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Business Law Test - 2
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1. 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.
Intentional (tort)
Felony
Bill of Rights - Amendment 1
what are the 2 Main Categories of Crime
2. Citizenship Rights
what are the 4 types of slander
Res Ispa Loquitur
Quit-Claim
Bill of Rights - Amendment 14
3. The plaintiff needs to prove only that the tort happened and that the defendant was responsible.
Vicarious Liabilities
In Rem
what are the 8 common law crimes
Doctrine of strict liabilities
4. Prohibits discrimination by covered employers on the basis or race - color - religion - sex or national origin.
Joint Tenants with the Right of Survivor-ship(JTWTROS)
Mechanics Lean
Statute of Frauds
Title 7 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964(Employment Discrimination/Harassment)
5. Bill Of Rights protection against self-incarceration and just compensation
5th Amendment Immunity
Interference with Contractual Relationships
Bill of Rights - Amendment 5
Intentional (tort)
6. What they intend to do. Totality of circumstance measures the intent before - during - and after the act. What is examined by lawyer.
Intentional (tort)
Doctrine of Transferred Intent
Nuisance (public)
Bill of Rights - Amendment 8
7. Ownership where tenants own the undivided property. If passed away heir will take over the undivided ownership.
Expressed Warranty
Tenants in Common
Covenant
Tort
8. 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.
Expressed Warranty
Alternative Dispute Resolution(ADR)
What is Law
what are the 2 types of ADR
9. 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).
Plea Bargaining
what are the 2 types of ADR
Negligence (tort)
What is Law
10. 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.
Interference with Contractual Relationships
What is Law
Covenant
Tresspass to land
11. Murder - rape - sodomy - manslaughter - larceny - arson - mayhem - burglary
what are the 8 common law crimes
Bill of Rights - Amendment 5
1st Amendment Limitations
Doctrine of Transferred Intent
12. 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
Fee Simple Absolute(FSA)
Res Judicata
Interference with Contractual Relationships
13. Unreasonable interference with a right held in common by the general public
Nuisance (public)
Court Of Equity
Strict Liability (tort)
Respondeat Superior
14. Attempt to settle civil cases before trial. Required in the state of FL. Two types
Slander
Warranty Deed
Alternative Dispute Resolution(ADR)
In Rem
15. Tort defending against spoken defamation of persons.
Easement
Court Of Equity
Slander
Deposition
16. Go to jail for less than or equal to 1yr and/or be fined less than or equal to $1000.
Nuisance (public)
Bill of Rights - Amendment 1
Misdemeanor
Independent Contractor
17. Sworn testimony - written or oral - of a person taken outside of court.
Deposition
Estate Pur Autrie Vie
Reasonable suspicion
Res Judicata
18. An activity that substantially and unreasonably interferes with the used and enjoyment of land
Covenant
Bill of Rights - Amendment 8
Nuisance (private)
In Personum
19. The physical part of the crime; the guilty act
what are the 6/7 statutes of frauds
Common Law Crimes
Actus reas
Inchoate Crimes
20. 8 common law crimes form the basis of penil (criminal) code. Mrs m lamb
Eminent Domain
Common Law Crimes
Title 7 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964(Employment Discrimination/Harassment)
Intentional (tort)
21. 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.
Warranty Deed
Expressed Warranty
Statute of Frauds
Implied Warranty
22. Only refers to conduct. Judge can order someone who is not doing something he/she is legally required to do to start doing it and vice-versa.
Doctrine Of Fusion
Bill of Rights - Amendment 1
Court Of Equity
what are the 2 Main Categories of Crime
23. Power or authority over case. If court does not have jurisdiction - all work on case is invalid.
Respondeat Superior
Adverse Possession
Jurisdiction
Alternative Dispute Resolution(ADR)
24. Confrontation Clause - rights of the accused in criminal law be guaranteed a speedy public trail as well as the right to seek counsel
Bill of Rights - Amendment 6
Tresspass to land
Interference with Contractual Relationships
Deposition
25. If one tenant passes away - the other claims full ownership of all property.
Negligence (tort)
What is Law
Joint Tenants with the Right of Survivor-ship(JTWTROS)
what are the 3 types of torts
26. Duty - breach of duty - proximate cause - damage.
Estate Pur Autrie Vie
Quantum Meriut
what are the 4 factors of Negligence (tort)
what are the 4 types of slander
27. 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.
