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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. 1. employee activity within scope of employment 2. employee is negligent
Strict product liability
Defenses to negligence
Police powers
Respondent Superior
2. Courts that handle cases that involve less than $5000
Small Claims courts
voir dire
Concurrent Jurisdiction
Case Precedents and the doctrine of stare decisis
3. A school of legal thought centered on the assumption that there is no law higher then the laws created by the government. Laws must be obeyed - even if they are unjust - to prevent anarchy.
positivist school
Courts of equity
Filtering software
ordinaces
4. (law) behavior by the plaintiff that contributes to the harm resulting from the defendant's negligence
Police powers
Business invitees
Contributory negligence
Symbolic speech
5. The course of action the government takes in response to an issue or problem as deemed by widely held belief.
Hearsay
Federal Jurisdiction
Public Policy
Defense
6. 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.
Question of law
Statues of limitation
Strict liability
ordinaces
7. A condensed written summary or abstract
Precedent
Search warrant
Brief
Venue
8. The body of conventional - or written - law of a particular society at a particular point in time.
Courts of law
Causation in fact
positive law
Disparagement of property
9. Enforcable rules governing relationships among individuals and between individuals and thier society.
law
Arbitration
Summary jury trials
Public Policy
10. A judgment entered in favor of the plaintiff when the defendant defaults (fails to appear in court)
Cyber torts
Default judgement
Statues of limitation
Counterclaim
11. Propositions or general statements of equitable rules
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Stages in an A Typical Lawsuit
Equitable maxims
breaches
12. A brief outline of what the defendant and the plaintiff will try to prove.
Appellant
uniform laws
Online dispute resolution
Opening statements
13. Torts committed via the internet
Tenth Amendment
Cyber torts
Hearsay
Award
14. A reference to or a quotation from an authority
citation
Writ of certiorari
Principle of rights
Cyber torts
15. Formal chancery courts - grant unique remedies. These remedies include specific performance - injunction and rescission.
Civil Law
Courts of equity
Cyberlaw
Closing argument
16. An amendment to the Constitution of the United States that imposes restrictions on the government's prosecution of persons accused of crimes
jurisprudence
Fifth Amendment
Respondent
Cyberlaw
17. Nonverbal communication - such as burning a flag or wearing an armband. The Supreme Court has accorded some symbolic speech protection under the first amendment.
When constitutional lawz apply
Independent regulatory agencies
Symbolic speech
Concurrent Jurisdiction
18. 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
Respondent
Closing argument
Cases on point
Motion for judgement on the pleadings
19. Wrongs
Business Ethics
Contributory negligence
Torts(Wrongs)
Case law
20. 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
Negotiation
Constitutional Law
Federal question
Probate courts
21. The location where something takes place - esp. a trial
Venue
Probate courts
State Jurisdiction
Fourth Amendment
22. 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
Free exercise clause
Appellee
Filtering software
Corporate social responsibility
23. The party against whom legal action is taken; the party against whom a writ of certiorari is sought.
Federal Jurisdiction
Respondent
Early neutral case evaluation
laches
24. The preponderance of evidence which means more likely then not.
Affirmative defense
Burden of proof
Probable cause
Criminal law
25. An order to appear in person at a given place and time
Litigation
Default judgement
Summons
uniform laws
26. The body of laws created by legislative statutes
Statutory Law
Chancellor
Binding authority
Disparagement of property
27. An amendment to the Constitution of the United States guaranteeing the right of free expression
Defenses to negligence
Administrative agency
Question of law
First Amendment
28. 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.
Criminal law
Justicable controversy
Cross-examination
Disparagement of property
29. A statement of fundamental rights and privileges (especially the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution)
Natural law
Checks and balances
dram shop acts
Bill of Rights
30. Party who defends an appeal
Binding authority
Appellee
Defense
ordinaces
31. 14th amendment clause that prohibits states from denying equal protection under the law - and has been used to combat discrimination
Statues of limitation
Summons
Venue
Equal protection clause
32. Ethical or unethical behaviors by employees in the context of their jobs
Rule of four
Reporters
Business Ethics
Compensatory damages
33. 1. Resident 2. (while within boundaries of state) 3. Long arm statue.
Seventh Amendment
State Jurisdiction
Historical school
State and Federal Court Systems
34. The rules governing the manner in which civil cases are brough in and progress through the federal courts
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Case law
Causation in fact
establishment clause
35. Specific length of time an individual can sue for injury resulting from negligence
Arbitration
Statues of limitation
Trespass to land
Trade libel
36. 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.
Administrative law
State and Federal Court Systems
Commerce clause
Symbolic speech
37. The act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone
Service of process
State Jurisdiction
Trespass to land
Syllogism
38. Right to bear arms
Online dispute resolution
Second Amendment
Disparagement of property
Remedies of Law
39. The enumeration in the Constitution - of certain rights - shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
Ninth Amendment
In rem jurisdiction
Negotiation
Corporate social responsibility
40. Part of the 14th Amendment which guarentees that no state deny basic rights to its people
due proccess clause
Punitive damages
Negligence
Courts of equity
41. 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
Compensatory damages
Appellee
Remedies
Standing to sue
42. (law) the initial questioning of a witness by the party that called the witness
Complaint
law
Police powers
Direct examination
43. Settlement of civil disputes between parties using neutral mediators or arbitrators without going to court
Alternative dispute resolution
Good samaritan statues
Torts(Wrongs)
Legal realism
44. Discussion with a view to reaching agreement; talking about a conflict where both parties give and take to reach a resolution - without attorneys.
Civil Law
Pleadings
Negotiation
uniform laws
45. The branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
jurisprudence
Cyber torts
Trade libel
Statues of limitation
46. Set of books containing published court decisions
Rebuttal
Strict product liability
Reporters
Legal realism
47. 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
Syllogism
Disparagement of property
Negotiation
Summary jury trials
48. A body of rulings made by judges that become part of a nation's legal system
ordinaces
Motion for a new trial
Petitioner
Common law
49. 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
Police powers
Negligence
Principle of rights
Public Policy
50. A common law writ issued by a superior court to one of inferior jurisdiction demanding the record of a particular case
Writ of certiorari
Cross-examination
Natural law
Fifth Amendment