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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. Emphasizes the evolutionary process of law by concentrating on the origin and history of the legal system
Pleadings
Historical school
Jurisdiction
Appellee
2. 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
Legal reasoning
Good samaritan statues
State and Federal Court Systems
Arbitrability
3. Federal regulatory agencies that are independent - thus not fully under the power of the president. Ex. Federal Trade Commission - Securities and Exchange Commission.
due proccess clause
Sixth Amendment
Principle of rights
Independent regulatory agencies
4. 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.
Bankruptcy courts
When constitutional lawz apply
Relevant evidence
Analogy
5. Jury selection process of questioning prospective jurors - to ascertain their qualifications and determine any basis for challenge.
Tenth Amendment
Rebuttal
Defense
voir dire
6. (law) a pleading by the defendant in reply to a plaintiff's surrejoinder
Relevant evidence
Rebuttal
Long arm statue
Legal realism
7. A condensed written summary or abstract
establishment clause
Brief
Equal protection clause
Slander of title
8. Authority shared by both federal and state courts
Respondent
Contributory negligence
importance of common law
Concurrent Jurisdiction
9. 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
Cyber torts
Federal form of government
American Arbitration Association
importance of common law
10. Doctrine under which a person cannot recover for injuries received from a dangerous activity to which she voluntarily exposed herself
Trespass to personal property
uniform laws
Police powers
Assumption of risk
11. Precedents are determined under stare decisis. Courts of law and courts or equity have been combined.
Jurisdiction
Bankruptcy courts
importance of common law
Question of fact
12. A common law writ issued by a superior court to one of inferior jurisdiction demanding the record of a particular case
Strict product liability
Absolute bar
Writ of certiorari
Historical school
13. A defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him
State Jurisdiction
Defenses to negligence
Complaint
Defense
14. 1. Federal statute 2. Constitution(U.S.) 3. Diversity of Citizenship($75 -000 or more)
Affirmative defense
Federal Jurisdiction
law
Cross-examination
15. 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
fradulent Misrepresentation
Summary jury trials
Default judgement
Alternative dispute resolution
16. Right to a trial by jury
Seventh Amendment
Bankruptcy courts
Motion for a new trial
Punitive damages
17. Ethical or unethical behaviors by employees in the context of their jobs
Filtering software
Slander of title
Business Ethics
Closing argument
18. An act or omission without which an event would not have occurred.
Causation in fact
Litigation
Defenses to negligence
Statues of limitation
19. An amendment to the Constitution of the United States that imposes restrictions on the government's prosecution of persons accused of crimes
Negligence
Good samaritan statues
Standing to sue
Fifth Amendment
20. Rules governing the admissibility of evidence in trial courts.
Common law
Chancellor
Opinions
Rules of evidence
21. Claims
Jurisdiction
Alleges
Affirmative defense
State level appeal eligibility
22. A rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society
Equal protection clause
Cyber torts
Natural law
Bankruptcy courts
23. Contains the courts reasons for its decision - the rules of law that apply - and the judgement
Opinions
Direct examination
Sixth Amendment
Legal reasoning
24. The body of conventional - or written - law of a particular society at a particular point in time.
Principle of rights
positive law
Seventh Amendment
Justicable controversy
25. Nonverbal communication - such as burning a flag or wearing an armband. The Supreme Court has accorded some symbolic speech protection under the first amendment.
Legal reasoning
Slander of quality
Probable cause
Symbolic speech
26. The First Amendment guarantee that citizens may freely engage in the religious activities of their choice
abnormally dangerous
Writ of certiorari
Historical school
Free exercise clause
27. The body of laws created by legislative statutes
Probable cause
Compensatory damages
Natural law
Statutory Law
28. 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.
Absolute bar
Motion for a new trial
Fifth Amendment
Relevant evidence
29. Law concerned with public wrongs against society
Commerce clause
Criminal law
Question of fact
Pretrial motions
30. Based on the idea that law is just one of many institutions in society and that it is shaped by social forces and needs
Legal realism
Defenses to negligence
Punitive damages
Respondent
31. Judges must abide by precedents in thier jurisdictions.
Case Precedents and the doctrine of stare decisis
Federal form of government
Direct examination
Civil Law
32. 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
positivist school
Negligence
Federal form of government
establishment clause
33. The branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
jurisprudence
Second Amendment
positive law
diversity of citizenship
34. The act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone
Symbolic speech
Service of process
Public Policy
Constitutional Law
35. 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)
State level appeal eligibility
Tenth Amendment
Statues of limitation
Areas of Law that may affect business decision making
36. A court will award money or other relief to a party injured by a breach of contract
Common law
fradulent Misrepresentation
Filtering software
Remedies
37. 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
Search warrant
diversity of citizenship
Trespass to land
American Arbitration Association
38. (law) a pleading made by a defendant in response to the plaintiff's replication
Business Ethics
Negligence
breaches
Rejoinder
39. The location where something takes place - esp. a trial
Corporate social responsibility
citation
Cyber torts
Venue
40. The question of whether an issue lies within the authority and jurisdiction of the arbitrator. A matter may be declared non-arbitrable either because certain steps - timetables and procedures have not been followed prior to submitting it to arbitrati
law
Arbitrability
Online dispute resolution
Rejoinder
41. A major provider of arbitration services
positivist school
Stages in an A Typical Lawsuit
American Arbitration Association
Res ipsa loquitur
42. (law) negligence allocated between the plaintiff and the defendant with a corresponding reduction in damages paid to the plaintiff
Comparative negligence
First Amendment
Eighth Amendment
Stages in an A Typical Lawsuit
43. To confirm priestly authority upon
ordinaces
Arbitration clause
Probate courts
Writ of certiorari
44. The act of changing location from one place to another
Probable cause
Cyberlaw
Motion
In rem jurisdiction
45. 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.
Commerce clause
Privileges and and immunities clause
positivist school
In rem jurisdiction
46. Jurisdiction that exists when a case can be heard only in a particular court or type of court.
Exclusive Jurisdiction
Pretrial motions
Checks and balances
Complaint
47. 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
Origins Of Common Law
When constitutional lawz apply
Administrative law
48. 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
Motion
Damages
Cross-examination
Probate courts
49. 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
Brief
Motion for a new trial
dram shop acts
50. Logical formula consisting of a major premise - a minor premise and a conclusion; deceptive or specious argument
Damages
Pretrial motions
establishment clause
Syllogism