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Business Law Test - 2
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1. Deed that claims the seller must defend the title of the property against any individuals claiming to seek the title of the property.
Bill of Rights - Amendment 14
In Rem
Warranty Deed
Tacking
2. Prohibits discrimination by covered employers on the basis or race - color - religion - sex or national origin.
Title 7 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964(Employment Discrimination/Harassment)
Covenant
Adverse Possession
Intentional (tort)
3. Form of strict - secondary liabilities that arise under the common law doc. of agency(respondeat superior). If liability for the tort requires a state of mind - the directing officer must have that state of mind.
Life Estate
Mechanics Lean
Vicarious Liabilities
Reasonable suspicion
4. 8 common law crimes form the basis of penil (criminal) code. Mrs m lamb
In Personum
Parole Evidence Rule
Common Law Crimes
Intentional (tort)
5. You are entitled to be paid the reasonable value of your services and material in a contract action when you have completed the work and the buyer refuses to pay because of some 'minor' difference in what was contracted for.
Interference with Contractual Relationships
Jurisdiction
Mens rea
Quantum Meriut
6. Any service on real estate that is not paid. Must file lean within 12 months of service provided.
Mechanics Lean
Covenant
Vicarious Liabilities
5th Amendment Immunity
7. Common law - injured based on defendants negligence and therefore presumed to be at fault. i.e. lawnmower and dog; latin for 'the thing speaks for itself'
Nuisance (private)
Tacking
Inchoate Crimes
Res Ispa Loquitur
8. Criminal law rule that protects a defendant from being tried a second time for the same crime.
Res Ispa Loquitur
Plea Bargaining
Adverse Possession
Double Jeopardy
9. FSA owner can grant ownership of property to someone for the measured on the duration of their natural life. Once dead the land goes back to FSA owner.
Life Estate
Quantum Meriut
Estate Pur Autrie Vie
Tort
10. In property law - an absolute ownership interest in an estate without restrictions. Highest and best form of property ownership.
Fee Simple Absolute(FSA)
Nuisance (public)
Implied Warranty
Life Estate
11. Immunity is granted by the court to where whatever the defendant says cannot be used against him as evidence. Also 'pleading the fifth'.
Alternative Dispute Resolution(ADR)
Life Estate
5th Amendment Immunity
what are the 4 factors of Negligence (tort)
12. Method of settling criminal cases by pleading guilty to charges in an attempt to lessen charges/consequences. Can either plead guilty - lesser charge - or nolo contendere(no contest).
Bill of Rights - Amendment 6
1st Amendment Limitations
Plea Bargaining
Misdemeanor
13. Sworn testimony - written or oral - of a person taken outside of court.
Deposition
what are the 3 types of torts
Slander
Estate Pur Autrie Vie
14. Go to prison for greater than or equal to 1yr and/or be fined greater than or equal to $1000; Possible loss of voting rights and carrying weapon; different degrees.
Felony
Vicarious Liabilities
Easement
what are the 3 types of torts
15. Court can file lean on persons property.
1st Amendment Limitations
In Rem
Strict Liability (tort)
Court Of Equity
16. Power or authority over case. If court does not have jurisdiction - all work on case is invalid.
Parole Evidence Rule
Tresspass to personal property
Quantum Meriut
Jurisdiction
17. Unauthorized intrusion by a person or a thing on land belonging to another - regardless of whether it was a mistake. Not necessary to set foot on land to constitute trespassing.
Parole Evidence Rule
Mens rea
Tresspass to land
Interference with Contractual Relationships
18. Right to enter land owned by another and makes certain use of it or to take something from land. i.e. utility workers - firefighters.
Easement
Adverse Possession
what are the 3 types of torts
Life Estate
19. Intentional; negligence - strict liability
Res Judicata
Common Law Crimes
what are the 3 types of torts
Tort
20. Property law in writing - an agreement between two or more parties that places certain restrictions on the use of property or obligations the owner of the property to take specifications with respect to the land.
Reasonable suspicion
Quantum Meriut
Covenant
1st Amendment Limitations
21. Time - Place - and Manner
In Rem
what are the 4 types of slander
Nuisance (public)
1st Amendment Limitations
22. Spoken word - telling lies - publicizing - causing damage.
Fee Simple Absolute(FSA)
what are the 4 types of slander
Estate Pur Autrie Vie
Tenants in Common
23. Tort defending against spoken defamation of persons.
Alternative Dispute Resolution(ADR)
Slander
Eminent Domain
Quantum Meriut
24. Life estate measured on someone elses natural life.
Bill of Rights - Amendment 5
Tresspass to personal property
Jurisdiction
Estate Pur Autrie Vie
25. A promise in addition to an underlying sales agreement that goes beyond the terms of the sale agreement which the promisor assures the description - performance - or quality of the goods.
Nuisance (public)
Independent Contractor
Expressed Warranty
Bill of Rights - Amendment 6
26. Substantive common law that claims any agreement made by both parties prior to signing the contract that was not incorporated into the contract is barred upon signing by this rule in seeking to alter the terms of the contract.
