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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. Lack of opinion - malice as to public figures - negligence to private individuals
To prove injury the defamation must show...
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
promissory estoppel
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
2. Type of business crime; taking or using someones property
Dicta
RICO
conversion(2)
Fraud
3. Twelve.
Res ipsa loquitor
larceny
Total circuits in the court of appeals
The primary drafter of the constitution
4. Using false statements or bribes to obtain medicare payments from the federal or state government
Minimal scrutiny
Medicare fraud
uniform commercial code
The job of the Rules Committee
5. Baron Montesquieu
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
First African American Justice
fourth amendment
6. Type of intent to be proved; means the guilty act
Bill of Right
Physical and Mental examination
Minimal scrutiny
actus reus
7. Common law rule; acceptance must be made on the same terms as the offer
mirror image rule
Voir Dire
Common Law
Filibuster
8. No state can deny citizens due process. (14th amendment) this incorporates states to be ruled under the constitution
Incorporation clause
negligent hiring
Ethics
rejection
9. Majority
actus reus
The job of the Rules Committee
The percentage vote to pass a bill
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
10. Talking trash
What Freedom of speech includes
sixth amendment
Defamation
First African American Justice
11. A tithing of 10 men put together to hold each other accountable. Anglo-saxon method of keeping the peace.
Step one in filing a civil law suit
Collective Responsibility
Current Chief Justice
Significance of 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
12. The rules committee where it is put on a calendar.
crime burden of proof
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
Negligence and strict liability
Takings clause
13. Requires a meeting of the minds
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
Significance of 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
agreement
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
14. Faking car accidents and injury in order to gain a settlement
Insurance Fraud
counter offer
Appellee
assault
15. Binding; an offeror cannot withdraw
entrapment
How Federal Law has jurisdiction in a lawsuit
Litigation
Mail box rule
16. Three.
Appellee
Equal Protection Clause
Negligence and strict liability
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
17. If the plaintiff is even slightly negligent he/she recovers nothing
Concurring Opinion
Request of production of documents and things
Contributory Negligence
negligent hiring
18. 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
implied contract
larceny
breach of duty
conversion(2)
19. Legality; the subject matter must be legal
Minimal scrutiny
third requirement of a contract
Mail Fraud
Style of a Case
20. 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
Defamation
expiration
Dissenting Opinion
Supremacy clause
21. Trial Court
Federal District Court
first amendment
Negligence
tort
22. A power granted to congress stating that congress may regulate trade between countries - other states and indian tribes
Minimal scrutiny
misdemeanor
regulation of interstate commerce
Fraud
23. Article I - Section 8
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24. (1)statement (2)falseness (3)communicated (4)injury
coercion
intentional tort
Qualifications for defamation
conversion
25. Type of intentional tort (and crime); injuring someone by deliberate deception
forseeable harm
Conference committee
Fraud
battery
26. Judges who disagree with the majority holding; states their opposing opinion
RICO
Filibuster
attractive nuisance
Dissenting Opinion
27. Type of tort; taking someone elses property without consent.
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
operation of law
conversion
uniform commercial code
28. Type of intentional tort; an act that makes a person fear imminent battery
Ethics
Bill
Litigation
assault
29. A subtype of rejection
counter offer
Intermediate scrutiny
Writ of Certiorari
first amendment
30. Sponsor.
First African American Justice
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
larceny
promissory estoppel
31. The legal question that is posed in a case
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
Supremacy clause
Filibuster
Legal Issue Presented
32. 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
Litigation
The primary drafter of the constitution
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
33. Consideration; the bargaining that leads to a deal
quasi contract
RICO
Negligence and strict liability
second requirement of a contract
34. Collected taxes and helped keep the peace in tenth century England. Equivalent to a modern day Sheriff.
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
Qualifications for defamation
Concurring Opinion
Shire Reeves
35. If the proceedings of a business occur intrastate but will eventually effect proceedings interstate - this rule states that congress may interfere
element 1 of a negligence lawsuit
Fraud
Common Law
Substantial effect rule
36. When there is no contract - but the defendant makes a promise that will induce reliance. it would be unjust not to enforce the promise
negligent hiring
Filibuster
Citation
promissory estoppel
37. Judge made law
Malice
Qualifications for defamation
Common Law
Depositions
38. Injury
Negligence
Procedural due process
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
Filibuster
39. Judges are obligated to follow precedent
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
Substantial effect rule
letters of intent
Stare Decisis
40. 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
coercion
battery
element 1 of a negligence lawsuit
breach of duty
41. Business tort; defendant improperly breached contract and causes injury to plaintiff
misdemeanor
tort
rejection
Tortious interference with a contract
42. The facts imply that the defendants negligence caused the act; 'the thing speaks for itself'
precedent
fifth amendment
Qualifications for defamation
Res ipsa loquitor
43. Procedures for academic dismissal or dismissal from a government job
licensee
Appellant
fourth requirement of a contract
Procedural due process
44. Proposed statutes - submitted to Congress or a legislature
Bill
negligent hiring
For a bill to pass...
sixth amendment
45. Unintentional tort - breach of a duty of care
Step three in filing a civil law suit
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
fifth amendment
Negligence
46. Judge made law; based on precedent - which leads to stare decisis
Federalism
Common Law
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
Takings clause
47. Gender related; such laws must be substantially related to important government objectives. (gov't cant discriminate based on gender through the law making process)
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
Negligence and strict liability
lible
Intermediate scrutiny
48. The study of how people ought to act; does not always mean legal.
Conference committee
negligent retention
Veto
Ethics
49. Life - Liberty - Property
John Locke
Physical and Mental examination
Voir Dire
Collective Responsibility
50. Action - print and other expression. Broader than the spoken word
What Freedom of speech includes
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
Fraud
Commercial Exploitation