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Business Law Vocab - 2
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Type of intent to be proved; means the guilty act
actus reus
Negligence and strict liability
Step one in filing a civil law suit
fourth amendment
2. A power granted to congress stating that congress may regulate trade between countries - other states and indian tribes
Incorporation clause
licensee
regulation of interstate commerce
embezzlement
3. Collected taxes and helped keep the peace in tenth century England. Equivalent to a modern day Sheriff.
Equal Protection Clause
Filibuster
Shire Reeves
invitee
4. No state can deny citizens due process. (14th amendment) this incorporates states to be ruled under the constitution
Fraud
Concurring Opinion
counter offer
Incorporation clause
5. Sandra Day Oconnor
Conference committee
First Woman Justice
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
Common Law
6. Guilty beyond a reasonable doubt
first requirement of a contract
crime burden of proof
intrusion
Wire Fraud
7. The rules committee where it is put on a calendar.
expiration
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
mirror image rule
Total circuits in the court of appeals
8. If a company does not address an insubordinate employee - they become liable
first requirement of a contract
John Locke
How Federal Law has jurisdiction in a lawsuit
negligent retention
9. Type of business crime; taking or using someones property
The percentage vote to pass a bill
element 1 of a negligence lawsuit
conversion(2)
Administrative Law
10. They set time limits for debate - decide how fast the law should be deliberated and when the bill goes to the floor for debate.
negligent hiring
revocation
The job of the Rules Committee
To prove injury the defamation must show...
11. Written questions that the opposing party must answer in writing under oath
entrapment
Fraud
Who regulates commercial speech
Interrogatories
12. Any scheme that attempts to unlawfully obtain money or services illegally through the US postal service
Mail Fraud
Supremacy clause
tort
first requirement of a contract
13. Section of the fourteenth amendment where courts must provide equal protection to all cases based on scrutiny
Bill
RICO
Equal Protection Clause
Intermediate scrutiny
14. The sharing of powers between levels of government
Qualifications for defamation
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
Common Law
Federalism
15. A party may ask the court to order an examination to find out if physical or mental damage is relevant
Supremacy clause
Malice
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
Physical and Mental examination
16. Pretrial motions; motions for a summary judgement; asks the court to resolve a lawsuit before it goes to trial
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
Pleadings
Step three in filing a civil law suit
Bill of Right
17. An offered can be terminated anytime before the offer has been accepted.
eighth amendment
Dissenting Opinion
revocation
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
18. Allows the FBI to surveillance citizens with out a search warrant from a judge
attractive nuisance
Incorporation clause
The primary drafter of the constitution
Patriot Act
19. 1250
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20. First 10 amendments of the constitution; Compromise between federalist and antifederalists; Protects natural rights of liberty and property
Bill of Right
Physical and Mental examination
Writ of Certiorari
tort
21. Twelve.
Total circuits in the court of appeals
Minimal scrutiny
First Woman Justice
Tortious interference with a contract
22. No self incrimination / due process (miranda warnings)
agreement
Negligence per se
Holding
fifth amendment
23. Fraud using electronic communications of any kind;
Wire Fraud
Arson
Federalism
fourth requirement of a contract
24. Baron Montesquieu
Style of a Case
Medicare fraud
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
Supremacy clause
25. The legal doctrine whereby an act is considered negligent because it violates a statute (or regulation)
RICO
Depositions
Statute
Negligence per se
26. A letter that summarizes the negotiating progress
letters of intent
trespass
Substantial effect rule
For a bill to pass...
27. Each side may ask the other side to produce relevant documents for inspection and copying.
operation of law
Request of production of documents and things
John Locke
Bill of Right
28. There is an established duty of due care
Comparative Fault
element 1 of a negligence lawsuit
Contributory Negligence
sixth amendment
29. Agreement (offer and acceptance)
felony
first requirement of a contract
assault
The primary drafter of the constitution
30. Preponderance of the evidence
Arbitration
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
eighth amendment
fourth requirement of a contract
31. During the option period of a contract
letters of intent
third requirement of a contract
insanity
you cannot revoke an offer...
32. A subtype of rejection
counter offer
licensee
intentional tort
Fraud
33. A law passed by a legislative body
Filibuster
Style of a Case
agreement
Statute
34. Procedures for academic dismissal or dismissal from a government job
Ethics
Supremacy clause
Procedural due process
Veto
35. When the bill is debated to the floor of the house.
false imprisonment
Insurance Fraud
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
Patriot Act
36. States who is suing who. Identifies parties.
Style of a Case
The primary drafter of the constitution
Defamation
operation of law
37. Action - print and other expression. Broader than the spoken word
Appellant
tort
What Freedom of speech includes
The primary drafter of the constitution
38. Laws involving economic and social regulation; laws that regard economic or social status are presumed valid and corporations and people can be classified
Minimal scrutiny
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
Interrogatories
conversion(2)
39. 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.
Rationale
John Locke
Strict scrutiny
counter offer
40. The study of how people ought to act; does not always mean legal.
Ethics
embezzlement
Citation
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
41. A violation of a duty imposed by a civil law.
larceny
invitee
Fraud
tort
42. Language added to a court's opinion that is beyond what is needed; extra words offered as guidance
Fraud
Dicta
Negligence
Wire Fraud
43. Business tort; intrusion in to someones private life; being a voyeur
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
Minimal scrutiny
The percentage vote to pass a bill
intrusion
44. A court will imply by conduct that there was an agreement between two parties
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
implied contract
Tortious interference with a contract
First Woman Justice
45. Common law rule; acceptance must be made on the same terms as the offer
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
Mail Fraud
mirror image rule
46. Wrote 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
strict liability
Appellee
Henry DeBracton
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
47. The facts imply that the defendants negligence caused the act; 'the thing speaks for itself'
Res ipsa loquitor
Citation
mirror image rule
The percentage vote to pass a bill
48. Business tort; defendant improperly breached contract and causes injury to plaintiff
What Freedom of speech includes
Bystander's obligation means...
Tortious interference with a contract
rejection
49. Trial.
element 1 of a negligence lawsuit
Collective Responsibility
Step four in filing a civil law suit
Incorporation clause
50. Judge made law
sixth amendment
Total circuits in the court of appeals
Dicta
Common Law