Business Law - Chapter 5 Review

What are the two remedies available in a civil suit, generally?

• fines and damages

• injunctions and damages

• fines and injunctions

• none of these

A _____________ is always a converter.

• thief

• lender

• seller

• buyer

When signs are posted for a dangerous activity and the parties involved participate anyway, a defense could be

• comparative negligence

• contributory negligence

• assumption of risk

Damages meant to punish are

• Punitive

• Compensatory

What can the plaintiff obtain to enforce a judgment?

• liquidation order

• writ of certiorari

• writ of execution

• liquidation writ

Three main elements of compensatory damage award are

• lost wages, medical bills & pain and suffering

• lost wages, punishment sum & pain and suffering

• punishment sum, medical bills & pain and suffering

• punishment sum, medical bills & lost wages

Written defamation is

• libel

• slander

A person who begins a lawsuit.

• plaintiff
• defendant
• the state
• lawyer

Spoken defamation of character of a person, business, or group, causing the entity to lose esteem of community.

• meanness
• libel
• gossip
• slander

Which of the following is NOT a type of civil law?

• Negligence

• Trespass

• Murder

• Defamation