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Business Law Vocab - 2
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1. Type of defamation tort; written defamation
Pocket Veto
lible
breach of duty
Veto
2. An offered can be terminated anytime before the offer has been accepted.
Style of a Case
revocation
intentional tort
Mail box rule
3. Guilty beyond a reasonable doubt
Dissenting Opinion
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
entrapment
crime burden of proof
4. Attorneys ask jurors a set of questions to determine bias
Voir Dire
fourth requirement of a contract
Step three in filing a civil law suit
Veto
5. The rules committee where it is put on a calendar.
Mediation
Fraud
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
Intermediate scrutiny
6. Reference code; label for looking the case up
Citation
Common Law
insanity
Takings clause
7. The opinion of Judges who agree with the holding - but for different reasons.
Shire Reeves
Concurring Opinion
Where the bill goes after conference committee
Res ipsa loquitor
8. Termination when the offeror dies or the physical contract is destroyed
Qualifications for defamation
operation of law
Negligence
Separation of powers
9. Common law rule; acceptance must be made on the same terms as the offer
coercion
Supremacy clause
negligent retention
mirror image rule
10. When there is no contract - but the defendant makes a promise that will induce reliance. it would be unjust not to enforce the promise
Incorporation clause
Equal Protection Clause
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
promissory estoppel
11. Injury
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
first requirement of a contract
Where the bill goes after conference committee
Statute
12. Type of defamation tort; spoken defamation
Patriot Act
Fraud
slander
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
13. To the president.
Where the bill goes after conference committee
Substantial effect rule
felony
Veto
14. Presiding officer (senator)
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
Fraud
Federalism
Negligence per se
15. Law made by federal agencies; rules and regulations
insanity
regulation of interstate commerce
First African American Justice
Administrative Law
16. For the defendant to be liable - the type of harm must have been reasonably forseeable.
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
Takings clause
forseeable harm
Holding
17. 1250
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18. A law passed by a legislative body
negligent retention
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
revocation
Statute
19. Judge made law
misdemeanor
To prove injury the defamation must show...
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
Common Law
20. Collected taxes and helped keep the peace in tenth century England. Equivalent to a modern day Sheriff.
Procedural due process
slander
fifth amendment
Shire Reeves
21. A party may ask the court to order an examination to find out if physical or mental damage is relevant
Request of production of documents and things
felony
Physical and Mental examination
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
22. Procedures for academic dismissal or dismissal from a government job
Procedural due process
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
Filibuster
Res ipsa loquitor
23. John Roberts
Substantial effect rule
fifth amendment
Current Chief Justice
Two types of dispute resolution
24. When the bill is debated to the floor of the house.
precedent
first requirement of a contract
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
Voir Dire
25. Written questions that the opposing party must answer in writing under oath
Interrogatories
intentional tort
slander
first amendment
26. When a law remains untouched on the presidents desk for over 10 days after congress's adjournment
Res ipsa loquitor
Pocket Veto
counter offer
Contributory Negligence
27. System of checks and balances within the federal government
Separation of powers
Patriot Act
Bill
larceny
28. Allows the FBI to surveillance citizens with out a search warrant from a judge
Bill
Patriot Act
Writ of Certiorari
The job of the Rules Committee
29. Legality; the subject matter must be legal
The percentage vote to pass a bill
Step four in filing a civil law suit
third requirement of a contract
licensee
30. Requires a meeting of the minds
assault
negligent retention
precedent
agreement
31. Trial.
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
Step four in filing a civil law suit
tort
quasi contract
32. The floor/leadership - where it is debated upon with no time limit.
Pleadings
false imprisonment
Writ of Certiorari
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
33. Forbidding a law to be passed
Step three in filing a civil law suit
Federal District Court
Veto
Writ of Certiorari
34. Items such as trampolines and swimming pools; defendant is liable if there is no protection
Fraud
entrapment
Conference committee
attractive nuisance
35. Faking car accidents and injury in order to gain a settlement
Insurance Fraud
John Locke
Collective Responsibility
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
36. Wrote 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
Henry DeBracton
assault
The job of the Rules Committee
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
37. Refers to lawsuits; the process of filing claims to courts
Mail box rule
Arson
Step three in filing a civil law suit
Litigation
38. Baron Montesquieu
fourth amendment
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
Dissenting Opinion
intentional tort
39. Binding; an offeror cannot withdraw
mens rea
conversion(2)
Mail box rule
Fraud
40. The facts imply that the defendants negligence caused the act; 'the thing speaks for itself'
Res ipsa loquitor
Writ of Certiorari
Current Chief Justice
Bill
41. The process of one party's lawyer to question the other party or a potential witness under oath.
Appellant
Depositions
eighth amendment
Where the bill goes after conference committee
42. Sandra Day Oconnor
Tortious interference with a contract
Negligence
Intermediate scrutiny
First Woman Justice
43. A less serious crime often punishable by less than one year in prison
first amendment
Defamation
sixth amendment
misdemeanor
44. Type of business crime; the fraudulent conversion of property already in the defendants posession.
embezzlement
quasi contract
Two types of dispute resolution
Bill
45. During the option period of a contract
Conference committee
Federal District Court
For a bill to pass...
you cannot revoke an offer...
46. First 10 amendments of the constitution; Compromise between federalist and antifederalists; Protects natural rights of liberty and property
Bill of Right
insanity
fourth requirement of a contract
Wire Fraud
47. Pretrial motions; motions for a summary judgement; asks the court to resolve a lawsuit before it goes to trial
fourth requirement of a contract
embezzlement
First African American Justice
Step three in filing a civil law suit
48. The party opposing the appeal
Pleadings
battery
Appellee
Bill
49. Malicious use of fire or explosives to damage or destroy real estate or property
Incorporation clause
Arson
intentional tort
lible
50. James Madison - 1789
slander
actus reus
The primary drafter of the constitution
Mail box rule