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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. (accident - breach of contract - or other event) > Party consults with Attorney(Initial client interview - signing of retainer agreement) > Informal investigation > Plaintiffs attorney files complaint > Defendant attorney files answer to complaint or
Probate courts
Civil Law
Assumption of risk
Stages in an A Typical Lawsuit
2. An example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time
Respondent Superior
Precedent
Justicable controversy
Negligence
3. The publication of false information about another's product - alleging that it is not what its seller claims.
Slander of quality
Trade libel
Arbitration clause
Equitable maxims
4. 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.
Award
Service of process
Long arm statue
First Amendment
5. Formal chancery courts - grant unique remedies. These remedies include specific performance - injunction and rescission.
Case law
Civil Law
Courts of equity
Probate courts
6. Relieve you of some liability when reasonable care is used
Early neutral case evaluation
Good samaritan statues
Motion for a directed verdict
Ninth Amendment
7. 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
Good samaritan statues
Jurisdiction
Torts(Wrongs)
Probate courts
8. 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.
Civil Law
Fifth Amendment
When constitutional lawz apply
Filtering software
9. Three remedies known as land - items of value - or money
Categorical imperative
Remedies of Law
State level appeal eligibility
Relevant evidence
10. The location where something takes place - esp. a trial
Venue
Tenth Amendment
Appellee
Disparagement of property
11. The preponderance of evidence which means more likely then not.
Respondent
Full faith and credit clause
Writ of certiorari
Burden of proof
12. Protects you from unreasonable search and seizure of your home and property
Fourth Amendment
Concurrent Jurisdiction
Opinions
Independent regulatory agencies
13. 1. Resident 2. (while within boundaries of state) 3. Long arm statue.
Service of process
Remedies of Law
Equitable maxims
State Jurisdiction
14. Automotic appeal based on procedure/law. appeal cannot be made on a error of fact. Car accident example. procedure - wrong court date. law - issue of law is wrong. U.S. Supreme Court appeal is still possible with permission(write of certerori)
Absolute bar
Ninth Amendment
Defenses to negligence
State level appeal eligibility
15. The course of action the government takes in response to an issue or problem as deemed by widely held belief.
Third Amendment
Causation in fact
Public Policy
Search warrant
16. 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
Precedent
Ethical reasoning
Federal form of government
Appellant
17. To confirm priestly authority upon
positive law
law
Bill of Rights
ordinaces
18. 1. Federal statute 2. Constitution(U.S.) 3. Diversity of Citizenship($75 -000 or more)
Motion for a directed verdict
laches
Federal Jurisdiction
Trespass to land
19. The body of rules and regulations and orders and decisions created by administrative agencies of government
Third Amendment
citation
Administrative law
First Amendment
20. Ethical or unethical behaviors by employees in the context of their jobs
Origins Of Common Law
Business Ethics
Stages in an A Typical Lawsuit
Opening statements
21. A statement of fundamental rights and privileges (especially the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution)
Search warrant
Bill of Rights
Probate courts
Venue
22. An informal term used to refer to all laws governing electronic communications and transactions - particularly those conducted via the Internet.
Question of fact
Cyberlaw
Long arm statue
Defense
23. Nonverbal communication - such as burning a flag or wearing an armband. The Supreme Court has accorded some symbolic speech protection under the first amendment.
Assumption of risk
Rules of evidence
Areas of Law that may affect business decision making
Symbolic speech
24. 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.
Affirmative defense
Commerce clause
laches
Absolute bar
25. Any source of law that a court must follow when deciding a case. This includes constitutions - statues - and regulations - that govern the issue being decided - as well as previous court decisions in the same jurisdiction.
Good samaritan statues
Binding authority
Small Claims courts
Slander of quality
26. Party who defends an appeal
Origins Of Common Law
Appellee
Pleadings
Cases on point
27. State statute that permits a state to obtain personal jurisdiction over nonresident defendants
Award
Full faith and credit clause
Long arm statue
Fifth Amendment
28. A reasoning process in which an individual links his or her moral convictions or ethical standards to the particular situation at hand.
Remedies
dram shop acts
Ethical reasoning
Burden of proof
29. Assumption of risk - Superseding cause - and contributory and comparative negligence.
Summary jury trials
Defenses to negligence
Motion for judgement as a matter of law
Complaint
30. An amendment to the Constitution of the United States that imposes restrictions on the government's prosecution of persons accused of crimes
Criminal law
Binding authority
Fifth Amendment
Justicable controversy
31. The resolution of disputes wit hthe assitance of organizations that offer disputesresolution services via the internet.
Online dispute resolution
Strict product liability
Cyber torts
Slander of quality
32. The publication of a statement that denies or casts doubt on another's legal ownership of any property - causing financial loss to that property's owner.
Negotiation
Categorical imperative
Slander of title
American Arbitration Association
33. 1066 in Britain - King William implemented this uniform legal system. He sent judges out to make rulings on cases - thus creating precedents. 1225 - the signing of the Magna Carta established the rule of law in England
Federal question
Third Amendment
positivist school
Origins Of Common Law
34. The body of laws created by legislative statutes
Statutory Law
Checks and balances
Venue
Fifth Amendment
35. Settlement of civil disputes between parties using neutral mediators or arbitrators without going to court
Alternative dispute resolution
Legal reasoning
Cyber torts
Opening statements
36. Precedents are determined under stare decisis. Courts of law and courts or equity have been combined.
Exclusive Jurisdiction
importance of common law
Proximate cause
Relevant evidence
37. Contracts - Sales - Negotiable instruments - creditos rights - intellectual property - e-commerce - product liability - torts - agency - business organizations - professional liability - courts and court procedures.
In rem jurisdiction
Areas of Law that may affect business decision making
Principle of rights
Rebuttal
38. Judges must abide by precedents in thier jurisdictions.
Case Precedents and the doctrine of stare decisis
Business invitees
Burden of proof
breaches
39. Set of books containing published court decisions
Origins Of Common Law
Negotiation
Reporters
Commerce clause
40. A doctrine by which equitable relief is denied to one who has waited TOO long to seek relief
Commerce clause
Courts of equity
Proximate cause
laches
41. Federal regulatory agencies that are independent - thus not fully under the power of the president. Ex. Federal Trade Commission - Securities and Exchange Commission.
Causation in fact
Independent regulatory agencies
Civil Law
Ethical reasoning
42. (law) compensation for losses that can readily be proven to have occurred and for which the injured party has the right to be compensated
Writ of execution
Statutory Law
Compensatory damages
Probable cause
43. The act of changing location from one place to another
Motion
Federal Jurisdiction
Precedent
Legal realism
44. Jurisdiction based on claims against property
In rem jurisdiction
Question of law
Opening statements
Service of process
45. 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.
Binding authority
Mini-trial
Alternative dispute resolution
Pleadings
46. Someone who petitions a court for redress of a grievance or recovery of a right
Administrative agency
Petitioner
dram shop acts
Direct examination
47. 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
Question of fact
Second Amendment
Complaint
48. 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
Alternative dispute resolution
In rem jurisdiction
Defenses to negligence
Strict product liability
49. A judgment entered in favor of the plaintiff when the defendant defaults (fails to appear in court)
Small Claims courts
Independent regulatory agencies
Default judgement
Statues of limitation
50. (civil law) the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim for relief is based
Corporate social responsibility
Complaint
Online dispute resolution
Early neutral case evaluation