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Business Law Test

Subjects : law, business-law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. The power to speak the law.






2. The First Amendment guarantee that citizens may freely engage in the religious activities of their choice






3. 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.






4. 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






5. The act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone






6. Set of books containing published court decisions






7. 1. Federal statute 2. Constitution(U.S.) 3. Diversity of Citizenship($75 -000 or more)






8. 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.






9. A sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury






10. The First Amendment guarantee that the government will not create and support an official state church






11. A major provider of arbitration services






12. A reasoning process in which an individual links his or her moral convictions or ethical standards to the particular situation at hand.






13. 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.






14. State courts that handle only matters relating to the transfer of a person's assets and obligations after that person's death - including issues relating to custody and guardianship of children






15. Relieve you of some liability when reasonable care is used






16. A motion made by a party - during trial - claiming the opposing party has insufficient evidence to reasonably support its case






17. When the matter is between private parties the constitution laws do not apply. Between individuals and government organizations then constitutional laws apply.






18. The reasoning process used by judges in deciding what law applies to a given dispute and then applying that law to the specific facts or circumstances of the case






19. (civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions






20. 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.






21. Torts committed via the internet






22. Settlement of civil disputes between parties using neutral mediators or arbitrators without going to court






23. 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






24. A question asked to determine what is true or to what extent something is true






25. 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






26. Precedents are determined under stare decisis. Courts of law and courts or equity have been combined.






27. 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






28. Contains the courts reasons for its decision - the rules of law that apply - and the judgement






29. The government may not house soldiers in private homes without consent of the owner






30. Liability without fault. (Strict product liability)






31. The body of laws created by legislative statutes






32. 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






33. Enforcable rules governing relationships among individuals and between individuals and thier society.






34. Violation of a law - duty - or other form of obligation - either by engaging in an action or failing to act






35. Authority shared by both federal and state courts






36. 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






37. 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






38. Highest official of a monarch. Granted new an unique remedies.






39. 14th amendment clause that prohibits states from denying equal protection under the law - and has been used to combat discrimination






40. The course of action the government takes in response to an issue or problem as deemed by widely held belief.






41. 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.






42. The party who appeals a decision of a lower court






43. The publication of false information about another's product - alleging it is not what its seller claims; also referred to as slander of quality.






44. A doctrine by which equitable relief is denied to one who has waited TOO long to seek relief






45. 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.






46. 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.






47. Law concerned with public wrongs against society






48. An argument made after the plaintiff and defendant have rested their cases. Closing arguments are made prior to the jury charges.






49. Any testimony given in court about a statement made by someone else who was not under oath at the time of the statement






50. The branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do