Joint Tenants with the Right of Survivor-ship(JTWTROS)
Parole Evidence Rule
Negligence (tort)
Warranty Deed
27. A tort which there is a valid contract - and the defendant knowingly and intentionally caused a breach of the contract - resulting in damages to the plaintiff.
what are the 4 types of slander
Interference with Contractual Relationships
Doctrine of Transferred Intent
Easement
28. 1.Contracts in consideration of marriage; 2. Contracts that cannot be performed within one year(statute of limitations); 3. Contracts for the transfer of an interest in land; 4. Contracts by the executor of a will to pay a debt of the estate with his
what are the 6/7 statutes of frauds
Bill of Rights - Amendment 4
Independent Contractor
Nuisance (private)
29. Requires contracts to be in writing and signed by all parties in order to prevent injury from fraudulent conduct if
What is Law
Statute of Frauds
1st Amendment Limitations
Doctrine of Transferred Intent
30. Unreasonable interference with a right held in common by the general public
Interference with Contractual Relationships
What is Law
Nuisance (public)
what are the 3 types of torts
31. A system of rules and regulations that govern our lives and society; in our action or inaction and for which a violation results in an action. Flexible to meet the needs of the evolving society.
Doctrine of Transferred Intent
what are the 2 Main Categories of Crime
What is Law
Mens rea
32. An employer is responsible for the actions of employees performed within the course of their employment; 'let the master answer'
Res Judicata
Common Law Crimes
what are the 3 types of torts
Respondeat Superior
33. The criminal intent that must be established; the guilty mind
Doctrine of Transferred Intent
Bill of Rights - Amendment 14
Bill of Rights - Amendment 1
Mens rea
34. Ownership where tenants own the undivided property. If passed away heir will take over the undivided ownership.
Independent Contractor
5th Amendment Immunity
Vicarious Liabilities
Tenants in Common
35. Not held liable under respondeat superior. Cannot be held vicariously liable for the tortuous acts and damage of the contractor during the time which the contractor is working on private property.
Felony
Independent Contractor
Jurisdiction
Parole Evidence Rule
36. Felony; Misdemeanor
Double Jeopardy
In Rem
Bill of Rights - Amendment 5
what are the 2 Main Categories of Crime
37. Liability without proving to be at fault.
Strict Liability (tort)
Mechanics Lean
In Personum
Doctrine of Transferred Intent
38. Each adverse possessor can tack there time to others when trying to obtain a quite title on a property.
Mens rea
Tresspass to land
Tacking
what are the 2 Main Categories of Crime
39. A courts power over the person involved in the action. Personal and best type of jurisdiction.
Bill of Rights - Amendment 5
Misdemeanor
In Personum
what are the 6/7 statutes of frauds
40. Deed that passes whatever interest and control of a property to someone else without providing assurance of ownership.
Quit-Claim
what are the 3 types of torts
Common Law Crimes
Court Of Equity
41. Murder - rape - sodomy - manslaughter - larceny - arson - mayhem - burglary
Statute of Frauds
what are the 8 common law crimes
Doctrine of strict liabilities
Tresspass to land
42. Allows officers to investigate people - less strict then probable cause; 4th amendment
Jurisdiction
Reasonable suspicion
Bill of Rights - Amendment 4
Common Law Crimes
43. An activity that substantially and unreasonably interferes with the used and enjoyment of land
Nuisance (public)
What is Law
Nuisance (private)
Quantum Meriut
44. Civil law rule that prohibits the same dispute between two parties from being reopen by a court after final judgment has been entered and all appeals exhausted.
Res Judicata
Doctrine of Transferred Intent
what are the 4 factors of Negligence (tort)
what are the 8 common law crimes
45. Go to jail for less than or equal to 1yr and/or be fined less than or equal to $1000.
Independent Contractor
Misdemeanor
Court Of Equity
Covenant
46. Confrontation Clause - rights of the accused in criminal law be guaranteed a speedy public trail as well as the right to seek counsel
Inchoate Crimes
Tort
Bill of Rights - Amendment 6
Doctrine of Transferred Intent
47. Citizenship Rights
Vicarious Liabilities
Bill of Rights - Amendment 14
Inchoate Crimes
Nuisance (public)
48. Careless conduct. Tort that protects from unintentional but careless conduct; Determine whether 'reasonable person' would have done this. 4 factors
Quantum Meriut
Statute of Frauds
Negligence (tort)
Adverse Possession
49. The plaintiff needs to prove only that the tort happened and that the defendant was responsible.
1st Amendment Limitations
Warranty Deed
Bill of Rights - Amendment 4
Doctrine of strict liabilities
50. Act of taking ownership of a property by openly - notoriously - and continuously living on a property in an uninterrupted environment for 7yrs.(Quite Title)
Eminent Domain
Adverse Possession
Reasonable suspicion
Life Estate