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Business Law Test - 2
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Right against unreasonable search and seizure(probable cause)
Misdemeanor
Slander
Vicarious Liabilities
Bill of Rights - Amendment 4
2. Right to enter land owned by another and makes certain use of it or to take something from land. i.e. utility workers - firefighters.
Negligence (tort)
Independent Contractor
Court Of Equity
Easement
3. Sworn testimony - written or oral - of a person taken outside of court.
Fee Simple Absolute(FSA)
Joint Tenants with the Right of Survivor-ship(JTWTROS)
Court Of Equity
Deposition
4. Unreasonable interference with a right held in common by the general public
what are the 3 types of torts
Respondeat Superior
Tresspass to land
Nuisance (public)
5. An activity that substantially and unreasonably interferes with the used and enjoyment of land
Estate Pur Autrie Vie
Tacking
Nuisance (private)
Bill of Rights - Amendment 8
6. Confrontation Clause - rights of the accused in criminal law be guaranteed a speedy public trail as well as the right to seek counsel
Deposition
Bill of Rights - Amendment 6
Title 7 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964(Employment Discrimination/Harassment)
Slander
7. 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.
Felony
Parole Evidence Rule
Estate Pur Autrie Vie
Mechanics Lean
8. Freedom of speech - religion - press - rights to assemble - and petition of government
Actus reas
In Personum
Bill of Rights - Amendment 1
Intentional (tort)
9. Careless conduct. Tort that protects from unintentional but careless conduct; Determine whether 'reasonable person' would have done this. 4 factors
Negligence (tort)
Slander
1st Amendment Limitations
In Personum
10. The intent of the person committing the crime is transferred outcome of the act. Used in both criminal and tort law.
Doctrine of Transferred Intent
Court Of Equity
Deposition
Bill of Rights - Amendment 4
11. 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.
Slander
Easement
Expressed Warranty
Bill of Rights - Amendment 1
12. 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.
What is Law
Statute of Frauds
Vicarious Liabilities
Mechanics Lean
13. Life estate measured on someone elses natural life.
Plea Bargaining
In Rem
Misdemeanor
Estate Pur Autrie Vie
14. 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'
Res Ispa Loquitur
Adverse Possession
Reasonable suspicion
Eminent Domain
15. 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.
Common Law Crimes
Doctrine of Transferred Intent
Tort
Bill of Rights - Amendment 1
16. Court can file lean on persons property.
In Rem
Interference with Contractual Relationships
Covenant
Eminent Domain
17. Duty - breach of duty - proximate cause - damage.
what are the 4 factors of Negligence (tort)
Slander
Adverse Possession
Doctrine Of Fusion
18. 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.
Fee Simple Absolute(FSA)
Felony
Parole Evidence Rule
Tresspass to personal property
19. Requires contracts to be in writing and signed by all parties in order to prevent injury from fraudulent conduct if
5th Amendment Immunity
Statute of Frauds
Fee Simple Absolute(FSA)
Slander
20. An employer is responsible for the actions of employees performed within the course of their employment; 'let the master answer'
Eminent Domain
Actus reas
Respondeat Superior
Res Judicata
21. Intentional; negligence - strict liability
what are the 4 types of slander
Mens rea
What is Law
what are the 3 types of torts
22. Prohibits discrimination by covered employers on the basis or race - color - religion - sex or national origin.
Independent Contractor
Estate Pur Autrie Vie
Title 7 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964(Employment Discrimination/Harassment)
Court Of Equity
23. 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.
