General Civil Laws MCQs

1. There are now ____ marginal tax rates for federal income taxes.

2. Today's law of contracts originated from judicial decisions in ______.

3. You would typically not include ____ in your gross income.

4. In limited liability companies ________

5. Discussion of the judicial department is in article ________ of the texas constitution.

6. Laws that concern grouping individuals by race are subjected to _____.

7. The phrase heard in this excerpt ends with a ________.

8. A fully performed contract is called a(n) _____ contract.

9. A tax system in which tax rates increase as income increases is called a(n) ________ system.

10. An offer of performance by being ready, willing, and able to perform is known as ____.

11. Contracts based on illegal consideration are _____.

12. A(n) ________ is a withdrawal of an offer by the offeror that terminates the offer.

13. A negative relationship between the quantity demanded and price is called the law of ______.

14. A filibuster is a power unique to the _____.

15. The securities and exchange commission is an example of a _____.

16. Without the exchange of consideration by the parties, the courts will ____________________.

17. The u.s. supreme court ruled the defense of marriage act unconstitutional in ________.

18. Most of our everyday purchases involve ______ of performance.

19. Your reputation in the workplace will largely be determined by your ______.

20. The first laws in u.s. environmental policy ________.

21. The transfer of contractual rights is called a(n) _____.

22. In a _____ contract, the offeror wants a performance to form the contract.

23. The ______ requirement ensures that courts do not render advisory opinions.

24. __________ provided dynamic leadership for the american federation of labor during its early years.

25. The heroin signature program identifies the ________ of a heroin sample.

26. ____ items may be included in the collective bargaining if both parties agree.

27. ____ was passed to protect employee pensions benefits.

28. _____ appraisals involve judgments about employee performance.

29. _____ appraisals, although subjective, focus on observable aspects of performance.

30. Right-to-work laws inhibit union formation by ________.

31. The _____ holds that governments have the right to rule themselves as they see fit.

32. The ________ act required the complete removal of heroin from all medicines.

33. The __________ guaranteed the rights of individual union members when dealing with their union.

34. Under negligence, a person is liable only for ________ events.

35. Usually, misrepresentation of _____ is not actionable as fraud.

36. Voluntary _____ by the parties is necessary to create an enforceable _____.

37. To meet contractual legality, considerations must be ________.

38. In american public policy there is a presumption in favor of individuals ____________________?

39. In the united states, federal courts have subject-matter jurisdiction over issues related to _____.

40. In an auction without reserve, the seller is the _____, and the bidders are the _____.

41. It is unclear whether juveniles ________.

42. The current legal system is to ______________ as community-based planning is to collaboration.

43. A limited partnership is a modification of a(n) ________ form of ownership.

44. ________ are the building blocks of business.

45. A person who receives the legal responsibility to parent a child on a temporary basis is ________.

46. A right to sue letter is issued by the eeoc if the ________.

47. Grand juries in texas are composed of __________ members.

48. The law of contracts is primarily _____ law.

49. The goal of the uniform _____ code is to create a system of commercial law among the 50 states.

50. Many union strikes in the early 1900s were characterized by _____.

51. Monetary damages are also referred to as ______________ damages.

52. Most states consider a child who is forced into delinquent behavior to be a(n) ________ child.

53. The general test of proximate cause is _____.

54. The harrison act of 1914 __________.

55. A(n) ________ test is applied to classifications of people based on a suspect class.

56. According to the gap-filling rule, if a sales contract does not contain a specific price, ________.

57. According to ucc 1-203, modification of a sales or lease contract must be made _____.

58. An s corporation cannot have more than ____ shareholders.

59. Article _____ (leases) of the ucc directly addresses personal property leases.

60. In a unilateral contract, the consideration for a promise is ______.

61. A[n] _____ discharges the nonbreaching party from his or her obligations under the contract.

62. According to the figure, the basis for government policy regarding environmental issues ________.

63. Affirmative action is a policy of giving preference to those who _____.

64. All of the following are tests for determining qualifying relative status except _____.

65. An agent who makes an unauthorized agreement has failed to meet the duty of _____.

66. An award of ________ orders the breaching party to perform the acts promised in a contract.

67. An llc is a(n) _____ llc unless it is designated as a(n) _____ llc.

68. Arbitration means ending an impasse by ________.

69. At a(n) ______ attorneys examine a witness under oath with a court reporter present.

70. If there is not enough gross tax liability to use the foreign tax credit, __________.

71. In 2014, taxable income was reduced by ______ for each exemption claimed.

72. In a risk-utility test, _____.

73. The _____ has the authority for certifying or decertifying a union through an election.

74. The _____ requires national labor unions to elect new leaders every five years.

75. Throwing a lit match on the ground in the forest and causing a fire is a breach of ________.

76. ________ is the most prevalent current form of drug policy in the united states.

77. ___________ are workers a company hires to replace workers who are out on strike.

78. A _____ occurs when parties are unable to move further toward settlement.

79. A _____ requires firms to hire individuals who are already union members.

80. A _____ would most likely have to pay estimated taxes.

81. A ______ estate is the most complete estate a person may have.

82. With the passage of the __________, the decline of patent medicines began.

83. In rochin v. california, the supreme court ruled that the suspect could not be tried because _____.

84. Principles of law that may relieve a defendant from liability include __________.

85. Raising the legal drinking age to twenty-one across all states has been carried out to __________.

86. Recent supreme court rulings have indicated that affirmative action programs in schools _____.

87. Regulations written by fda are published in _____________, under title ______.

88. Requiring racial segregation in rail coaches is an example of _____.

89. The early form of policing that most directly led to that of modern u.s. policing was the _____.

90. People who oppose abortion often rely on ________ law to support their arguments.

91. Ordinances are codified laws that are issued by ________.

92. The equal employment opportunity commission was established by the _________________ act.

93. Perhaps the most controversial form of alternative energy after nuclear power is __________.

94. Pharmacists are required to give you a ____________ with each prescription medication you buy.

95. One way to prevent a claim of misrepresentation is to add a[n] _______ to a contract.