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Business Law Vocab - 2
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1. 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
Supremacy clause
Pocket Veto
Pleadings
2. Type of defense; when the government induces the defendant to break the law.
entrapment
third requirement of a contract
counter offer
What is not protected under the first amendment
3. There is an established duty of due care
element 1 of a negligence lawsuit
conversion(2)
Appellee
Request of production of documents and things
4. Type of intentional tort; the intentional restraint of another without reasonable cause
Arbitration
Bill of Right
false imprisonment
Stare Decisis
5. Wrote 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
fifth amendment
Where the bill goes after conference committee
Henry DeBracton
Collective Responsibility
6. A less serious crime often punishable by less than one year in prison
tort
Bill of Right
Takings clause
misdemeanor
7. Type of defense; the practice of forcing another party to behave in an involuntary manner (whether through action or inaction) by use of threats or rewards
Step three in filing a civil law suit
coercion
Request of production of documents and things
Wire Fraud
8. Defamation - obscenity - speech that creates danger
Mediation
Total circuits in the court of appeals
breach of duty
What is not protected under the first amendment
9. Binding; an offeror cannot withdraw
Mail box rule
Common Law
lible
Voir Dire
10. The legal question that is posed in a case
uniform commercial code
Legal Issue Presented
Defamation
fourth requirement of a contract
11. When the bill is debated to the floor of the house.
intentional tort
eighth amendment
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
Contributory Negligence
12. Type of intentnional tort; intentionally entering land that belongs to someone else or remaining on land after being asked to leave
First African American Justice
trespass
Dicta
entrapment
13. A company becomes liable if they do not perform a background check
The percentage vote to pass a bill
Year when 'On the Laws and Customs of England' was written
negligent hiring
Strict scrutiny
14. Life - Liberty - Property
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
Ethics
John Locke
insanity
15. A plaintiff may generally recover even if he/she is partially negligible
Comparative Fault
fourth requirement of a contract
entrapment
Voir Dire
16. Type of business crime; taking or using someones property
embezzlement
conversion(2)
negligent retention
Defamation
17. 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
Dicta
Negligence and strict liability
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
18. Discovery phase: chance for the party to learn about its opponent.
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
Step two in filing a civil law suit
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
19. A law passed by a legislative body
second requirement of a contract
Who regulates commercial speech
Physical and Mental examination
Statute
20. (1)misrepresentation (2)concealment with the intent to take advantage of someone; deception of a person for the purpose of obtaining money or property
Legal Issue Presented
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
Fraud
The primary drafter of the constitution
21. Establishes the idea precendent
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22. Written questions that the opposing party must answer in writing under oath
Interrogatories
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
Patriot Act
Res ipsa loquitor
23. Injury
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
slander
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
insanity
24. 2/3 vote
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
Where the bill goes after conference committee
assault
express contract
25. Termination when an offer specifies a time limit for acceptance and the period is binding.
expiration
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
crime burden of proof
Current Chief Justice
26. Complaint and summons are served to defendant; answer is provided within 30 days
Mediation
Step one in filing a civil law suit
Legal Issue Presented
Physical and Mental examination
27. The defendant (defamer) knew the statement was false or acted with reckless disregard to the truth
Malice
Negligence
Concurring Opinion
Mediation
28. A defendant breaches his duty of due care by failing to behave the way a reasonable person would under similar circumstances
breach of duty
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
Negligence
Depositions
29. When there is no contract - but the defendant makes a promise that will induce reliance. it would be unjust not to enforce the promise
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
first amendment
promissory estoppel
Voir Dire
30. Collected taxes and helped keep the peace in tenth century England. Equivalent to a modern day Sheriff.
Henry DeBracton
uniform commercial code
Physical and Mental examination
Shire Reeves
31. (1)statement (2)falseness (3)communicated (4)injury
eighth amendment
Qualifications for defamation
Veto
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
32. Majority
The percentage vote to pass a bill
Federalism
First Woman Justice
felony
33. First 10 amendments of the constitution; Compromise between federalist and antifederalists; Protects natural rights of liberty and property
Interrogatories
you cannot revoke an offer...
Bill of Right
operation of law
34. Trial Court
letters of intent
Qualifications for defamation
fourth amendment
Federal District Court
35. Malicious use of fire or explosives to damage or destroy real estate or property
Ethics
How Federal Law has jurisdiction in a lawsuit
Federalism
Arson
36. Language added to a court's opinion that is beyond what is needed; extra words offered as guidance
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
Dicta
Pocket Veto
Step one in filing a civil law suit
37. To a committee to be studied; and then debated and voted upon; this is where new amendments can be added.
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
Federalism
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
revocation
38. Faking car accidents and injury in order to gain a settlement
you cannot revoke an offer...
Insurance Fraud
Depositions
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
39. Reasoning court gives for the holding
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
Procedural due process
strict liability
Rationale
40. Attorneys ask jurors a set of questions to determine bias
Bill
Physical and Mental examination
Voir Dire
lible
41. Right to an attorney when facing a prison sentence
sixth amendment
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
tort
Filibuster
42. Cruel and unusual punishment
battery
eighth amendment
Arbitration
negligent hiring
43. Proposed statutes - submitted to Congress or a legislature
The job of the Rules Committee
Current Chief Justice
Where the bill goes after conference committee
Bill
44. Business tort; intrusion in to someones private life; being a voyeur
fourth amendment
first requirement of a contract
intrusion
Two types of dispute resolution
45. Judge made law
Takings clause
uniform commercial code
Common Law
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
46. Action - print and other expression. Broader than the spoken word
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
precedent
Who regulates commercial speech
What Freedom of speech includes
47. Sandra Day Oconnor
eighth amendment
First Woman Justice
letters of intent
Insurance Fraud
48. A defendant engaging in an ultrahazardous activity is virtually always liable for any harm that results
Minimal scrutiny
Depositions
Conference committee
strict liability
49. Preponderance of the evidence
trespass
forseeable harm
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
Equal Protection Clause
50. Aricle IV section 2 of the constitution that states that the constitution and the united States are the laws of the land. Federal government trumps state law
Contributory Negligence
Step three in filing a civil law suit
Supremacy clause
intrusion