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Business Law Test - 2
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Act of taking ownership of a property by openly - notoriously - and continuously living on a property in an uninterrupted environment for 7yrs.(Quite Title)
Strict Liability (tort)
Estate Pur Autrie Vie
Adverse Possession
Nuisance (private)
2. Court can file lean on persons property.
Actus reas
In Rem
Doctrine of strict liabilities
Negligence (tort)
3. Spoken word - telling lies - publicizing - causing damage.
what are the 4 types of slander
In Personum
Court Of Equity
Life Estate
4. Criminal law rule that protects a defendant from being tried a second time for the same crime.
Felony
Double Jeopardy
Bill of Rights - Amendment 6
Bill of Rights - Amendment 8
5. Liability without proving to be at fault.
Title 7 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964(Employment Discrimination/Harassment)
Strict Liability (tort)
Slander
Warranty Deed
6. Deed that claims the seller must defend the title of the property against any individuals claiming to seek the title of the property.
1st Amendment Limitations
Tort
Warranty Deed
Tenants in Common
7. 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.
Implied Warranty
Court Of Equity
Bill of Rights - Amendment 8
Life Estate
8. 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
Alternative Dispute Resolution(ADR)
Slander
Nuisance (private)
9. 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.
what are the 4 types of slander
Quit-Claim
Slander
Tresspass to land
10. Attempt to settle civil cases before trial. Required in the state of FL. Two types
Statute of Frauds
Alternative Dispute Resolution(ADR)
Easement
Expressed Warranty
11. Right against cruel and unusual punishment - includes excessive fines
5th Amendment Immunity
Bill of Rights - Amendment 8
Title 7 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964(Employment Discrimination/Harassment)
Actus reas
12. Allows officers to investigate people - less strict then probable cause; 4th amendment
Joint Tenants with the Right of Survivor-ship(JTWTROS)
Warranty Deed
Reasonable suspicion
Tacking
13. The intent of the person committing the crime is transferred outcome of the act. Used in both criminal and tort law.
Tenants in Common
Deposition
Jurisdiction
Doctrine of Transferred Intent
14. In property law - an absolute ownership interest in an estate without restrictions. Highest and best form of property ownership.
Common Law Crimes
Fee Simple Absolute(FSA)
Alternative Dispute Resolution(ADR)
what are the 3 types of torts
15. Tort defending against spoken defamation of persons.
Jurisdiction
Doctrine of strict liabilities
Slander
In Rem
16. Freedom of speech - religion - press - rights to assemble - and petition of government
Mechanics Lean
Mens rea
Bill of Rights - Amendment 1
Misdemeanor
17. Time - Place - and Manner
Misdemeanor
Nuisance (public)
1st Amendment Limitations
In Personum
18. 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)
Bill of Rights - Amendment 8
Expressed Warranty
Eminent Domain
19. Careless conduct. Tort that protects from unintentional but careless conduct; Determine whether 'reasonable person' would have done this. 4 factors
1st Amendment Limitations
Res Ispa Loquitur
Negligence (tort)
Tresspass to land
20. 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.
Common Law Crimes
Strict Liability (tort)
Expressed Warranty
Tresspass to personal property
21. Sworn testimony - written or oral - of a person taken outside of court.
Estate Pur Autrie Vie
Bill of Rights - Amendment 8
Deposition
Strict Liability (tort)
22. Intentional; negligence - strict liability
what are the 3 types of torts
Bill of Rights - Amendment 8
Warranty Deed
Bill of Rights - Amendment 14
23. Power of the government to condemn property for a public use without consent of the owner(condemnation).; With rights from 5th amendment comes the issue of 'just compensation'
Eminent Domain
Jurisdiction
Misdemeanor
Implied Warranty
24. A civil wrong - other than breach of contract - in which the law provides a remedy. Breach of duty owed to another that causes harm; private wrong. Tort laws are the biggest body of civil law/private law.
