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Business Law Vocab - 2
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1. 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.
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
Dissenting Opinion
Strict scrutiny
Appellee
2. If the proceedings of a business occur intrastate but will eventually effect proceedings interstate - this rule states that congress may interfere
Where the bill goes after conference committee
Substantial effect rule
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
agreement
3. Factual case
For a bill to pass...
Supremacy clause
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
Arbitration
4. Termination by simply turning down the offer
What section of the Constitution grants congress it's powers?
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
Mail box rule
rejection
5. Malicious use of fire or explosives to damage or destroy real estate or property
Ethics
Supremacy clause
Arson
Mail Fraud
6. Allows the FBI to surveillance citizens with out a search warrant from a judge
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
Patriot Act
Where the bill goes after conference committee
First Woman Justice
7. A document filed by the losing party requesting the federal court to appeal a case.
Writ of Certiorari
larceny
Negligence
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
8. Agreement (offer and acceptance)
John Locke
first requirement of a contract
Arbitration
Stare Decisis
9. Any scheme that attempts to unlawfully obtain money or services illegally through the US postal service
crime burden of proof
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
Mail Fraud
misdemeanor
10. Action - print and other expression. Broader than the spoken word
Significance of 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
Legal Issue Presented
Federalism
What Freedom of speech includes
11. For the defendant to be liable - the type of harm must have been reasonably forseeable.
Holding
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
forseeable harm
Filibuster
12. Reference code; label for looking the case up
tort
Citation
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
Fraud
13. Proposed statutes - submitted to Congress or a legislature
Bill
Dicta
mirror image rule
agreement
14. Due process or the right to a hearing
insanity
regulation of interstate commerce
fifth amendment
implied contract
15. A person who volluntarily enters a situation that has an obvious danger cannot complain is he/she is injured
licensee
agreement
Assumption of the risk
Who regulates commercial speech
16. It must be voted on and approved by both houses and then approved by the president. then it is a law
actus reus
For a bill to pass...
Fraud
slander
17. A subtype of rejection
embezzlement
Ethics
Dicta
counter offer
18. Talking trash
Mail box rule
fourth amendment
Bill
Defamation
19. Type of intent to be proved; means the guilty act
actus reus
Procedural due process
lible
Concurring Opinion
20. Language added to a court's opinion that is beyond what is needed; extra words offered as guidance
Qualifications for defamation
Negligence per se
strict liability
Dicta
21. To a committee to be studied; and then debated and voted upon; this is where new amendments can be added.
Step four in filing a civil law suit
Ethics
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
Fraud
22. The process of one party's lawyer to question the other party or a potential witness under oath.
Depositions
Minimal scrutiny
intrusion
Writ of Certiorari
23. Business tort; using someones likeness or voice without their permission.
Federal District Court
Commercial Exploitation
To prove injury the defamation must show...
Wire Fraud
24. 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
larceny
battery
Minimal scrutiny
negligent hiring
25. Type of defense; the defendant is incapable of forming mens rea
crime burden of proof
Commercial Exploitation
insanity
Interrogatories
26. Wrote 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
First Woman Justice
Insurance Fraud
Henry DeBracton
lible
27. Lack of opinion - malice as to public figures - negligence to private individuals
mirror image rule
To prove injury the defamation must show...
Wire Fraud
Fraud
28. James Madison - 1789
Interrogatories
Depositions
The primary drafter of the constitution
precedent
29. 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
trespass
second requirement of a contract
assault
Supremacy clause
30. A federal statute that applies to the sale of goods (NOT real estate or services)
Physical and Mental examination
Total circuits in the court of appeals
uniform commercial code
forseeable harm
31. Preponderance of the evidence
Federal District Court
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
fourth amendment
third requirement of a contract
32. If the plaintiff is even slightly negligent he/she recovers nothing
Contributory Negligence
Depositions
Step one in filing a civil law suit
Concurring Opinion
33. Injury
trespass
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
conversion
Voir Dire
34. Injuries caused by neglect and oversight rather than deliberate conduct.
Henry DeBracton
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
Negligence and strict liability
35. Business tort; intrusion in to someones private life; being a voyeur
Ethics
intrusion
Substantial effect rule
Rationale
36. 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
first amendment
Step three in filing a civil law suit
embezzlement
37. Trial Court
Federal District Court
To prove injury the defamation must show...
Arbitration
intentional tort
38. Aka imminent domain; government cant take a persons land unless they prove it will be used for a public purpose and provide proper compensation.
forseeable harm
uniform commercial code
Current Chief Justice
Takings clause
39. Termination when the offeror dies or the physical contract is destroyed
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
Concurring Opinion
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
operation of law
40. Forseeable harm
eighth amendment
Comparative Fault
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
Step one in filing a civil law suit
41. Type of intentnional tort; intentionally entering land that belongs to someone else or remaining on land after being asked to leave
Tortious interference with a contract
trespass
express contract
Significance of 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
42. Items such as trampolines and swimming pools; defendant is liable if there is no protection
attractive nuisance
Defamation
Dicta
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
43. Baron Montesquieu
Negligence
Equal Protection Clause
Res ipsa loquitor
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
44. A defendant breaches his duty of due care by failing to behave the way a reasonable person would under similar circumstances
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
Bill of Right
Defamation
breach of duty
45. Requires a meeting of the minds
operation of law
agreement
insanity
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
46. Section of the fourteenth amendment where courts must provide equal protection to all cases based on scrutiny
Rationale
Equal Protection Clause
third requirement of a contract
Takings clause
47. Judge made law; based on precedent - which leads to stare decisis
Common Law
strict liability
Filibuster
Contributory Negligence
48. Majority
uniform commercial code
intrusion
The percentage vote to pass a bill
trespass
49. Type of business crime; taking or using someones property
Intermediate scrutiny
sixth amendment
To prove injury the defamation must show...
conversion(2)
50. Type of defense; when the government induces the defendant to break the law.
entrapment
Mail Fraud
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
Legal Issue Presented