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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. An act or omission without which an event would not have occurred.
Second Amendment
Causation in fact
Strict liability
Rebuttal
2. The First Amendment guarantee that citizens may freely engage in the religious activities of their choice
Free exercise clause
Respondent Superior
Petitioner
Areas of Law that may affect business decision making
3. (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
Concurrent Jurisdiction
Bill of Rights
Binding authority
Stages in an A Typical Lawsuit
4. 1. Resident 2. (while within boundaries of state) 3. Long arm statue.
Tenth Amendment
State Jurisdiction
Remedies
Principle of rights
5. (law) compensation in excess of actual damages (a form of punishment awarded in cases of malicious or willful misconduct)
due proccess clause
Punitive damages
voir dire
fradulent Misrepresentation
6. A major provider of arbitration services
Filtering software
American Arbitration Association
Justicable controversy
Jurisdiction
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.
Burden of proof
Historical school
Legal reasoning
Commerce clause
8. 1. Federal statute 2. Constitution(U.S.) 3. Diversity of Citizenship($75 -000 or more)
Federal Jurisdiction
Direct examination
Burden of proof
Causation in fact
9. An order to appear in person at a given place and time
Fifth Amendment
Summons
Defense
tilitarinism
10. The branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
breaches
Rejoinder
Malpractice
jurisprudence
11. Highest official of a monarch. Granted new an unique remedies.
Chancellor
Commerce clause
Sociological school
citation
12. (civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions
Direct examination
Arbitrability
Defenses to negligence
Case law
13. (law) negligence allocated between the plaintiff and the defendant with a corresponding reduction in damages paid to the plaintiff
Comparative negligence
Cases on point
in personam jurisdiction
Contributory negligence
14. 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
Corporate social responsibility
Litigation
Negligence
establishment clause
15. A doctrine by which equitable relief is denied to one who has waited TOO long to seek relief
laches
Rebuttal
Pretrial motions
Checks and balances
16. A brief outline of what the defendant and the plaintiff will try to prove.
Opening statements
Cost-benefit analysis
Cases on point
Remedies of Law
17. 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.
Ethical reasoning
Question of law
due proccess clause
Criminal law
18. Negate the claim of negligence(assumption of risk - superceding intervening clause)
abnormally dangerous
Ninth Amendment
tilitarinism
Absolute bar
19. 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
Causation in fact
fradulent Misrepresentation
Summons
Federal Jurisdiction
20. A court will award money or other relief to a party injured by a breach of contract
Award
Bill of Rights
Online dispute resolution
Remedies
21. 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.
Administrative agency
Answer
Venue
Chancellor
22. The enumeration in the Constitution - of certain rights - shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
Disparagement of property
Fifth Amendment
Rules of evidence
Ninth Amendment
23. 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
Equitable maxims
Federal question
Standing to sue
24. A wrongful act that the actor had no right to do
Negligence
Alternative dispute resolution
Malpractice
Criminal law
25. State statute that permits a state to obtain personal jurisdiction over nonresident defendants
Trade libel
Long arm statue
American Arbitration Association
Public Policy
26. 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
Alternative dispute resolution
tilitarinism
Motion for judgement on the pleadings
Corporate social responsibility
27. To confirm priestly authority upon
ordinaces
Commerce clause
Relevant evidence
voir dire
28. Law that involves the interpretation and application of the U.S. Constitution and state constitutions
Answer
Venue
Trespass to personal property
Constitutional Law
29. Previously decided cases that are as similar as possible to the one under consideration
importance of common law
Cases on point
Bankruptcy courts
Police powers
30. Assumption of risk - Superseding cause - and contributory and comparative negligence.
Defenses to negligence
due proccess clause
importance of common law
Motion
31. 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
Cyber torts
In rem jurisdiction
Jurisdiction
Motion for a new trial
32. (law) a pleading by the defendant in reply to a plaintiff's surrejoinder
Rebuttal
Analogy
law
State Jurisdiction
33. The body of conventional - or written - law of a particular society at a particular point in time.
positive law
Probate courts
State level appeal eligibility
Second Amendment
34. Settlement of civil disputes between parties using neutral mediators or arbitrators without going to court
positive law
Business invitees
Full faith and credit clause
Alternative dispute resolution
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.
Symbolic speech
Pleadings
Trade libel
Comparative negligence
36. A computer program that is designed to block access to certain Web sites based on their content. The software blocks the retrieval of a site whose URL or key words are on a list within the program.
Filtering software
Business invitees
Fifth Amendment
Remedies of Law
37. 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.
Checks and balances
Stare Decisis and legal Reasoning
Administrative agency
Disparagement of property
38. Protects you from unreasonable search and seizure of your home and property
Full faith and credit clause
Second Amendment
Seventh Amendment
Fourth Amendment
39. An argument made after the plaintiff and defendant have rested their cases. Closing arguments are made prior to the jury charges.
Closing argument
Federal question
Motion for a directed verdict
Precedent
40. An amendment to the Constitution of the United States guaranteeing the right of free expression
Trespass to personal property
First Amendment
Malpractice
Courts of equity
41. Judges must abide by precedents in thier jurisdictions.
Fourth Amendment
importance of common law
Case Precedents and the doctrine of stare decisis
Pleadings
42. 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
Seventh Amendment
Pretrial motions
Privileges and and immunities clause
in personam jurisdiction
43. 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
Trade libel
Origins Of Common Law
Causation in fact
Disparagement of property
44. Jurisdiction based upon claims against a person - in contrast to jurisdiction over the person's property
Analogy
in personam jurisdiction
positivist school
Federal form of government
45. 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.
Direct examination
Free exercise clause
Binding authority
Courts of equity
46. An ethical principle that holds that you should never take any action that infringes on others; agreed-upon rights
Punitive damages
State Jurisdiction
Defense
Principle of rights
47. A clause in a contract providing for arbitration of disputes arising under the contract
Fifth Amendment
Petitioner
Negotiation
Arbitration clause
48. An informal term used to refer to all laws governing electronic communications and transactions - particularly those conducted via the Internet.
Summons
Slander of title
Cyberlaw
Administrative law
49. The obligation of organization management to make decisions and take actions that will enhance the welfare and interests of society as well as the organization
First Amendment
Early neutral case evaluation
Case law
Corporate social responsibility
50. A sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
Corporate social responsibility
Affirmative defense
Damages
Summary jury trials