Implied Warranty
What is Law
Tort
Tacking
25. The plaintiff needs to prove only that the tort happened and that the defendant was responsible.
What is Law
Doctrine of strict liabilities
Covenant
Warranty Deed
26. Right to enter land owned by another and makes certain use of it or to take something from land. i.e. utility workers - firefighters.
Deposition
Vicarious Liabilities
Easement
Mens rea
27. Unreasonable interference with a right held in common by the general public
Nuisance (public)
Res Judicata
Interference with Contractual Relationships
Mens rea
28. A courts power over the person involved in the action. Personal and best type of jurisdiction.
In Personum
Plea Bargaining
Title 7 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964(Employment Discrimination/Harassment)
Mechanics Lean
29. An activity that substantially and unreasonably interferes with the used and enjoyment of land
Bill of Rights - Amendment 6
Nuisance (private)
what are the 6/7 statutes of frauds
Felony
30. Each adverse possessor can tack there time to others when trying to obtain a quite title on a property.
Tacking
Interference with Contractual Relationships
Court Of Equity
5th Amendment Immunity
31. 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.
Independent Contractor
what are the 8 common law crimes
what are the 4 types of slander
1st Amendment Limitations
32. 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'
Quit-Claim
Res Ispa Loquitur
In Personum
Statute of Frauds
33. Right against unreasonable search and seizure(probable cause)
Expressed Warranty
Mens rea
Mechanics Lean
Bill of Rights - Amendment 4
34. 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.
Inchoate Crimes
Common Law Crimes
Vicarious Liabilities
Easement
35. The physical part of the crime; the guilty act
what are the 2 Main Categories of Crime
Actus reas
Easement
what are the 4 factors of Negligence (tort)
36. Breaks the doctrine of fusion apart; conspiracy - attempt - and solicitation. these crimes have no actus reas - just mens rea.
Inchoate Crimes
what are the 4 factors of Negligence (tort)
Doctrine of Transferred Intent
Easement
37. Intentional and wrongful interference with possession of personal property of another without consent
Respondeat Superior
Tresspass to personal property
Res Judicata
Plea Bargaining
38. Duty - breach of duty - proximate cause - damage.
Alternative Dispute Resolution(ADR)
what are the 4 factors of Negligence (tort)
Plea Bargaining
Tort
39. Arbitration - Mediation.
what are the 2 types of ADR
5th Amendment Immunity
Doctrine Of Fusion
Jurisdiction
40. An employer is responsible for the actions of employees performed within the course of their employment; 'let the master answer'
Respondeat Superior
Inchoate Crimes
Common Law Crimes
Res Judicata
41. Requires contracts to be in writing and signed by all parties in order to prevent injury from fraudulent conduct if
Warranty Deed
Easement
Statute of Frauds
Common Law Crimes
42. Immunity is granted by the court to where whatever the defendant says cannot be used against him as evidence. Also 'pleading the fifth'.
Parole Evidence Rule
what are the 3 types of torts
5th Amendment Immunity
Tresspass to land
43. 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.
Doctrine Of Fusion
Reasonable suspicion
what are the 4 types of slander
Fee Simple Absolute(FSA)
44. 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.
Mechanics Lean
Warranty Deed
Life Estate
Plea Bargaining
45. Felony; Misdemeanor
what are the 8 common law crimes
what are the 2 Main Categories of Crime
What is Law
Eminent Domain
46. 8 common law crimes form the basis of penil (criminal) code. Mrs m lamb
Misdemeanor
Common Law Crimes
Adverse Possession
Easement
47. Deed that passes whatever interest and control of a property to someone else without providing assurance of ownership.
Intentional (tort)
Quit-Claim
Expressed Warranty
Doctrine Of Fusion
48. What they intend to do. Totality of circumstance measures the intent before - during - and after the act. What is examined by lawyer.
Intentional (tort)
Vicarious Liabilities
Parole Evidence Rule
Strict Liability (tort)
49. 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
Vicarious Liabilities
what are the 6/7 statutes of frauds
Felony
50. 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.
Mechanics Lean
Quantum Meriut
Interference with Contractual Relationships
Nuisance (public)