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Business Law Test
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A school of legal thought that views the law as a tool for promoting justice in society.
Sociological school
Historical school
Proximate cause
In rem jurisdiction
2. Law concerned with public wrongs against society
Direct examination
Standing to sue
Administrative agency
Criminal law
3. (law) compensation for losses that can readily be proven to have occurred and for which the injured party has the right to be compensated
Civil Law
State level appeal eligibility
Award
Compensatory damages
4. A condensed written summary or abstract
Arbitrability
Torts(Wrongs)
Brief
Respondent Superior
5. Part of the 14th Amendment which guarentees that no state deny basic rights to its people
due proccess clause
Checks and balances
Standing to sue
Federal Jurisdiction
6. 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
Courts of equity
Cyberlaw
American Arbitration Association
uniform laws
7. 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
Federal Jurisdiction
Business Ethics
Filtering software
8. 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.
Service of process
Public Policy
Slander of quality
Commerce clause
9. A defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him
Causation in fact
Defense
When constitutional lawz apply
Constitutional Law
10. A judgment entered in favor of the plaintiff when the defendant defaults (fails to appear in court)
Sociological school
Standing to sue
abnormally dangerous
Default judgement
11. An amendment to the Constitution of the United States that imposes restrictions on the government's prosecution of persons accused of crimes
When constitutional lawz apply
Remedies of Law
Business invitees
Fifth Amendment
12. 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
Corporate social responsibility
Compensatory damages
Answer
Trespass to personal property
13. The enumeration in the Constitution - of certain rights - shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
ordinaces
Negotiation
Opening statements
Ninth Amendment
14. 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
Res ipsa loquitur
Justicable controversy
fradulent Misrepresentation
Legal reasoning
15. 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.
Jurisdiction
Case Precedents and the doctrine of stare decisis
jurisprudence
positivist school
16. Law that involves the interpretation and application of the U.S. Constitution and state constitutions
Case law
Alternative dispute resolution
Closing argument
Constitutional Law
17. (law) negligence allocated between the plaintiff and the defendant with a corresponding reduction in damages paid to the plaintiff
Analogy
Brief
Comparative negligence
Motion for a new trial
18. (law) a pleading by the defendant in reply to a plaintiff's surrejoinder
due proccess clause
First Amendment
Venue
Rebuttal
19. A question that had to do with the US Constitution - acts of Congress - or treaties; it provides a basis for federal jurisdiction
Federal question
Constitutional Law
diversity of citizenship
positivist school
20. Formal chancery courts - grant unique remedies. These remedies include specific performance - injunction and rescission.
Courts of equity
Bill of Rights
Remedies
due proccess clause
21. An argument made after the plaintiff and defendant have rested their cases. Closing arguments are made prior to the jury charges.
Stare Decisis and legal Reasoning
Eighth Amendment
Closing argument
Common law
22. Specific length of time an individual can sue for injury resulting from negligence
Res ipsa loquitur
positive law
Fourth Amendment
Statues of limitation
23. Economic model that compares the marginal costs and marginal benefits of a decision
Alternative dispute resolution
Cost-benefit analysis
Areas of Law that may affect business decision making
Jurisdiction
24. An act or omission without which an event would not have occurred.
Disparagement of property
Trade libel
Causation in fact
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
25. Right to bear arms
Categorical imperative
Probate courts
Second Amendment
State Jurisdiction
26. Violation of a law - duty - or other form of obligation - either by engaging in an action or failing to act
fradulent Misrepresentation
Pretrial motions
Absolute bar
breaches
27. A reasoning process in which an individual links his or her moral convictions or ethical standards to the particular situation at hand.
Sixth Amendment
Ethical reasoning
Chancellor
Award
28. Supreme Court followed by the U.S. Court of Appeals and The highest state courts. Then followed by federal administrative agencies. U.S. District Courts - Specialized U.S. Courts(bankruptcy courts - court of Federal claims - court of international tr
State and Federal Court Systems
Motion for a new trial
positivist school
Areas of Law that may affect business decision making
29. 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
Sociological school
Stare Decisis and legal Reasoning
Pretrial motions
Symbolic speech
30. Negate the claim of negligence(assumption of risk - superceding intervening clause)
Slander of title
Case law
Sociological school
Absolute bar
31. To confirm priestly authority upon
voir dire
Cases on point
ordinaces
Areas of Law that may affect business decision making
32. 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
Slander of title
Cyber torts
In rem jurisdiction
Categorical imperative
33. 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.
Rebuttal
Appellee
Motion for a directed verdict
Pretrial motions
34. 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
Opening statements
Hearsay
Federal form of government
Absolute bar
35. State statute that permits a state to obtain personal jurisdiction over nonresident defendants
Respondent
Statues of limitation
Motion
Long arm statue
36. A brief outline of what the defendant and the plaintiff will try to prove.
First Amendment
Opening statements
Case law
Summary jury trials
37. A rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society
Relevant evidence
Award
Natural law
Trespass to personal property
38. A body of rulings made by judges that become part of a nation's legal system
Fourth Amendment
Second Amendment
Jurisdiction
Common law
39. 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.
abnormally dangerous
Principle of rights
Award
Service of process
40. Is the cause that immediately and directly results in a specific event. if a person can eleminate any one of the 4 elemants - the lawsuit will not be successful.
In rem jurisdiction
Motion
Proximate cause
Arbitration
41. A doctrine by which equitable relief is denied to one who has waited TOO long to seek relief
Sociological school
Equitable maxims
Punitive damages
laches
42. Occurs when one party to a contract is not given full or accurate information by the other party about the contract subject matter - Intentional misrepresentation of material fact - reasonably relied on by plaintiff resulting in damages
Justicable controversy
fradulent Misrepresentation
Third Amendment
Strict liability
43. Authority shared by both federal and state courts
Natural law
Common law
Award
Concurrent Jurisdiction
44. A clause in a contract providing for arbitration of disputes arising under the contract
Arbitration clause
Petitioner
Alleges
Administrative law
45. A question asked to determine what is true or to what extent something is true
Question of fact
Areas of Law that may affect business decision making
Strict product liability
Motion for judgement as a matter of law
46. The body of laws created by legislative statutes
Statutory Law
Remedies of Law
Reporters
voir dire
47. Logical formula consisting of a major premise - a minor premise and a conclusion; deceptive or specious argument
Defense
Syllogism
State Jurisdiction
Assumption of risk
48. (law) behavior by the plaintiff that contributes to the harm resulting from the defendant's negligence
Contributory negligence
Fifth Amendment
Compensatory damages
uniform laws
49. Right to a trial by jury
Question of law
Rebuttal
Pretrial motions
Seventh Amendment
50. Any testimony given in court about a statement made by someone else who was not under oath at the time of the statement
Pleadings
Sociological school
Hearsay
Case Precedents and the doctrine of stare decisis