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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. A wrongful act that the actor had no right to do
First Amendment
Alternative dispute resolution
Pretrial motions
Malpractice
2. State statute that permits a state to obtain personal jurisdiction over nonresident defendants
Symbolic speech
Probate courts
Long arm statue
Default judgement
3. Rules governing the admissibility of evidence in trial courts.
Affirmative defense
Rules of evidence
Malpractice
Common law
4. (law) a pleading made by a defendant in response to the plaintiff's replication
Rejoinder
Tenth Amendment
Contributory negligence
Eighth Amendment
5. 1. employee activity within scope of employment 2. employee is negligent
Filtering software
Binding authority
Respondent Superior
Small Claims courts
6. Negate the claim of negligence(assumption of risk - superceding intervening clause)
Online dispute resolution
Hearsay
Business Ethics
Absolute bar
7. The principle pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint
Opinions
State level appeal eligibility
Affirmative defense
Answer
8. 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.
Free exercise clause
Sixth Amendment
Early neutral case evaluation
Default judgement
9. (law) the initial questioning of a witness by the party that called the witness
Free exercise clause
Direct examination
Litigation
Jurisdiction
10. The publication of false information about another's product - alleging that it is not what its seller claims.
Public Policy
Closing argument
Seventh Amendment
Slander of quality
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
Writ of execution
Eighth Amendment
Summary jury trials
Courts of law
12. 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.
Appellant
Cross-examination
State and Federal Court Systems
Pleadings
13. An amendment to the Constitution of the United States guaranteeing the right of free expression
First Amendment
Pleadings
Sociological school
Proximate cause
14. The power to speak the law.
Pretrial motions
Jurisdiction
Respondent
In rem jurisdiction
15. The unlawful taking or harming of another's personal property; interference with another's right to the exclusive possession of his or her personal property.
Natural law
Defense
Respondent Superior
Trespass to personal property
16. A reference to or a quotation from an authority
Probable cause
Principle of rights
Federal form of government
citation
17. A question asked to determine what is true or to what extent something is true
Jurisdiction
Question of fact
Cross-examination
Answer
18. (law) compensation for losses that can readily be proven to have occurred and for which the injured party has the right to be compensated
Checks and balances
Trespass to personal property
citation
Compensatory damages
19. 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
Trespass to land
Negligence
tilitarinism
Arbitration
20. Everyone in the commercial chain will be liable for the defect. (manafacturer - distrubutor - retailer) *end user is not in the commercial chain.
diversity of citizenship
Summary jury trials
Contributory negligence
Strict product liability
21. Someone who petitions a court for redress of a grievance or recovery of a right
Petitioner
Public Policy
Commerce clause
Torts(Wrongs)
22. Use deductive reasoning to identify relevant legal rules - applying those rules to to the facts of the case and drawing a conclusion.
law
Stare Decisis and legal Reasoning
Federal form of government
Strict product liability
23. 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.
Free exercise clause
Award
Motion for judgement on the pleadings
Torts(Wrongs)
24. 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
Corporate social responsibility
Origins Of Common Law
Pretrial motions
Defenses to negligence
25. Contains the courts reasons for its decision - the rules of law that apply - and the judgement
American Arbitration Association
diversity of citizenship
Legal reasoning
Opinions
26. (law) behavior by the plaintiff that contributes to the harm resulting from the defendant's negligence
tilitarinism
jurisprudence
Legal and Equitable Remedies
Contributory negligence
27. An order to appear in person at a given place and time
Chancellor
diversity of citizenship
Hearsay
Summons
28. Jury selection process of questioning prospective jurors - to ascertain their qualifications and determine any basis for challenge.
Mini-trial
Respondent
voir dire
Legal reasoning
29. Right to a trial by jury
Seventh Amendment
Pleadings
Remedies
Filtering software
30. The First Amendment guarantee that the government will not create and support an official state church
establishment clause
In rem jurisdiction
Privileges and and immunities clause
Appellee
31. A court will award money or other relief to a party injured by a breach of contract
Police powers
Corporate social responsibility
Remedies
Search warrant
32. 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
Comparative negligence
Legal reasoning
Rules of evidence
uniform laws
33. (law) negligence allocated between the plaintiff and the defendant with a corresponding reduction in damages paid to the plaintiff
Legal realism
Summary jury trials
Alternative dispute resolution
Comparative negligence
34. Any testimony given in court about a statement made by someone else who was not under oath at the time of the statement
Chancellor
Jurisdiction
Writ of execution
Hearsay
35. 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.
uniform laws
Burden of proof
Venue
Affirmative defense
36. No State can draw unreasonable distinctions between its own residents and those persons who happen to live in other States
Privileges and and immunities clause
Respondent Superior
Stages in an A Typical Lawsuit
positivist school
37. 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.
Probable cause
Corporate social responsibility
Commerce clause
Cyber torts
38. 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
Standing to sue
Chancellor
Federal form of government
Appellant
39. The question of whether an issue lies within the authority and jurisdiction of the arbitrator. A matter may be declared non-arbitrable either because certain steps - timetables and procedures have not been followed prior to submitting it to arbitrati
Arbitrability
tilitarinism
Negligence
Statues of limitation
40. Law concerned with public wrongs against society
Administrative agency
Federal form of government
Criminal law
Summons
41. 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.
Ethical reasoning
Writ of execution
Fifth Amendment
Motion for a directed verdict
42. (law) the right and power to interpret and apply the law
Rebuttal
Jurisdiction
Bankruptcy courts
Online dispute resolution
43. A common law writ issued by a superior court to one of inferior jurisdiction demanding the record of a particular case
breaches
Tenth Amendment
Writ of certiorari
Reporters
44. Discussion with a view to reaching agreement; talking about a conflict where both parties give and take to reach a resolution - without attorneys.
breaches
in personam jurisdiction
importance of common law
Negotiation
45. Specific length of time an individual can sue for injury resulting from negligence
Free exercise clause
Summons
Natural law
Statues of limitation
46. Previously decided cases that are as similar as possible to the one under consideration
Public Policy
Brief
due proccess clause
Cases on point
47. Economic model that compares the marginal costs and marginal benefits of a decision
Cost-benefit analysis
Legal and Equitable Remedies
law
Negotiation
48. Evidence tending to make a fact at issue in the case more or less probable than it would be without the evidence. Only relevant evidence is admissible in court.
Disparagement of property
Public Policy
Relevant evidence
Motion for judgement as a matter of law
49. An ethical principle that holds that you should never take any action that infringes on others; agreed-upon rights
Principle of rights
Hearsay
Sixth Amendment
Equitable maxims
50. On the premises fr the potential financial benefit of the occupier
ordinaces
Rule of four
Compensatory damages
Business invitees