WGU Business Law for Accountants - D216 | LATEST UPDATED| 360 REAL
EXAM AND COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 100% RATED
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14th Amendment - (answer)passed in 1868 after the Civil War, provides, in part,
that "[n]o State shall . . . deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without
due process of law."
action at law - (answer)File a complaint, jury or judge, judgement, monetary
damages or property
action in equity - (answer)File a petition, judge, decree, injunction, specific
performance, or rescission
administrative agency - (answer)A federal or state government agency created by
the legislature to perform a specific function, such as to make and enforce rules
pertaining to the environment.
appellant - (answer)The party who takes an appeal from one court to another.
,appellee - (answer)The party against whom an appeal is taken—that is, the party
who opposes setting aside or reversing the judgment.
Bill of Rights - (answer)The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
binding authority - (answer)Any source of law that a court must follow when
deciding a case.
breaches - (answer)To violate a law, by an act or an omission, or to break a legal
obligation that one owes to another person or to society.
business ethics - (answer)Ethics in a business context; a consensus of what
constitutes right or wrong behavior in the world of business and the application of
moral principles to situations that arise in a business setting.
,case law - (answer)The rules of law announced in court decisions. Case law
interprets statutes, regulations, constitutional provisions, and other case law.
categorical imperative - (answer)A concept developed by the philosopher
Immanuel Kant as an ethical guideline for behavior. In deciding whether an action
is right or wrong, or desirable or undesirable, a person should evaluate the action in
terms of what would happen if everybody else in the same situation, or category,
acted the same way.
checks and balances - (answer)The system by which each of the three branches of
the U.S. national government (executive, legislative, and judicial) exercises checks
on the powers of the other branches.
Civil law - (answer)The branch of law dealing with the definition and enforcement
of all private or public rights, as opposed to criminal matters.
commerce clause - (answer)The provision in Article I, Section 8, of the U.S.
Constitution that gives Congress the power to regulate interstate commerce.
, common law - (answer)a body of general rules that applied throughout the entire
English realm
compelling government interest - (answer)A test of constitutionality that requires
the government to have compelling reasons for passing any law that restricts
fundamental rights, such as free speech, or distinguishes between people based on
a suspect trait.
concurring opinion - (answer)A court opinion by one or more judges or justices
who agree with the majority but want to make or emphasize a point that was not
made or emphasized in the majority's opinion.
Constitutional law - (answer)Law that is based on the U.S. Constitution and the
constitutions of the various states.
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) - (answer)The concept that corporations can
and should act ethically and be accountable to society for their actions.
EXAM AND COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 100% RATED
CORRECT | 100% VERFIED | ALREADY GRADED A+
14th Amendment - (answer)passed in 1868 after the Civil War, provides, in part,
that "[n]o State shall . . . deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without
due process of law."
action at law - (answer)File a complaint, jury or judge, judgement, monetary
damages or property
action in equity - (answer)File a petition, judge, decree, injunction, specific
performance, or rescission
administrative agency - (answer)A federal or state government agency created by
the legislature to perform a specific function, such as to make and enforce rules
pertaining to the environment.
appellant - (answer)The party who takes an appeal from one court to another.
,appellee - (answer)The party against whom an appeal is taken—that is, the party
who opposes setting aside or reversing the judgment.
Bill of Rights - (answer)The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
binding authority - (answer)Any source of law that a court must follow when
deciding a case.
breaches - (answer)To violate a law, by an act or an omission, or to break a legal
obligation that one owes to another person or to society.
business ethics - (answer)Ethics in a business context; a consensus of what
constitutes right or wrong behavior in the world of business and the application of
moral principles to situations that arise in a business setting.
,case law - (answer)The rules of law announced in court decisions. Case law
interprets statutes, regulations, constitutional provisions, and other case law.
categorical imperative - (answer)A concept developed by the philosopher
Immanuel Kant as an ethical guideline for behavior. In deciding whether an action
is right or wrong, or desirable or undesirable, a person should evaluate the action in
terms of what would happen if everybody else in the same situation, or category,
acted the same way.
checks and balances - (answer)The system by which each of the three branches of
the U.S. national government (executive, legislative, and judicial) exercises checks
on the powers of the other branches.
Civil law - (answer)The branch of law dealing with the definition and enforcement
of all private or public rights, as opposed to criminal matters.
commerce clause - (answer)The provision in Article I, Section 8, of the U.S.
Constitution that gives Congress the power to regulate interstate commerce.
, common law - (answer)a body of general rules that applied throughout the entire
English realm
compelling government interest - (answer)A test of constitutionality that requires
the government to have compelling reasons for passing any law that restricts
fundamental rights, such as free speech, or distinguishes between people based on
a suspect trait.
concurring opinion - (answer)A court opinion by one or more judges or justices
who agree with the majority but want to make or emphasize a point that was not
made or emphasized in the majority's opinion.
Constitutional law - (answer)Law that is based on the U.S. Constitution and the
constitutions of the various states.
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) - (answer)The concept that corporations can
and should act ethically and be accountable to society for their actions.
