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Business Law Test
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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
Federal form of government
Slander of quality
Small Claims courts
2. (law) compensation for losses that can readily be proven to have occurred and for which the injured party has the right to be compensated
Complaint
Checks and balances
Compensatory damages
Good samaritan statues
3. (law) compensation in excess of actual damages (a form of punishment awarded in cases of malicious or willful misconduct)
Rejoinder
Eighth Amendment
Punitive damages
Arbitration clause
4. Based on the idea that law is just one of many institutions in society and that it is shaped by social forces and needs
Res ipsa loquitur
fradulent Misrepresentation
Legal realism
Venue
5. A major provider of arbitration services
Rule of four
Cases on point
American Arbitration Association
Origins Of Common Law
6. A court will award money or other relief to a party injured by a breach of contract
Civil Law
Reporters
Remedies
Second Amendment
7. An ethical principle that holds that you should never take any action that infringes on others; agreed-upon rights
Motion
Principle of rights
Federal form of government
Burden of proof
8. The enumeration in the Constitution - of certain rights - shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
Ninth Amendment
Disparagement of property
Motion for judgement as a matter of law
Criminal law
9. Judges must abide by precedents in thier jurisdictions.
Reporters
positive law
Case Precedents and the doctrine of stare decisis
Criminal law
10. Party who defends an appeal
Causation in fact
Appellee
establishment clause
Chancellor
11. Part of the 14th Amendment which guarentees that no state deny basic rights to its people
Precedent
Case Precedents and the doctrine of stare decisis
due proccess clause
Probable cause
12. 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
Business invitees
Respondent
Arbitration
Comparative negligence
13. (accident - breach of contract - or other event) > Party consults with Attorney(Initial client interview - signing of retainer agreement) > Informal investigation > Plaintiffs attorney files complaint > Defendant attorney files answer to complaint or
Public Policy
ordinaces
Stages in an A Typical Lawsuit
Remedies
14. Set of books containing published court decisions
Default judgement
Reporters
Administrative law
Opening statements
15. Doctrine under which a person cannot recover for injuries received from a dangerous activity to which she voluntarily exposed herself
Administrative law
Statutory Law
Assumption of risk
due proccess clause
16. 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
positive law
Categorical imperative
Motion for judgement on the pleadings
Motion for a directed verdict
17. Three remedies known as land - items of value - or money
Defense
Remedies of Law
Trespass to land
Motion for a directed verdict
18. 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
fradulent Misrepresentation
Strict liability
Cost-benefit analysis
Answer
19. A defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him
diversity of citizenship
Relevant evidence
Defense
Online dispute resolution
20. Jurisdiction based on claims against property
Ethical reasoning
American Arbitration Association
In rem jurisdiction
Cost-benefit analysis
21. The body of rules and regulations and orders and decisions created by administrative agencies of government
Administrative law
Commerce clause
Criminal law
Courts of law
22. 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
Torts(Wrongs)
Civil Law
Legal realism
23. Courts that handle cases that involve less than $5000
Legal and Equitable Remedies
Small Claims courts
Areas of Law that may affect business decision making
Historical school
24. Law concerned with public wrongs against society
Criminal law
Syllogism
Courts of equity
Categorical imperative
25. (law) behavior by the plaintiff that contributes to the harm resulting from the defendant's negligence
Contributory negligence
Cost-benefit analysis
Stare Decisis and legal Reasoning
Standing to sue
26. 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.
Relevant evidence
Statutory Law
Slander of title
Question of law
27. Ethical or unethical behaviors by employees in the context of their jobs
Closing argument
Police powers
Business Ethics
Tenth Amendment
28. 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
Justicable controversy
Fourth Amendment
Statutory Law
29. A statement of fundamental rights and privileges (especially the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution)
Motion for judgement as a matter of law
Fifth Amendment
Bill of Rights
Slander of title
30. 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.
jurisprudence
Precedent
positivist school
Motion for a directed verdict
31. Drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect
Negotiation
Litigation
Analogy
Disparagement of property
32. The branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
Motion for judgement as a matter of law
jurisprudence
in personam jurisdiction
Trade libel
33. Authority shared by both federal and state courts
Origins Of Common Law
Syllogism
Motion for judgement on the pleadings
Concurrent Jurisdiction
34. The courts that awarded compensation back in English Realm
Bankruptcy courts
Courts of law
Jurisdiction
Burden of proof
35. The act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone
abnormally dangerous
Service of process
Negotiation
Remedies of Law
36. No State can draw unreasonable distinctions between its own residents and those persons who happen to live in other States
uniform laws
Independent regulatory agencies
Privileges and and immunities clause
establishment clause
37. A response to a plaintiff's claim that does not deny the plaintiff's facts but attacks the plaintiff's legal right to bring an action. An example is the running of the statute of limitations.
Federal question
Affirmative defense
Alleges
Remedies
38. Propositions or general statements of equitable rules
Corporate social responsibility
establishment clause
Fifth Amendment
Equitable maxims
39. A common law writ issued by a superior court to one of inferior jurisdiction demanding the record of a particular case
Writ of certiorari
Opinions
Assumption of risk
Award
40. A controversey that is not hypotheical or academic but real and substansial; a requirement the must be satisfied before a court will hear a case
Service of process
Summary jury trials
Pleadings
Justicable controversy
41. An amendment to the Constitution of the United States guaranteeing the right of free expression
First Amendment
Analogy
Early neutral case evaluation
Slander of quality
42. (law) the right and power to interpret and apply the law
Cyber torts
importance of common law
Sixth Amendment
Jurisdiction
43. Clause in the Constitution (Article IV - Section 1) requiring each state to recognize the civil judgments rendered by the courts of the other states and to accept their public records and acts as valid
Contributory negligence
Full faith and credit clause
Disparagement of property
Cyber torts
44. The rules governing the manner in which civil cases are brough in and progress through the federal courts
Disparagement of property
Motion for a directed verdict
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Affirmative defense
45. (law) the initial questioning of a witness by the party that called the witness
Natural law
Direct examination
Res ipsa loquitur
In rem jurisdiction
46. 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
ordinaces
Opening statements
Cases on point
47. Statutes adopted in many states that impose strict liability upon tavern owners for injuries to third parties caused by their intoxicated patrons
dram shop acts
Analogy
Compensatory damages
Criminal law
48. An example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time
Federal question
Good samaritan statues
Checks and balances
Precedent
49. 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.
Question of law
Arbitrability
voir dire
Ninth Amendment
50. Is strict liability hold a claim if the product or service in question is...
Arbitration clause
abnormally dangerous
Slander of quality
Legal realism