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Business Law Vocab - 2
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The party opposing the appeal
Wire Fraud
Appellee
implied contract
negligent hiring
2. Type of intent to be proved; means the guilty act
actus reus
Bill
How Federal Law has jurisdiction in a lawsuit
Equal Protection Clause
3. Right to an attorney when facing a prison sentence
entrapment
operation of law
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
sixth amendment
4. Guilty beyond a reasonable doubt
sixth amendment
Equal Protection Clause
coercion
crime burden of proof
5. Unintentional tort - breach of a duty of care
Negligence
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
Common Law
uniform commercial code
6. Items such as trampolines and swimming pools; defendant is liable if there is no protection
Voir Dire
attractive nuisance
Citation
Comparative Fault
7. No self incrimination / due process (miranda warnings)
regulation of interstate commerce
Shire Reeves
fifth amendment
What is not protected under the first amendment
8. Type of intentional tort; the intentional restraint of another without reasonable cause
false imprisonment
first amendment
regulation of interstate commerce
Negligence and strict liability
9. No unreasonable searches or seizures
fourth amendment
false imprisonment
Year when 'On the Laws and Customs of England' was written
lible
10. Nine.
sixth amendment
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
actus reus
Shire Reeves
11. Discovery phase: chance for the party to learn about its opponent.
Step two in filing a civil law suit
Res ipsa loquitor
Physical and Mental examination
First Woman Justice
12. A contract put in writing laying out all of the terms
Significance of 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
Contributory Negligence
express contract
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
13. The defendant (defamer) knew the statement was false or acted with reckless disregard to the truth
expiration
What section of the Constitution grants congress it's powers?
Dicta
Malice
14. Termination when the offeror dies or the physical contract is destroyed
operation of law
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
felony
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
15. Trial.
Insurance Fraud
second requirement of a contract
quasi contract
Step four in filing a civil law suit
16. Requires a meeting of the minds
Equal Protection Clause
agreement
What is not protected under the first amendment
conversion
17. 1250
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18. Talking trash
implied contract
Litigation
coercion
Defamation
19. Type of tort; taking someone elses property without consent.
embezzlement
conversion
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
What is not protected under the first amendment
20. Capacity; the parties must be adults and mentally competent
Negligence
fourth requirement of a contract
sixth amendment
Common Law
21. They set time limits for debate - decide how fast the law should be deliberated and when the bill goes to the floor for debate.
fourth amendment
The job of the Rules Committee
Appellee
Supremacy clause
22. Action - print and other expression. Broader than the spoken word
precedent
Collective Responsibility
Interrogatories
What Freedom of speech includes
23. Sandra Day Oconnor
Dicta
First Woman Justice
coercion
fourth requirement of a contract
24. Bottom Line answer
Ethics
Two types of dispute resolution
Stare Decisis
Holding
25. Harm caused by a deliberate action
quasi contract
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
Patriot Act
intentional tort
26. The legal question that is posed in a case
Legal Issue Presented
The job of the Rules Committee
negligent retention
Request of production of documents and things
27. A person who is on your property with your permission; you owe them a higher duty of due care to warn of known dangers
forseeable harm
uniform commercial code
Henry DeBracton
licensee
28. A law passed by a legislative body
Common Law
mens rea
Mail box rule
Statute
29. James Madison - 1789
The primary drafter of the constitution
fourth requirement of a contract
Year when 'On the Laws and Customs of England' was written
Appellee
30. The obligation to decide current cases based on previous rulings.
Administrative Law
Appellant
precedent
Statute
31. The facts imply that the defendants negligence caused the act; 'the thing speaks for itself'
Res ipsa loquitor
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
Administrative Law
Where the bill goes after conference committee
32. 2/3 vote
Conference committee
fifth amendment
Shire Reeves
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
33. The floor/leadership - where it is debated upon with no time limit.
intrusion
Common Law
strict liability
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
34. Factual case
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
What Freedom of speech includes
attractive nuisance
licensee
35. The process of one party's lawyer to question the other party or a potential witness under oath.
Depositions
promissory estoppel
Ethics
What is not protected under the first amendment
36. Twelve.
Negligence
Total circuits in the court of appeals
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
Substantial effect rule
37. When a law remains untouched on the presidents desk for over 10 days after congress's adjournment
Shire Reeves
regulation of interstate commerce
Pocket Veto
Patriot Act
38. 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...
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
expiration
tort
39. John Roberts
Current Chief Justice
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
first amendment
Concurring Opinion
40. Faking car accidents and injury in order to gain a settlement
lible
counter offer
Insurance Fraud
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
41. To the president.
licensee
Dicta
Where the bill goes after conference committee
Equal Protection Clause
42. Majority
strict liability
second requirement of a contract
Fraud
The percentage vote to pass a bill
43. Presiding officer (senator)
Mail box rule
Bill
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
44. A defendant breaches his duty of due care by failing to behave the way a reasonable person would under similar circumstances
breach of duty
Common Law
Equal Protection Clause
expiration
45. Proposed statutes - submitted to Congress or a legislature
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
What Freedom of speech includes
Bill
Separation of powers
46. System of checks and balances within the federal government
First African American Justice
Bill
Shire Reeves
Separation of powers
47. Reasoning court gives for the holding
Appellant
Fraud
letters of intent
Rationale
48. Business tort; intrusion in to someones private life; being a voyeur
Contributory Negligence
intrusion
fifth amendment
express contract
49. Sponsor.
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
Common Law
John Locke
50. Section of the fourteenth amendment where courts must provide equal protection to all cases based on scrutiny
Equal Protection Clause
Administrative Law
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
Procedural due process