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Primary Sources of Law - Correct Answer Constitutions, Statutory Law, Case Law/Common Law, Administrative Law Constitution - Correct Answer the basic principles and laws of a nation, state, or social group that determine the powers and duties of the government and guarantee certain rights to the people in it Statutory Law - Correct Answer The body of law enacted by legislative bodies (as opposed to constitutional law, administrative law, or case law). Statutes - Correct Answer a...

In disputes over whether a partnership exists, which of the following IS considered to be an essential element? - Correct Answer An equal right in the management of the business The sharing of profits and losses Joint ownership in the business Partnerships may be classified as a general or limited and also as: - Correct Answer an aggregate or an entity When assets are marshaled, what property is used to satisfy partnership debts? - Correct Answer Partnership property Assume ...

acceptance - Correct Answer in contract law, the offeree's notification to the offeror that the offeree agrees to be bound by the terms of the offeror's proposal counteroffer - Correct Answer an offeree's response to an offer in which the offeree rejects the original offer and at the same time makes a new offer mailbox rule - Correct Answer a rule providing that an acceptance of an offer becomes effective on dispatch (on being placed in a mailbox), if mail is, expressly or i...

equitable remedy - ANS > a court order that forces a defendant to preform his or her part of a contract instead of imposing a fine legal remedy - ANS > the way a right is enforced by a court of law when injury, harm,, or a wrongful act is imposed upon another individual stare decisis - ANS > a previous decision from a prior court ruling must be followed constitutions, statutes, administrative rules and regulations, common law/ case law - ANS > What are the four p...

You are walking normally through the mall. Unbeknownst to you or to the mall owner, an elevator motor has begun leaking oil, dripping onto the ceiling of the elevator and then onto its floor. When riding the elevator, you step in the oil, and upon exiting the elevator, you slip on the sleek floor, breaking your hip. Under the common law, which of the following is true: A) You are likely in France. B) The court will look to the code or cases involving criminal law. C) The court will look to...

equitable remedy - Correct Answer a court order that forces a defendant to preform his or her part of a contract instead of imposing a fine legal remedy - Correct Answer the way a right is enforced by a court of law when injury, harm,, or a wrongful act is imposed upon another individual stare decisis - Correct Answer a previous decision from a prior court ruling must be followed constitutions, statutes, administrative rules and regulations, common law/ case law - Correct Answer Wha...

CH.1 - Correct Answer Law - Correct Answer Set of rules enforced by courts governing relationships among individuals and between individuals and their society. Administrative law - Correct Answer The body of law created by administrative agencies in order to carry out their duties. Case law - Correct Answer The rules of law announced in court decisions. (ex. judicial precedents, statutes, regulations, and constitutional provisions) Constitutional law - Correct Answer Law t...

You are walking normally through the mall. Unbeknownst to you or to the mall owner, an elevator motor has begun leaking oil, dripping onto the ceiling of the elevator and then onto its floor. When riding the elevator, you step in the oil, and upon exiting the elevator, you slip on the sleek floor, breaking your hip. Under the common law, which of the following is true: correct answers The court will look to the opinions of other judges. Which of the following would be an approximate rank o...

administrative law correct answers The rules, orders, and decisions of administrative agencies. (e.g. EPA makes littering law) (Can be federal, state, or local) [1] case law correct answers Judge-Made laws; the doctrines and principles announced in cases. (The outcome of the case governs all areas not covered by statutory or administrative law.) [1] civil law correct answers Spells out the right and duties that exist between persons and between persons and their governments, as well as rel...