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Business Law Vocab - 2
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Proposed statutes - submitted to Congress or a legislature
forseeable harm
Total circuits in the court of appeals
Bill
invitee
2. Faking car accidents and injury in order to gain a settlement
promissory estoppel
agreement
RICO
Insurance Fraud
3. No unreasonable searches or seizures
lible
coercion
Holding
fourth amendment
4. Arbitration and Mediation
Malice
Shire Reeves
crime burden of proof
Two types of dispute resolution
5. Judge made law; based on precedent - which leads to stare decisis
implied contract
Concurring Opinion
Common Law
insanity
6. Type of intentional tort; the intentional touching of an individual in a way that is unwarranted or offensive
battery
Rationale
crime burden of proof
Patriot Act
7. A subtype of rejection
Concurring Opinion
element 1 of a negligence lawsuit
counter offer
Insurance Fraud
8. During the option period of a contract
The primary drafter of the constitution
you cannot revoke an offer...
Citation
Step three in filing a civil law suit
9. No state can deny citizens due process. (14th amendment) this incorporates states to be ruled under the constitution
trespass
negligent retention
insanity
Incorporation clause
10. Unintentional tort - breach of a duty of care
Separation of powers
Arbitration
Negligence
first requirement of a contract
11. Reasoning court gives for the holding
fifth amendment
Common Law
Rationale
agreement
12. Factual case
intrusion
promissory estoppel
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
Bill of Right
13. The introduction of a neutral third party in resolving a dispute; not a binding decision. Voluntary settlement.
operation of law
Mediation
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
The job of the Rules Committee
14. A plaintiff may generally recover even if he/she is partially negligible
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
Common Law
Comparative Fault
insanity
15. Procedures for academic dismissal or dismissal from a government job
Henry DeBracton
strict liability
Procedural due process
implied contract
16. Pretrial motions; motions for a summary judgement; asks the court to resolve a lawsuit before it goes to trial
Medicare fraud
Step three in filing a civil law suit
licensee
Physical and Mental examination
17. The process of one party's lawyer to question the other party or a potential witness under oath.
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
Depositions
quasi contract
Two types of dispute resolution
18. System of checks and balances within the federal government
strict liability
coercion
Separation of powers
Tortious interference with a contract
19. Someone on the property by right of a public place. highest duty of due care is owed to avoid negligence
invitee
revocation
Concurring Opinion
Citation
20. Type of defense; the defendant is incapable of forming mens rea
intentional tort
insanity
What section of the Constitution grants congress it's powers?
trespass
21. Twelve.
Separation of powers
Pleadings
felony
Total circuits in the court of appeals
22. The defendant (defamer) knew the statement was false or acted with reckless disregard to the truth
Year when 'On the Laws and Customs of England' was written
Strict scrutiny
Malice
To prove injury the defamation must show...
23. A less serious crime often punishable by less than one year in prison
first requirement of a contract
Separation of powers
Shire Reeves
misdemeanor
24. Gender related; such laws must be substantially related to important government objectives. (gov't cant discriminate based on gender through the law making process)
Intermediate scrutiny
lible
Incorporation clause
slander
25. Type of business crime; the trespassing taking of personal property with intent to steal it. defendant never had the right to have said property in posession
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
Step one in filing a civil law suit
Interrogatories
larceny
26. The legal doctrine whereby an act is considered negligent because it violates a statute (or regulation)
Negligence
Negligence per se
fifth amendment
strict liability
27. Type of tort; taking someone elses property without consent.
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
To prove injury the defamation must show...
Interrogatories
conversion
28. A defendant breaches his duty of due care by failing to behave the way a reasonable person would under similar circumstances
slander
tort
Mediation
breach of duty
29. A person who volluntarily enters a situation that has an obvious danger cannot complain is he/she is injured
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
Shire Reeves
express contract
Assumption of the risk
30. James Madison - 1789
coercion
Conference committee
Legal Issue Presented
The primary drafter of the constitution
31. The study of how people ought to act; does not always mean legal.
first amendment
Ethics
Who regulates commercial speech
Pocket Veto
32. Preponderance of the evidence
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
element 1 of a negligence lawsuit
Total circuits in the court of appeals
Two types of dispute resolution
33. Business tort; defendant improperly breached contract and causes injury to plaintiff
Tortious interference with a contract
Conference committee
What Freedom of speech includes
conversion
34. First 10 amendments of the constitution; Compromise between federalist and antifederalists; Protects natural rights of liberty and property
uniform commercial code
Bill of Right
embezzlement
operation of law
35. Life - Liberty - Property
Current Chief Justice
fourth amendment
John Locke
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
36. The rules committee where it is put on a calendar.
Takings clause
Holding
Administrative Law
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
37. Due process or the right to a hearing
Negligence
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
fifth amendment
Federalism
38. A party may ask the court to order an examination to find out if physical or mental damage is relevant
regulation of interstate commerce
Physical and Mental examination
battery
Qualifications for defamation
39. It must be voted on and approved by both houses and then approved by the president. then it is a law
For a bill to pass...
negligent retention
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
Takings clause
40. Refers to lawsuits; the process of filing claims to courts
quasi contract
Litigation
counter offer
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
41. 2/3 vote
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
operation of law
Holding
Arbitration
42. (1)misrepresentation (2)concealment with the intent to take advantage of someone; deception of a person for the purpose of obtaining money or property
coercion
To prove injury the defamation must show...
Style of a Case
Fraud
43. Type of defamation tort; written defamation
third requirement of a contract
lible
Patriot Act
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
44. Judge made law
Supremacy clause
conversion(2)
Common Law
regulation of interstate commerce
45. To the conference committee
What section of the Constitution grants congress it's powers?
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
Medicare fraud
Incorporation clause
46. To a committee to be studied; and then debated and voted upon; this is where new amendments can be added.
Two types of dispute resolution
Holding
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
Veto
47. Type of intent to be proved; means a guilty state of mind
invitee
you cannot revoke an offer...
breach of duty
mens rea
48. Termination by simply turning down the offer
rejection
Takings clause
lible
Mail Fraud
49. Cruel and unusual punishment
express contract
Equal Protection Clause
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
eighth amendment
50. Harm caused by a deliberate action
The percentage vote to pass a bill
intentional tort
Henry DeBracton
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...