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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. An example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time
Precedent
Checks and balances
Affirmative defense
Trade libel
2. 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.
Common law
Chancellor
positive law
Police powers
3. 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
Complaint
Torts(Wrongs)
In rem jurisdiction
4. A body of rulings made by judges that become part of a nation's legal system
Common law
Trade libel
establishment clause
Jurisdiction
5. The branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
Summary jury trials
jurisprudence
Complaint
Defenses to negligence
6. No State can draw unreasonable distinctions between its own residents and those persons who happen to live in other States
Cross-examination
Punitive damages
Stages in an A Typical Lawsuit
Privileges and and immunities clause
7. Rules governing the admissibility of evidence in trial courts.
Rules of evidence
positivist school
Pleadings
uniform laws
8. The act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone
Service of process
importance of common law
Disparagement of property
Search warrant
9. Specific length of time an individual can sue for injury resulting from negligence
Equitable maxims
Brief
Statues of limitation
Standing to sue
10. 1. Federal statute 2. Constitution(U.S.) 3. Diversity of Citizenship($75 -000 or more)
Federal Jurisdiction
Cyberlaw
Analogy
Ninth Amendment
11. A question asked to determine what is true or to what extent something is true
Question of fact
Administrative agency
Precedent
Brief
12. The First Amendment guarantee that the government will not create and support an official state church
establishment clause
Jurisdiction
Appellee
Corporate social responsibility
13. The publication of false information about another's product - alleging that it is not what its seller claims.
Corporate social responsibility
Slander of quality
Sociological school
importance of common law
14. Jurisdiction that exists when a case can be heard only in a particular court or type of court.
Good samaritan statues
Proximate cause
Ethical reasoning
Exclusive Jurisdiction
15. Handle only bankruptcy proceedings - which are governed by federal bankruptcy law
In rem jurisdiction
Bankruptcy courts
jurisprudence
Long arm statue
16. Is strict liability hold a claim if the product or service in question is...
Standing to sue
abnormally dangerous
Motion
Analogy
17. To be on the land of another without right or permission of the owner
Trespass to land
Case law
Common law
Fifth Amendment
18. 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.
Question of law
Affirmative defense
Cross-examination
Alternative dispute resolution
19. 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.
Rebuttal
Commerce clause
Motion for a new trial
When constitutional lawz apply
20. 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
due proccess clause
American Arbitration Association
Affirmative defense
Full faith and credit clause
21. Propositions or general statements of equitable rules
Fifth Amendment
Equitable maxims
voir dire
Mini-trial
22. The idea that the goal of society should be the greatest happiness for the greatest number of its citizens
tilitarinism
Online dispute resolution
Checks and balances
Ninth Amendment
23. A warrant authorizing law enforcement officials to search for objects or people involved in the commission of a crime and to produce them in court
State level appeal eligibility
Areas of Law that may affect business decision making
Search warrant
Analogy
24. The preponderance of evidence which means more likely then not.
Negotiation
Writ of certiorari
Burden of proof
Jurisdiction
25. A school of legal thought that views the law as a tool for promoting justice in society.
Pretrial motions
Award
Sociological school
Litigation
26. Party who defends an appeal
Contributory negligence
Appellee
Arbitration
due proccess clause
27. Based on the idea that law is just one of many institutions in society and that it is shaped by social forces and needs
Corporate social responsibility
Punitive damages
Compensatory damages
Legal realism
28. Economic model that compares the marginal costs and marginal benefits of a decision
Federal question
Defenses to negligence
Fourth Amendment
Cost-benefit analysis
29. The course of action the government takes in response to an issue or problem as deemed by widely held belief.
In rem jurisdiction
Relevant evidence
Sixth Amendment
Public Policy
30. An amendment to the Constitution of the United States guaranteeing the right of free expression
Closing argument
Negligence
First Amendment
Case law
31. Assumption of risk - Superseding cause - and contributory and comparative negligence.
Equitable maxims
Motion
Defenses to negligence
Standing to sue
32. To confirm priestly authority upon
ordinaces
Business invitees
Courts of equity
Trade libel
33. 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.
Relevant evidence
Question of fact
Constitutional Law
State Jurisdiction
34. 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
citation
Search warrant
Answer
Legal and Equitable Remedies
35. 1. Resident 2. (while within boundaries of state) 3. Long arm statue.
Negotiation
Motion for a new trial
First Amendment
State Jurisdiction
36. Emphasizes the evolutionary process of law by concentrating on the origin and history of the legal system
Brief
Third Amendment
Trespass to personal property
Historical school
37. A controversey that is not hypotheical or academic but real and substansial; a requirement the must be satisfied before a court will hear a case
Justicable controversy
Strict liability
laches
Jurisdiction
38. Enforcable rules governing relationships among individuals and between individuals and thier society.
law
Full faith and credit clause
Concurrent Jurisdiction
Legal realism
39. 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.
Origins Of Common Law
Federal form of government
Police powers
Filtering software
40. 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
Standing to sue
Probate courts
Stages in an A Typical Lawsuit
Hearsay
41. Doctrine under which a person cannot recover for injuries received from a dangerous activity to which she voluntarily exposed herself
Assumption of risk
Checks and balances
Criminal law
Litigation
42. Excessive bail shall not be required - nor excessive fines imposed - nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
Eighth Amendment
Writ of execution
Trespass to land
Fifth Amendment
43. Courts that handle cases that involve less than $5000
Proximate cause
Complaint
Small Claims courts
Business Ethics
44. Need a set of laws so that commerce is possible; can't have different laws in every state for business. Uniform Commercial Code. Uniform Partnernship Act. Most states adopt them but not in the exact same form
uniform laws
Federal form of government
Courts of law
Mini-trial
45. The rules governing the manner in which civil cases are brough in and progress through the federal courts
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Search warrant
Trespass to personal property
Pretrial motions
46. An act or omission without which an event would not have occurred.
Complaint
importance of common law
Causation in fact
Trade libel
47. Violation of a law - duty - or other form of obligation - either by engaging in an action or failing to act
Bankruptcy courts
breaches
Defense
Filtering software
48. (law) the initial questioning of a witness by the party that called the witness
Question of law
Direct examination
Full faith and credit clause
Legal realism
49. The location where something takes place - esp. a trial
Public Policy
Venue
Search warrant
Constitutional Law
50. The government may not house soldiers in private homes without consent of the owner
Fourth Amendment
Comparative negligence
Third Amendment
Statutory Law