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Business Law Test
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The constitutional amendment designed to protect individuals accused of crimes. It includes the right to counsel - the right to confront witnesses - and the right to a speedy and public trial.
Seventh Amendment
Trade libel
Appellant
Sixth Amendment
2. Law concerned with private wrongs against individuals
Civil Law
Affirmative defense
Motion
Alleges
3. Right to bear arms
Second Amendment
law
Assumption of risk
ordinaces
4. 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.
Principle of rights
Motion for judgement on the pleadings
Eighth Amendment
Police powers
5. (law) compensation for losses that can readily be proven to have occurred and for which the injured party has the right to be compensated
Compensatory damages
Motion for a new trial
Defense
Origins Of Common Law
6. Based on the idea that law is just one of many institutions in society and that it is shaped by social forces and needs
Service of process
Legal realism
abnormally dangerous
jurisprudence
7. 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
Defense
Case Precedents and the doctrine of stare decisis
8. Propositions or general statements of equitable rules
Question of law
Counterclaim
Equitable maxims
Award
9. Everyone in the commercial chain will be liable for the defect. (manafacturer - distrubutor - retailer) *end user is not in the commercial chain.
Natural law
Assumption of risk
Arbitrability
Strict product liability
10. The course of action the government takes in response to an issue or problem as deemed by widely held belief.
Petitioner
Public Policy
Independent regulatory agencies
Assumption of risk
11. A nonbinding process in which attorneys for both sides present synopses of their cases to a jury - which renders an advisory opinion on the basis of these presentations
Mini-trial
Strict liability
Administrative law
Summary jury trials
12. A judgment entered in favor of the plaintiff when the defendant defaults (fails to appear in court)
Motion for judgement on the pleadings
American Arbitration Association
Direct examination
Default judgement
13. 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.
Full faith and credit clause
tilitarinism
Award
Motion
14. A common law writ issued by a superior court to one of inferior jurisdiction demanding the record of a particular case
diversity of citizenship
Writ of certiorari
voir dire
Criminal law
15. The publication of false information about another's product - alleging it is not what its seller claims; also referred to as slander of quality.
Fourth Amendment
Rule of four
Negotiation
Trade libel
16. 14th amendment clause that prohibits states from denying equal protection under the law - and has been used to combat discrimination
Causation in fact
Equal protection clause
State level appeal eligibility
Probable cause
17. 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.
establishment clause
Sixth Amendment
Affirmative defense
Binding authority
18. Protects you from unreasonable search and seizure of your home and property
Default judgement
Strict product liability
Answer
Fourth Amendment
19. Use deductive reasoning to identify relevant legal rules - applying those rules to to the facts of the case and drawing a conclusion.
Comparative negligence
Petitioner
Stare Decisis and legal Reasoning
Cost-benefit analysis
20. The body of rules and regulations and orders and decisions created by administrative agencies of government
Categorical imperative
citation
Rules of evidence
Administrative law
21. Violation of a law - duty - or other form of obligation - either by engaging in an action or failing to act
breaches
Trade libel
Statues of limitation
Summons
22. A reference to or a quotation from an authority
Exclusive Jurisdiction
citation
Motion for a new trial
Ninth Amendment
23. A defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him
Alleges
Disparagement of property
Defenses to negligence
Defense
24. 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
Answer
Principle of rights
Standing to sue
Seventh Amendment
25. 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.
Binding authority
Stages in an A Typical Lawsuit
Absolute bar
positive law
26. Courts that handle cases that involve less than $5000
Small Claims courts
Corporate social responsibility
Question of law
Sociological school
27. 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.
Burden of proof
Disparagement of property
Stages in an A Typical Lawsuit
Criminal law
28. Three remedies known as land - items of value - or money
Summary jury trials
Early neutral case evaluation
voir dire
Remedies of Law
29. Highest official of a monarch. Granted new an unique remedies.
due proccess clause
Mini-trial
Chancellor
Disparagement of property
30. A wrongful act that the actor had no right to do
Binding authority
Malpractice
Bill of Rights
Negligence
31. 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.
Cyberlaw
Motion for a new trial
Contributory negligence
Summary jury trials
32. Assumption of risk - Superseding cause - and contributory and comparative negligence.
Defenses to negligence
diversity of citizenship
Small Claims courts
Disparagement of property
33. Settlement of civil disputes between parties using neutral mediators or arbitrators without going to court
Chancellor
Defenses to negligence
Alternative dispute resolution
Free exercise clause
34. A rule of evidence whereby the negligence of an alleged wrongdoer can be inferred from the fact that the accident happened
Res ipsa loquitur
Commerce clause
Compensatory damages
Privileges and and immunities clause
35. (law) negligence allocated between the plaintiff and the defendant with a corresponding reduction in damages paid to the plaintiff
Full faith and credit clause
Comparative negligence
Motion for a directed verdict
Litigation
36. 1. employee activity within scope of employment 2. employee is negligent
uniform laws
Respondent Superior
Arbitration clause
Defenses to negligence
37. A school of legal thought that views the law as a tool for promoting justice in society.
Strict product liability
due proccess clause
State and Federal Court Systems
Sociological school
38. The resolution of disputes wit hthe assitance of organizations that offer disputesresolution services via the internet.
Symbolic speech
Online dispute resolution
Causation in fact
In rem jurisdiction
39. Set of books containing published court decisions
Reporters
Compensatory damages
Petitioner
Trespass to land
40. Ethical or unethical behaviors by employees in the context of their jobs
Res ipsa loquitur
Business Ethics
Summons
Torts(Wrongs)
41. 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
Opening statements
importance of common law
Motion for judgement on the pleadings
Corporate social responsibility
42. When the matter is between private parties the constitution laws do not apply. Between individuals and government organizations then constitutional laws apply.
Criminal law
Slander of title
Small Claims courts
When constitutional lawz apply
43. The rules governing the manner in which civil cases are brough in and progress through the federal courts
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Motion for judgement as a matter of law
Exclusive Jurisdiction
First Amendment
44. 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.
Business invitees
Legal realism
Malpractice
Cross-examination
45. (law) a pleading made by a defendant in response to the plaintiff's replication
importance of common law
Rejoinder
Corporate social responsibility
Legal realism
46. No State can draw unreasonable distinctions between its own residents and those persons who happen to live in other States
positivist school
Motion
Question of law
Privileges and and immunities clause
47. 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
Reporters
Case Precedents and the doctrine of stare decisis
Jurisdiction
Negligence
48. 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
Reporters
Torts(Wrongs)
Pretrial motions
49. Enforcable rules governing relationships among individuals and between individuals and thier society.
Areas of Law that may affect business decision making
law
fradulent Misrepresentation
Punitive damages
50. The publication of false information about another's product - alleging that it is not what its seller claims.
Cross-examination
Venue
Slander of quality
Counterclaim