Life Estate
Tresspass to land
Tort
Nuisance (private)
28. Right to enter land owned by another and makes certain use of it or to take something from land. i.e. utility workers - firefighters.
Jurisdiction
Easement
What is Law
what are the 4 factors of Negligence (tort)
29. 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.
Vicarious Liabilities
Res Judicata
Nuisance (private)
Felony
30. Act of taking ownership of a property by openly - notoriously - and continuously living on a property in an uninterrupted environment for 7yrs.(Quite Title)
Bill of Rights - Amendment 4
Slander
Adverse Possession
Tacking
31. Allows officers to investigate people - less strict then probable cause; 4th amendment
Doctrine of Transferred Intent
what are the 4 types of slander
Reasonable suspicion
Bill of Rights - Amendment 14
32. In property law - an absolute ownership interest in an estate without restrictions. Highest and best form of property ownership.
Bill of Rights - Amendment 4
Inchoate Crimes
Fee Simple Absolute(FSA)
Vicarious Liabilities
33. Careless conduct. Tort that protects from unintentional but careless conduct; Determine whether 'reasonable person' would have done this. 4 factors
Implied Warranty
Mens rea
Slander
Negligence (tort)
34. 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.
Bill of Rights - Amendment 6
Res Ispa Loquitur
Independent Contractor
Estate Pur Autrie Vie
35. 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.
Doctrine of strict liabilities
Doctrine of Transferred Intent
Interference with Contractual Relationships
Parole Evidence Rule
36. 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.
Nuisance (private)
Parole Evidence Rule
Life Estate
Covenant
37. Freedom of speech - religion - press - rights to assemble - and petition of government
Easement
Joint Tenants with the Right of Survivor-ship(JTWTROS)
Bill of Rights - Amendment 1
Double Jeopardy
38. The criminal intent that must be established; the guilty mind
Mens rea
Felony
Bill of Rights - Amendment 1
Respondeat Superior
39. Deed that claims the seller must defend the title of the property against any individuals claiming to seek the title of the property.
Covenant
Estate Pur Autrie Vie
Tacking
Warranty Deed
40. Spoken word - telling lies - publicizing - causing damage.
what are the 2 Main Categories of Crime
Intentional (tort)
Expressed Warranty
what are the 4 types of slander
41. The intent of the person committing the crime is transferred outcome of the act. Used in both criminal and tort law.
Tacking
what are the 4 types of slander
Doctrine of Transferred Intent
Bill of Rights - Amendment 1
42. Liability without proving to be at fault.
Actus reas
Strict Liability (tort)
Reasonable suspicion
Bill of Rights - Amendment 5
43. Life estate measured on someone elses natural life.
Estate Pur Autrie Vie
Deposition
Vicarious Liabilities
Bill of Rights - Amendment 14
44. Criminal law rule that protects a defendant from being tried a second time for the same crime.
Double Jeopardy
Respondeat Superior
Eminent Domain
Doctrine of strict liabilities
45. Each adverse possessor can tack there time to others when trying to obtain a quite title on a property.
Tacking
Expressed Warranty
Parole Evidence Rule
Misdemeanor
46. Court can file lean on persons property.
In Rem
Life Estate
Easement
Res Ispa Loquitur
47. The government must prove mental intent and act on a crime; In defense of the accused - the act of fusing Actus Rea and Mens Rea before the court in which to prove evidence.
Bill of Rights - Amendment 4
Doctrine Of Fusion
Statute of Frauds
Bill of Rights - Amendment 1
48. Breaks the doctrine of fusion apart; conspiracy - attempt - and solicitation. these crimes have no actus reas - just mens rea.
Court Of Equity
Tenants in Common
Strict Liability (tort)
Inchoate Crimes
49. Requires contracts to be in writing and signed by all parties in order to prevent injury from fraudulent conduct if
Statute of Frauds
what are the 2 types of ADR
Bill of Rights - Amendment 1
what are the 3 types of torts
50. 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'
Tresspass to land
Res Ispa Loquitur
Joint Tenants with the Right of Survivor-ship(JTWTROS)
Adverse Possession