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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 question that had to do with the US Constitution - acts of Congress - or treaties; it provides a basis for federal jurisdiction
Direct examination
Early neutral case evaluation
Federal question
breaches
2. A system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power
Exclusive Jurisdiction
Second Amendment
Checks and balances
Pretrial motions
3. The rules governing the manner in which civil cases are brough in and progress through the federal courts
State level appeal eligibility
Rebuttal
Hearsay
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
4. The preponderance of evidence which means more likely then not.
Burden of proof
Writ of execution
Syllogism
Checks and balances
5. Jurisdiction based on claims against property
Full faith and credit clause
Disparagement of property
Origins Of Common Law
In rem jurisdiction
6. Negate the claim of negligence(assumption of risk - superceding intervening clause)
Binding authority
Constitutional Law
citation
Absolute bar
7. Contains the courts reasons for its decision - the rules of law that apply - and the judgement
Opinions
positivist school
Symbolic speech
Tenth Amendment
8. 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
Negligence
Police powers
fradulent Misrepresentation
Second Amendment
9. The constitutional amendment designed to protect individuals accused of crimes. It includes the right to counsel - the right to confront witnesses - and the right to a speedy and public trial.
Sixth Amendment
breaches
Defenses to negligence
Legal realism
10. Discussion with a view to reaching agreement; talking about a conflict where both parties give and take to reach a resolution - without attorneys.
Summons
Reporters
Negotiation
Jurisdiction
11. The First Amendment guarantee that citizens may freely engage in the religious activities of their choice
Free exercise clause
Alternative dispute resolution
Question of fact
law
12. 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
Third Amendment
Strict product liability
Complaint
Origins Of Common Law
13. 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.
Respondent Superior
Stages in an A Typical Lawsuit
Motion for a new trial
Causation in fact
14. A federal - state - or local government unit established to perform a specific function. Administrative agencies are created and authorized by legislative bodies to administer and enforce specific laws.
Proximate cause
Question of fact
Res ipsa loquitur
Administrative agency
15. The body of laws created by legislative statutes
laches
Statutory Law
State Jurisdiction
Justicable controversy
16. Rules governing the admissibility of evidence in trial courts.
Common law
Malpractice
Question of law
Rules of evidence
17. Law concerned with private wrongs against individuals
Early neutral case evaluation
Civil Law
Ninth Amendment
Answer
18. Violation of a law - duty - or other form of obligation - either by engaging in an action or failing to act
breaches
Arbitrability
Public Policy
Opening statements
19. An economically injurious falsehood made about another's product or property; a general term for torts that are more specifically referred to as slander of quality or slander of title.
Disparagement of property
Summons
Writ of execution
Punitive damages
20. Contracts - Sales - Negotiable instruments - creditos rights - intellectual property - e-commerce - product liability - torts - agency - business organizations - professional liability - courts and court procedures.
Complaint
Areas of Law that may affect business decision making
abnormally dangerous
American Arbitration Association
21. A body of rulings made by judges that become part of a nation's legal system
American Arbitration Association
Equal protection clause
Cross-examination
Common law
22. A clause in a contract providing for arbitration of disputes arising under the contract
Answer
Arbitration clause
Good samaritan statues
Motion
23. 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
Search warrant
importance of common law
Motion for judgement as a matter of law
24. A wrongful act that the actor had no right to do
Malpractice
Motion for judgement on the pleadings
Federal Jurisdiction
Rule of four
25. Right to a trial by jury
Punitive damages
Courts of law
Seventh Amendment
Analogy
26. A rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society
tilitarinism
Remedies of Law
Natural law
Privileges and and immunities clause
27. A school of legal thought that views the law as a tool for promoting justice in society.
positivist school
State level appeal eligibility
Sociological school
Rejoinder
28. 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
Administrative agency
Legal reasoning
Writ of certiorari
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
29. A doctrine by which equitable relief is denied to one who has waited TOO long to seek relief
Slander of quality
tilitarinism
laches
Pretrial motions
30. The courts that awarded compensation back in English Realm
Hearsay
Analogy
Sixth Amendment
Courts of law
31. A statement of fundamental rights and privileges (especially the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution)
Fourth Amendment
Disparagement of property
Bill of Rights
Damages
32. Three remedies known as land - items of value - or money
Common law
Strict product liability
Business Ethics
Remedies of Law
33. 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.
Proximate cause
Chancellor
Administrative agency
positivist school
34. A defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him
Strict liability
Slander of quality
Defense
Answer
35. 14th amendment clause that prohibits states from denying equal protection under the law - and has been used to combat discrimination
Principle of rights
Equal protection clause
Concurrent Jurisdiction
positive law
36. A common law writ issued by a superior court to one of inferior jurisdiction demanding the record of a particular case
Writ of certiorari
Police powers
Comparative negligence
Res ipsa loquitur
37. An amendment to the Constitution of the United States guaranteeing the right of free expression
Question of fact
dram shop acts
First Amendment
American Arbitration Association
38. 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
Commerce clause
Slander of quality
Default judgement
Summary jury trials
39. 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.
Commerce clause
Concurrent Jurisdiction
In rem jurisdiction
Fifth Amendment
40. (law) a pleading made by a defendant in response to the plaintiff's replication
Rejoinder
Corporate social responsibility
Opinions
Jurisdiction
41. 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.
Cross-examination
Analogy
Cyber torts
Slander of quality
42. Propositions or general statements of equitable rules
Respondent Superior
In rem jurisdiction
Equitable maxims
Business Ethics
43. Based on the idea that law is just one of many institutions in society and that it is shaped by social forces and needs
due proccess clause
Pretrial motions
Assumption of risk
Legal realism
44. Law concerned with public wrongs against society
Torts(Wrongs)
Criminal law
Absolute bar
Rule of four
45. The idea that the goal of society should be the greatest happiness for the greatest number of its citizens
Probate courts
Respondent Superior
tilitarinism
Torts(Wrongs)
46. The act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone
Summary jury trials
fradulent Misrepresentation
Case Precedents and the doctrine of stare decisis
Service of process
47. 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
Cost-benefit analysis
Civil Law
Probate courts
Strict product liability
48. A basis for federal court jurisdiction over a lawsuit between (1) citizens of different states (2) a foreign country and citizens of a state of of different states - or (3) citizens of a state and citizens or subjects of a foreign country. The amount
Ethical reasoning
Fourth Amendment
Federal form of government
diversity of citizenship
49. State statute that permits a state to obtain personal jurisdiction over nonresident defendants
Fourth Amendment
Federal form of government
Long arm statue
Cross-examination
50. Law that involves the interpretation and application of the U.S. Constitution and state constitutions
Strict product liability
Administrative law
Constitutional Law
Ninth Amendment