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Business Law Test
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A legal proceeding in a court
Litigation
Comparative negligence
Cross-examination
Compensatory damages
2. 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.
law
Tenth Amendment
Probate courts
Second Amendment
3. 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.
Torts(Wrongs)
Historical school
Rule of four
Question of law
4. 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
Torts(Wrongs)
Rule of four
Pretrial motions
Criminal law
5. Any source of law that a court must follow when deciding a case. This includes constitutions - statues - and regulations - that govern the issue being decided - as well as previous court decisions in the same jurisdiction.
Trade libel
Binding authority
Fourth Amendment
uniform laws
6. Right to bear arms
Remedies of Law
Second Amendment
Long arm statue
Legal and Equitable Remedies
7. 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.
Contributory negligence
Rule of four
Commerce clause
State level appeal eligibility
8. The act of changing location from one place to another
Venue
law
Alleges
Motion
9. The First Amendment guarantee that the government will not create and support an official state church
establishment clause
Checks and balances
Summary jury trials
Affirmative defense
10. Claims
Federal form of government
Probate courts
Remedies
Alleges
11. Relieve you of some liability when reasonable care is used
Arbitration
Good samaritan statues
Writ of certiorari
Closing argument
12. 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.
Case law
breaches
Online dispute resolution
Early neutral case evaluation
13. Use deductive reasoning to identify relevant legal rules - applying those rules to to the facts of the case and drawing a conclusion.
American Arbitration Association
Constitutional Law
Stare Decisis and legal Reasoning
Natural law
14. 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
Courts of equity
Writ of execution
Remedies of Law
Standing to sue
15. (law) a pleading by the defendant in reply to a plaintiff's surrejoinder
Probable cause
Rebuttal
Probate courts
Legal reasoning
16. An act or omission without which an event would not have occurred.
Slander of quality
Causation in fact
Pleadings
Justicable controversy
17. 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.
Ethical reasoning
positivist school
Award
Absolute bar
18. A court will award money or other relief to a party injured by a breach of contract
Trespass to land
Remedies
Long arm statue
Comparative negligence
19. 1. Federal statute 2. Constitution(U.S.) 3. Diversity of Citizenship($75 -000 or more)
Absolute bar
Motion
Federal Jurisdiction
Concurrent Jurisdiction
20. Previously decided cases that are as similar as possible to the one under consideration
Summons
Cases on point
Trespass to land
laches
21. Torts committed via the internet
Natural law
Slander of quality
Case Precedents and the doctrine of stare decisis
Cyber torts
22. A wrongful act that the actor had no right to do
Malpractice
ordinaces
Respondent Superior
Probate courts
23. Jurisdiction that exists when a case can be heard only in a particular court or type of court.
Categorical imperative
Courts of equity
Exclusive Jurisdiction
Complaint
24. 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
Answer
Constitutional Law
Legal reasoning
25. 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
Probable cause
Hearsay
Pleadings
26. A school of legal thought that views the law as a tool for promoting justice in society.
Sociological school
Res ipsa loquitur
Answer
Federal form of government
27. To be on the land of another without right or permission of the owner
Direct examination
Privileges and and immunities clause
Service of process
Trespass to land
28. A reasoning process in which an individual links his or her moral convictions or ethical standards to the particular situation at hand.
Trespass to personal property
Ethical reasoning
Rebuttal
Probate courts
29. The body of rules and regulations and orders and decisions created by administrative agencies of government
Pleadings
Administrative law
Statues of limitation
importance of common law
30. 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.
Chancellor
Slander of title
Motion
Compensatory damages
31. A condensed written summary or abstract
uniform laws
Independent regulatory agencies
Brief
Constitutional Law
32. Law that involves the interpretation and application of the U.S. Constitution and state constitutions
Chancellor
Constitutional Law
Rejoinder
Probable cause
33. Set of books containing published court decisions
Binding authority
Reporters
Bankruptcy courts
Online dispute resolution
34. Excessive bail shall not be required - nor excessive fines imposed - nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
Eighth Amendment
Binding authority
Third Amendment
law
35. 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
breaches
Origins Of Common Law
Third Amendment
Disparagement of property
36. Statutes adopted in many states that impose strict liability upon tavern owners for injuries to third parties caused by their intoxicated patrons
Bill of Rights
Business invitees
dram shop acts
Pretrial motions
37. Protects you from unreasonable search and seizure of your home and property
Fourth Amendment
Trespass to land
fradulent Misrepresentation
State Jurisdiction
38. 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
Equitable maxims
In rem jurisdiction
Negligence
Police powers
39. No State can draw unreasonable distinctions between its own residents and those persons who happen to live in other States
Privileges and and immunities clause
Analogy
Trespass to personal property
Arbitrability
40. Any testimony given in court about a statement made by someone else who was not under oath at the time of the statement
Absolute bar
Hearsay
Second Amendment
Burden of proof
41. The First Amendment guarantee that citizens may freely engage in the religious activities of their choice
Free exercise clause
Precedent
Long arm statue
citation
42. An order to appear in person at a given place and time
Areas of Law that may affect business decision making
Summons
Early neutral case evaluation
Rules of evidence
43. If the injured party can be made whole by receiving something of economic value - the remedy is a legal remedy [damages] - if a remedy at law is inadequate - a litigant may seek a remedy in equity - which involves notions of fair dealing and justice
Brief
Legal and Equitable Remedies
Fourth Amendment
Complaint
44. An informal term used to refer to all laws governing electronic communications and transactions - particularly those conducted via the Internet.
Defense
Stages in an A Typical Lawsuit
Trade libel
Cyberlaw
45. 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.
Chancellor
Case law
Trespass to land
Administrative agency
46. Jurisdiction based on claims against property
Corporate social responsibility
Good samaritan statues
In rem jurisdiction
ordinaces
47. The rules governing the manner in which civil cases are brough in and progress through the federal courts
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Summary jury trials
Ethical reasoning
Defenses to negligence
48. Nonverbal communication - such as burning a flag or wearing an armband. The Supreme Court has accorded some symbolic speech protection under the first amendment.
Symbolic speech
Eighth Amendment
Rebuttal
Assumption of risk
49. An ethical principle that holds that you should never take any action that infringes on others; agreed-upon rights
Principle of rights
Federal Jurisdiction
Areas of Law that may affect business decision making
Case Precedents and the doctrine of stare decisis
50. Three remedies known as land - items of value - or money
Remedies of Law
Concurrent Jurisdiction
Bill of Rights
jurisprudence