Exchange Commission.
Opening statements
Independent regulatory agencies
positive law
Search warrant
4. The act of changing location from one place to another
Exclusive Jurisdiction
jurisprudence
Equitable maxims
Motion
5. 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)
State level appeal eligibility
Strict liability
Motion for a directed verdict
Courts of equity
6. Excessive bail shall not be required - nor excessive fines imposed - nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
Respondent Superior
Motion for judgement on the pleadings
Business invitees
Eighth Amendment
7. 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
Probate courts
Remedies of Law
jurisprudence
Sociological school
8. 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.
Cross-examination
Stages in an A Typical Lawsuit
Ninth Amendment
Arbitrability
9. When the matter is between private parties the constitution laws do not apply. Between individuals and government organizations then constitutional laws apply.
State and Federal Court Systems
Counterclaim
When constitutional lawz apply
Public Policy
10. 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.
Police powers
Cases on point
Question of fact
Relevant evidence
11. The preponderance of evidence which means more likely then not.
When constitutional lawz apply
Sociological school
Burden of proof
Summary jury trials
12. 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
Standing to sue
fradulent Misrepresentation
Trespass to land
Negotiation
13. Rules governing the admissibility of evidence in trial courts.
Binding authority
Legal and Equitable Remedies
Rules of evidence
Alternative dispute resolution
14. Specific length of time an individual can sue for injury resulting from negligence
Motion for judgement on the pleadings
Statues of limitation
Litigation
Second Amendment
15. 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
In rem jurisdiction
State level appeal eligibility
Writ of certiorari
Complaint
16. Assumption of risk - Superseding cause - and contributory and comparative negligence.
Jurisdiction
Seventh Amendment
Summary jury trials
Defenses to negligence
17. 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
Respondent Superior
First Amendment
importance of common law
Writ of execution
18. Part of the 14th Amendment which guarentees that no state deny basic rights to its people
Cross-examination
Contributory negligence
Answer
due proccess clause
19. A system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power
Checks and balances
Case law
Seventh Amendment
positive law
20. Right to a trial by jury
Probate courts
Legal realism
Seventh Amendment
Burden of proof
21. Is strict liability hold a claim if the product or service in question is...
Case law
Pretrial motions
Question of law
abnormally dangerous
22. Enforcable rules governing relationships among individuals and between individuals and thier society.
breaches
positive law
Checks and balances
law
23. An amendment to the Constitution of the United States guaranteeing the right of free expression
First Amendment
Appellee
abnormally dangerous
Tenth Amendment
24. Right to bear arms
Second Amendment
Arbitration clause
Arbitrability
Fourth Amendment
25. Ethical or unethical behaviors by employees in the context of their jobs
Answer
Service of process
Business Ethics
Justicable controversy
26. To confirm priestly authority upon
ordinaces
Alleges
Federal question
Probable cause
27. A judgment entered in favor of the plaintiff when the defendant defaults (fails to appear in court)
Constitutional Law
Historical school
Exclusive Jurisdiction
Default judgement
28. Party who defends an appeal
In rem jurisdiction
Appellee
Proximate cause
Remedies of Law
29. The course of action the government takes in response to an issue or problem as deemed by widely held belief.
Courts of equity
Business Ethics
Public Policy
Petitioner
30. The party against whom legal action is taken; the party against whom a writ of certiorari is sought.
Malpractice
Respondent
Res ipsa loquitur
breaches
31. 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.
positivist school
Disparagement of property
law
Statues of limitation
32. The process by which the parties in a dispute submit their difference to the judgment of an impartial person or group appointed by mutual consent
Arbitration
Full faith and credit clause
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Administrative law
33. Use deductive reasoning to identify relevant legal rules - applying those rules to to the facts of the case and drawing a conclusion.
Exclusive Jurisdiction
Stare Decisis and legal Reasoning
Pleadings
In rem jurisdiction
34. A sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
Arbitration
Compensatory damages
Damages
Bill of Rights
35. Jurisdiction based on claims against property
Trespass to land
Jurisdiction
In rem jurisdiction
Filtering software
36. Jury selection process of questioning prospective jurors - to ascertain their qualifications and determine any basis for challenge.
in personam jurisdiction
Statues of limitation
Business Ethics
voir dire
37. Jurisdiction based upon claims against a person - in contrast to jurisdiction over the person's property
Historical school
in personam jurisdiction
Legal realism
Jurisdiction
38. 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.
Award
Rule of four
Slander of title
Opening statements
39. The courts that awarded compensation back in English Realm
Courts of law
Principle of rights
Remedies
diversity of citizenship
40. To be on the land of another without right or permission of the owner
Trespass to land
Commerce clause
Courts of law
Venue
41. 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.
Tenth Amendment
Federal Jurisdiction
Mini-trial
Stages in an A Typical Lawsuit
42. Discussion with a view to reaching agreement; talking about a conflict where both parties give and take to reach a resolution - without attorneys.
Negotiation
Torts(Wrongs)
Tenth Amendment
Opening statements
43. (law) behavior by the plaintiff that contributes to the harm resulting from the defendant's negligence
positivist school
Defenses to negligence
First Amendment
Contributory negligence
44. The government may not house soldiers in private homes without consent of the owner
Arbitration clause
Probable cause
in personam jurisdiction
Third Amendment
45. Someone who petitions a court for redress of a grievance or recovery of a right
Exclusive Jurisdiction
Slander of quality
Petitioner
Default judgement
46. (law) a pleading by the defendant in reply to a plaintiff's surrejoinder
Rebuttal
In rem jurisdiction
Motion for judgement as a matter of law
Natural law
47. Everyone in the commercial chain will be liable for the defect. (manafacturer - distrubutor - retailer) *end user is not in the commercial chain.
Legal and Equitable Remedies
Strict product liability
Arbitrability
Federal form of government
48. The principle pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint
Negligence
Common law
Affirmative defense
Answer
49. (law) the right and power to interpret and apply the law
Legal reasoning
breaches
Jurisdiction
Default judgement
50. 1. employee activity within scope of employment 2. employee is negligent
Cyber torts
establishment clause
Respondent Superior
Binding authority