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Business Law Vocab - 2
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1. A plaintiff may generally recover even if he/she is partially negligible
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
Depositions
Patriot Act
Comparative Fault
2. During the option period of a contract
Intermediate scrutiny
Rationale
regulation of interstate commerce
you cannot revoke an offer...
3. Pretrial motions; motions for a summary judgement; asks the court to resolve a lawsuit before it goes to trial
Step three in filing a civil law suit
The job of the Rules Committee
Arson
Depositions
4. Race - ethincity and fundamental rights; Any government action that intentionally discriminates against racial or ethnic minorities or interferes with a fundamental right is presumed invalid.
Negligence and strict liability
Request of production of documents and things
Strict scrutiny
operation of law
5. Termination when an offer specifies a time limit for acceptance and the period is binding.
expiration
eighth amendment
tort
Minimal scrutiny
6. Someone on the property by right of a public place. highest duty of due care is owed to avoid negligence
Current Chief Justice
Pleadings
invitee
The primary drafter of the constitution
7. Capacity; the parties must be adults and mentally competent
Takings clause
Ethics
strict liability
fourth requirement of a contract
8. Forbidding a law to be passed
express contract
For a bill to pass...
Mail box rule
Veto
9. Forseeable harm
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
Two types of dispute resolution
rejection
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
10. The process of one party's lawyer to question the other party or a potential witness under oath.
Equal Protection Clause
Depositions
Common Law
Assumption of the risk
11. Requires a meeting of the minds
Federalism
Malice
John Locke
agreement
12. United States is a party; the case is about a federal statute; the suit is between citizens of two different states and the the amt is over 75 -000
How Federal Law has jurisdiction in a lawsuit
revocation
Henry DeBracton
Negligence
13. Aka imminent domain; government cant take a persons land unless they prove it will be used for a public purpose and provide proper compensation.
first requirement of a contract
Takings clause
crime burden of proof
negligent hiring
14. Life - Liberty - Property
Citation
John Locke
Malice
Two types of dispute resolution
15. Type of defense; the defendant is incapable of forming mens rea
coercion
insanity
Depositions
Pleadings
16. Establishes the idea precendent
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18. Arbitration and Mediation
Mediation
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
Two types of dispute resolution
express contract
19. Preponderance of the evidence
insanity
Negligence and strict liability
mens rea
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
20. First 10 amendments of the constitution; Compromise between federalist and antifederalists; Protects natural rights of liberty and property
misdemeanor
Concurring Opinion
third requirement of a contract
Bill of Right
21. A defendant breaches his duty of due care by failing to behave the way a reasonable person would under similar circumstances
breach of duty
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
sixth amendment
Shire Reeves
22. The floor/leadership - where it is debated upon with no time limit.
first amendment
Ethics
Step one in filing a civil law suit
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
23. Collected taxes and helped keep the peace in tenth century England. Equivalent to a modern day Sheriff.
Collective Responsibility
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
Shire Reeves
Malice
24. Termination by simply turning down the offer
rejection
precedent
What section of the Constitution grants congress it's powers?
crime burden of proof
25. FCC (Federal Communications Commission)
Bill
Who regulates commercial speech
Tortious interference with a contract
implied contract
26. John Roberts
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
Current Chief Justice
Bill of Right
27. When the bill is debated to the floor of the house.
Style of a Case
Strict scrutiny
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
letters of intent
28. A power granted to congress stating that congress may regulate trade between countries - other states and indian tribes
Intermediate scrutiny
Incorporation clause
slander
regulation of interstate commerce
29. To a committee to be studied; and then debated and voted upon; this is where new amendments can be added.
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
Collective Responsibility
letters of intent
insanity
30. Using two or more racketeering acts to accomplish any of the following goals: (1) investing or acquiring legitimate businesses with criminal money (2)maintaining or acquiring businesses through criminal activity
RICO
Ethics
Interrogatories
Equal Protection Clause
31. An act of a senate member to delay the close of debate or force a decision to be made.
Filibuster
operation of law
Concurring Opinion
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
32. Type of defamation tort; spoken defamation
Negligence per se
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
Insurance Fraud
slander
33. No unreasonable searches or seizures
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
Fraud
Procedural due process
fourth amendment
34. Judge made law
Common Law
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
conversion
second requirement of a contract
35. Type of intentnional tort; intentionally entering land that belongs to someone else or remaining on land after being asked to leave
Insurance Fraud
trespass
Voir Dire
fourth amendment
36. The party opposing the appeal
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
expiration
Legal Issue Presented
Appellee
37. The obligation to decide current cases based on previous rulings.
quasi contract
precedent
Shire Reeves
third requirement of a contract
38. A violation of a duty imposed by a civil law.
tort
trespass
Veto
Collective Responsibility
39. A defendant engaging in an ultrahazardous activity is virtually always liable for any harm that results
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
strict liability
Strict scrutiny
Stare Decisis
40. Gender related; such laws must be substantially related to important government objectives. (gov't cant discriminate based on gender through the law making process)
Negligence
Intermediate scrutiny
trespass
The primary drafter of the constitution
41. 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
Defamation
larceny
Wire Fraud
Medicare fraud
42. A letter that summarizes the negotiating progress
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
letters of intent
precedent
Administrative Law
43. The sharing of powers between levels of government
Federalism
What is not protected under the first amendment
third requirement of a contract
Significance of 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
44. Defamation - obscenity - speech that creates danger
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
John Locke
What is not protected under the first amendment
fifth amendment
45. Consideration; the bargaining that leads to a deal
Negligence and strict liability
battery
Writ of Certiorari
second requirement of a contract
46. Consists of two members of the House of Representatives and two members of the senate; they try to compromise between two edited versions of a bill to make it equal.
RICO
Federalism
Conference committee
Appellee
47. Type of tort; taking someone elses property without consent.
What section of the Constitution grants congress it's powers?
attractive nuisance
conversion
Shire Reeves
48. Harm caused by a deliberate action
intentional tort
Who regulates commercial speech
mirror image rule
Medicare fraud
49. Complaint and summons are served to defendant; answer is provided within 30 days
Federal District Court
entrapment
Bystander's obligation means...
Step one in filing a civil law suit
50. The study of how people ought to act; does not always mean legal.
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
forseeable harm
Ethics
Conference committee