Court Of Equity
Eminent Domain
What is Law
Fee Simple Absolute(FSA)
24. Criminal law rule that protects a defendant from being tried a second time for the same crime.
Court Of Equity
Mens rea
Double Jeopardy
Intentional (tort)
25. Power or authority over case. If court does not have jurisdiction - all work on case is invalid.
Respondeat Superior
Res Ispa Loquitur
Jurisdiction
Parole Evidence Rule
26. Intentional and wrongful interference with possession of personal property of another without consent
what are the 4 factors of Negligence (tort)
Doctrine of Transferred Intent
Tresspass to personal property
Title 7 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964(Employment Discrimination/Harassment)
27. Ownership where tenants own the undivided property. If passed away heir will take over the undivided ownership.
Tacking
Tenants in Common
In Rem
Adverse Possession
28. Act of taking ownership of a property by openly - notoriously - and continuously living on a property in an uninterrupted environment for 7yrs.(Quite Title)
Easement
Doctrine of Transferred Intent
what are the 8 common law crimes
Adverse Possession
29. 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.
Nuisance (private)
What is Law
Bill of Rights - Amendment 6
Bill of Rights - Amendment 1
30. 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
Quit-Claim
Doctrine Of Fusion
what are the 2 types of ADR
31. The plaintiff needs to prove only that the tort happened and that the defendant was responsible.
Doctrine of strict liabilities
Plea Bargaining
Slander
what are the 2 types of ADR
32. 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
Mens rea
Strict Liability (tort)
Nuisance (public)
33. 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).
Res Judicata
Plea Bargaining
Tresspass to land
Covenant
34. Immunity is granted by the court to where whatever the defendant says cannot be used against him as evidence. Also 'pleading the fifth'.
what are the 3 types of torts
Plea Bargaining
5th Amendment Immunity
Covenant
35. 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.
Alternative Dispute Resolution(ADR)
Tresspass to land
Life Estate
Felony
36. Unwritten - unexpressed promise or guarantee that a court infers to exist and that accompanies a good/product. i.e. 'boomerang example'.
Bill of Rights - Amendment 8
Easement
Implied Warranty
Nuisance (private)
37. If one tenant passes away - the other claims full ownership of all property.
Joint Tenants with the Right of Survivor-ship(JTWTROS)
Tort
Actus reas
Bill of Rights - Amendment 5
38. Allows officers to investigate people - less strict then probable cause; 4th amendment
Mechanics Lean
Reasonable suspicion
Expressed Warranty
Tresspass to personal property
39. Liability without proving to be at fault.
Reasonable suspicion
Tresspass to personal property
what are the 2 types of ADR
Strict Liability (tort)
40. Deed that claims the seller must defend the title of the property against any individuals claiming to seek the title of the property.
Warranty Deed
Bill of Rights - Amendment 1
Estate Pur Autrie Vie
Mens rea
41. 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.
Tresspass to land
Res Judicata
what are the 4 factors of Negligence (tort)
Adverse Possession
42. Each adverse possessor can tack there time to others when trying to obtain a quite title on a property.
In Personum
Bill of Rights - Amendment 8
Bill of Rights - Amendment 4
Tacking
43. Go to jail for less than or equal to 1yr and/or be fined less than or equal to $1000.
Misdemeanor
Statute of Frauds
Inchoate Crimes
Bill of Rights - Amendment 5
44. 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.
Quantum Meriut
1st Amendment Limitations
Actus reas
Double Jeopardy
45. Felony; Misdemeanor
what are the 2 Main Categories of Crime
Nuisance (private)
Double Jeopardy
what are the 4 types of slander
46. 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
Statute of Frauds
what are the 2 types of ADR
Vicarious Liabilities
47. Breaks the doctrine of fusion apart; conspiracy - attempt - and solicitation. these crimes have no actus reas - just mens rea.
Inchoate Crimes
Court Of Equity
In Rem
Fee Simple Absolute(FSA)
48. Any service on real estate that is not paid. Must file lean within 12 months of service provided.
Tresspass to land
Mens rea
Jurisdiction
Mechanics Lean
49. 8 common law crimes form the basis of penil (criminal) code. Mrs m lamb
Common Law Crimes
Doctrine of Transferred Intent
Easement
Joint Tenants with the Right of Survivor-ship(JTWTROS)
50. What they intend to do. Totality of circumstance measures the intent before - during - and after the act. What is examined by lawyer.
Inchoate Crimes
Intentional (tort)
Tresspass to personal property
Parole Evidence Rule