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Business Law Vocab - 2
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1. The study of how people ought to act; does not always mean legal.
Defamation
invitee
Equal Protection Clause
Ethics
2. Type of intentnional tort; intentionally entering land that belongs to someone else or remaining on land after being asked to leave
uniform commercial code
Year when 'On the Laws and Customs of England' was written
insanity
trespass
3. Aka imminent domain; government cant take a persons land unless they prove it will be used for a public purpose and provide proper compensation.
Takings clause
Negligence and strict liability
promissory estoppel
Commercial Exploitation
4. There is no intention to a contract but the plaintiff gives some benefit to the defendant who knows the plaintiff expects compensation. it would be unjust not to award the damages.
quasi contract
What Freedom of speech includes
coercion
implied contract
5. 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
conversion
Supremacy clause
trespass
letters of intent
6. To a committee to be studied; and then debated and voted upon; this is where new amendments can be added.
rejection
Total circuits in the court of appeals
Litigation
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
7. Type of intentional tort; an act that makes a person fear imminent battery
Malice
Depositions
assault
Mediation
8. A defendant breaches his duty of due care by failing to behave the way a reasonable person would under similar circumstances
Physical and Mental examination
breach of duty
Request of production of documents and things
Litigation
9. Judges who disagree with the majority holding; states their opposing opinion
Assumption of the risk
Fraud
Dissenting Opinion
Significance of 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
10. Agreement (offer and acceptance)
expiration
first requirement of a contract
rejection
counter offer
11. Type of intent to be proved; means the guilty act
crime burden of proof
embezzlement
actus reus
quasi contract
12. Type of intentional tort (and crime); injuring someone by deliberate deception
negligent hiring
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
Fraud
Step four in filing a civil law suit
13. Arbitration and Mediation
Commercial Exploitation
Step two in filing a civil law suit
Legal Issue Presented
Two types of dispute resolution
14. The party filing the appeal
Current Chief Justice
fourth amendment
Appellant
What section of the Constitution grants congress it's powers?
15. Allows the FBI to surveillance citizens with out a search warrant from a judge
licensee
Patriot Act
Arbitration
express contract
16. Talking trash
third requirement of a contract
Defamation
Federalism
Dissenting Opinion
17. Presiding officer (senator)
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
Fraud
Pocket Veto
operation of law
18. Forseeable harm
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
attractive nuisance
Mediation
tort
19. Forbidding a law to be passed
Veto
larceny
intrusion
Year when 'On the Laws and Customs of England' was written
20. During the option period of a contract
Patriot Act
you cannot revoke an offer...
Wire Fraud
coercion
21. A subtype of rejection
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
Supremacy clause
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
counter offer
22. Injury
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
Conference committee
Litigation
Step one in filing a civil law suit
23. Preponderance of the evidence
assault
misdemeanor
Appellee
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
24. If the proceedings of a business occur intrastate but will eventually effect proceedings interstate - this rule states that congress may interfere
Depositions
What is not protected under the first amendment
Appellant
Substantial effect rule
25. Language added to a court's opinion that is beyond what is needed; extra words offered as guidance
slander
Where the bill goes after conference committee
expiration
Dicta
26. Malicious use of fire or explosives to damage or destroy real estate or property
Bystander's obligation means...
Arson
Step three in filing a civil law suit
Bill of Right
27. Consideration; the bargaining that leads to a deal
Res ipsa loquitor
Step three in filing a civil law suit
Year when 'On the Laws and Customs of England' was written
second requirement of a contract
28. The introduction of a neutral third party in resolving a dispute; not a binding decision. Voluntary settlement.
Mediation
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
Bill
Common Law
29. Someone on the property by right of a public place. highest duty of due care is owed to avoid negligence
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
invitee
false imprisonment
Dicta
30. Type of defamation tort; written defamation
Filibuster
false imprisonment
lible
Veto
31. Trial.
Step four in filing a civil law suit
Rationale
Defamation
For a bill to pass...
32. 1250
33. Three.
Common Law
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
Fraud
Separation of powers
34. 2/3 vote
Bystander's obligation means...
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
Negligence per se
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
35. Due process or the right to a hearing
battery
Request of production of documents and things
fifth amendment
Contributory Negligence
36. System of checks and balances within the federal government
negligent retention
How Federal Law has jurisdiction in a lawsuit
Separation of powers
Common Law
37. When the bill is debated to the floor of the house.
Appellant
you cannot revoke an offer...
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
38. Thurgood Marshall
Year when 'On the Laws and Customs of England' was written
Step four in filing a civil law suit
First African American Justice
Fraud
39. A contract put in writing laying out all of the terms
Substantial effect rule
Federal District Court
express contract
Interrogatories
40. Judges are obligated to follow precedent
Dicta
Stare Decisis
Ethics
battery
41. To the conference committee
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
Res ipsa loquitor
implied contract
Common Law
42. The sharing of powers between levels of government
Fraud
Appellee
Bill
Federalism
43. Items such as trampolines and swimming pools; defendant is liable if there is no protection
Negligence and strict liability
fifth amendment
Qualifications for defamation
attractive nuisance
44. (1)statement (2)falseness (3)communicated (4)injury
Qualifications for defamation
First African American Justice
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
Ethics
45. There was a breach of due care
Depositions
Assumption of the risk
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
Mail Fraud
46. James Madison - 1789
The primary drafter of the constitution
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
false imprisonment
actus reus
47. Type of business crime; the fraudulent conversion of property already in the defendants posession.
larceny
embezzlement
negligent retention
Patriot Act
48. Type of business crime; taking or using someones property
conversion(2)
Federalism
What is not protected under the first amendment
Medicare fraud
49. Pretrial motions; motions for a summary judgement; asks the court to resolve a lawsuit before it goes to trial
uniform commercial code
The percentage vote to pass a bill
Mail Fraud
Step three in filing a civil law suit
50. If the plaintiff is even slightly negligent he/she recovers nothing
Stare Decisis
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
second requirement of a contract
Contributory Negligence