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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. 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.
Jurisdiction
Cyber torts
Binding authority
establishment clause
2. Law concerned with private wrongs against individuals
Counterclaim
Civil Law
Full faith and credit clause
Case Precedents and the doctrine of stare decisis
3. (law) the initial questioning of a witness by the party that called the witness
Strict product liability
Contributory negligence
Direct examination
Cyber torts
4. (law) the right and power to interpret and apply the law
diversity of citizenship
Jurisdiction
fradulent Misrepresentation
Slander of title
5. Protects you from unreasonable search and seizure of your home and property
Origins Of Common Law
Fourth Amendment
Trade libel
Binding authority
6. 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
Question of law
Pretrial motions
Independent regulatory agencies
Legal and Equitable Remedies
7. The body of laws created by legislative statutes
Independent regulatory agencies
Bill of Rights
In rem jurisdiction
Statutory Law
8. A defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him
Defense
in personam jurisdiction
In rem jurisdiction
Appellant
9. No State can draw unreasonable distinctions between its own residents and those persons who happen to live in other States
Checks and balances
Privileges and and immunities clause
Rebuttal
law
10. (law) negligence allocated between the plaintiff and the defendant with a corresponding reduction in damages paid to the plaintiff
Justicable controversy
Contributory negligence
Reporters
Comparative negligence
11. Settlement of civil disputes between parties using neutral mediators or arbitrators without going to court
Alternative dispute resolution
Motion for judgement as a matter of law
Federal form of government
positive law
12. 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.
Assumption of risk
establishment clause
Tenth Amendment
Business Ethics
13. Jurisdiction based upon claims against a person - in contrast to jurisdiction over the person's property
American Arbitration Association
Commerce clause
in personam jurisdiction
Compensatory damages
14. Jurisdiction that exists when a case can be heard only in a particular court or type of court.
Sociological school
Exclusive Jurisdiction
Remedies
Arbitration
15. An amendment to the Constitution of the United States guaranteeing the right of free expression
Common law
laches
First Amendment
Litigation
16. The idea that the goal of society should be the greatest happiness for the greatest number of its citizens
Eighth Amendment
tilitarinism
Sixth Amendment
Pretrial motions
17. Based on the idea that law is just one of many institutions in society and that it is shaped by social forces and needs
Cross-examination
Pleadings
Bill of Rights
Legal realism
18. An act or omission without which an event would not have occurred.
Small Claims courts
Probate courts
Causation in fact
State Jurisdiction
19. Formal chancery courts - grant unique remedies. These remedies include specific performance - injunction and rescission.
fradulent Misrepresentation
Analogy
Mini-trial
Courts of equity
20. The courts that awarded compensation back in English Realm
Slander of quality
Punitive damages
Administrative agency
Courts of law
21. 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
laches
State and Federal Court Systems
Syllogism
fradulent Misrepresentation
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
Business invitees
breaches
Res ipsa loquitur
23. The act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone
Trespass to personal property
Service of process
Remedies of Law
Federal form of government
24. Three remedies known as land - items of value - or money
Remedies of Law
Online dispute resolution
Syllogism
Federal Jurisdiction
25. A legal proceeding in a court
Probable cause
Justicable controversy
Litigation
Fourth Amendment
26. A court will award money or other relief to a party injured by a breach of contract
Remedies
Origins Of Common Law
Default judgement
Precedent
27. 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
Contributory negligence
Standing to sue
Slander of title
Courts of equity
28. Ethical or unethical behaviors by employees in the context of their jobs
Categorical imperative
Summary jury trials
Stages in an A Typical Lawsuit
Business Ethics
29. An amendment to the Constitution of the United States that imposes restrictions on the government's prosecution of persons accused of crimes
Privileges and and immunities clause
Fifth Amendment
Motion for a directed verdict
Question of fact
30. Claims
Petitioner
Question of fact
Third Amendment
Alleges
31. Nonverbal communication - such as burning a flag or wearing an armband. The Supreme Court has accorded some symbolic speech protection under the first amendment.
Trespass to personal property
diversity of citizenship
Symbolic speech
Trespass to land
32. A reasoning process in which an individual links his or her moral convictions or ethical standards to the particular situation at hand.
Ethical reasoning
Stages in an A Typical Lawsuit
Arbitrability
Commerce clause
33. Federal regulatory agencies that are independent - thus not fully under the power of the president. Ex. Federal Trade Commission - Securities and Exchange Commission.
Cyberlaw
Independent regulatory agencies
Case Precedents and the doctrine of stare decisis
Third Amendment
34. (law) compensation for losses that can readily be proven to have occurred and for which the injured party has the right to be compensated
establishment clause
Compensatory damages
Jurisdiction
Civil Law
35. 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
Disparagement of property
Federal form of government
Business Ethics
Corporate social responsibility
36. Logical formula consisting of a major premise - a minor premise and a conclusion; deceptive or specious argument
Opinions
Syllogism
Pleadings
Chancellor
37. 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
diversity of citizenship
Alleges
State level appeal eligibility
Motion for a directed verdict
38. Courts that handle cases that involve less than $5000
Small Claims courts
Motion for a directed verdict
abnormally dangerous
Business Ethics
39. The act of changing location from one place to another
Probable cause
Motion
Standing to sue
Equitable maxims
40. A reference to or a quotation from an authority
Historical school
citation
Relevant evidence
Cross-examination
41. Use deductive reasoning to identify relevant legal rules - applying those rules to to the facts of the case and drawing a conclusion.
Stare Decisis and legal Reasoning
Statues of limitation
Comparative negligence
Strict liability
42. (civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions
tilitarinism
Remedies of Law
Summary jury trials
Case law
43. A statement of fundamental rights and privileges (especially the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution)
Bill of Rights
Slander of title
Small Claims courts
Remedies of Law
44. A wrongful act that the actor had no right to do
Summary jury trials
Natural law
Malpractice
Question of fact
45. Enforcable rules governing relationships among individuals and between individuals and thier society.
law
Default judgement
abnormally dangerous
Litigation
46. A question asked to determine what is true or to what extent something is true
Question of fact
Stare Decisis and legal Reasoning
Business invitees
Sociological school
47. An ethical principle that holds that you should never take any action that infringes on others; agreed-upon rights
Slander of title
Trespass to land
Second Amendment
Principle of rights
48. 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
Motion for a new trial
State and Federal Court Systems
Respondent
Appellee
49. A motion asserting that the trial was so fundamentally flawed (because of error - newly discovered evidence - prejudice - or another reason) that a new trial is necessary to prevent a miscarriage of justice.
Federal question
Sixth Amendment
Natural law
Motion for a new trial
50. 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
establishment clause
Fourth Amendment
In rem jurisdiction
Early neutral case evaluation