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Business Law Vocab - 2
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1. Capacity; the parties must be adults and mentally competent
expiration
fourth requirement of a contract
Step one in filing a civil law suit
Dissenting Opinion
2. First 10 amendments of the constitution; Compromise between federalist and antifederalists; Protects natural rights of liberty and property
crime burden of proof
strict liability
Bill of Right
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
3. Type of tort; taking someone elses property without consent.
Where the bill goes after conference committee
Dissenting Opinion
Bill of Right
conversion
4. Section of the fourteenth amendment where courts must provide equal protection to all cases based on scrutiny
Patriot Act
Supremacy clause
Equal Protection Clause
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
5. (1)misrepresentation (2)concealment with the intent to take advantage of someone; deception of a person for the purpose of obtaining money or property
Fraud
second requirement of a contract
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
Bystander's obligation means...
6. 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
Federalism
Bill of Right
embezzlement
7. Type of defense; when the government induces the defendant to break the law.
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
entrapment
forseeable harm
Conference committee
8. 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
Separation of powers
Writ of Certiorari
RICO
attractive nuisance
9. Article I - Section 8
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10. Judges who disagree with the majority holding; states their opposing opinion
First African American Justice
Dissenting Opinion
Federalism
you cannot revoke an offer...
11. The process of one party's lawyer to question the other party or a potential witness under oath.
Depositions
What section of the Constitution grants congress it's powers?
Res ipsa loquitor
letters of intent
12. When a law remains untouched on the presidents desk for over 10 days after congress's adjournment
attractive nuisance
sixth amendment
Pocket Veto
What section of the Constitution grants congress it's powers?
13. Forseeable harm
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
Contributory Negligence
First African American Justice
you cannot revoke an offer...
14. Guilty beyond a reasonable doubt
tort
agreement
Arson
crime burden of proof
15. Judge made law
Common Law
Defamation
intentional tort
third requirement of a contract
16. A letter that summarizes the negotiating progress
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
letters of intent
Negligence and strict liability
Depositions
17. Aka imminent domain; government cant take a persons land unless they prove it will be used for a public purpose and provide proper compensation.
Voir Dire
entrapment
assault
Takings clause
18. Type of intentnional tort; intentionally entering land that belongs to someone else or remaining on land after being asked to leave
quasi contract
mens rea
trespass
Current Chief Justice
19. Arbitration and Mediation
Two types of dispute resolution
RICO
Tortious interference with a contract
Year when 'On the Laws and Customs of England' was written
20. A company becomes liable if they do not perform a background check
negligent hiring
Administrative Law
crime burden of proof
Arson
21. Each side may ask the other side to produce relevant documents for inspection and copying.
Request of production of documents and things
First Woman Justice
felony
Negligence
22. Refers to lawsuits; the process of filing claims to courts
Wire Fraud
Litigation
Fraud
express contract
23. No state can deny citizens due process. (14th amendment) this incorporates states to be ruled under the constitution
embezzlement
Incorporation clause
Arson
fifth amendment
24. Sandra Day Oconnor
battery
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
First Woman Justice
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
25. Bottom Line answer
Collective Responsibility
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
Concurring Opinion
Holding
26. If a company does not address an insubordinate employee - they become liable
negligent retention
attractive nuisance
fifth amendment
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
27. No self incrimination / due process (miranda warnings)
eighth amendment
lible
Pleadings
fifth amendment
28. A tithing of 10 men put together to hold each other accountable. Anglo-saxon method of keeping the peace.
false imprisonment
Collective Responsibility
Intermediate scrutiny
RICO
29. If the plaintiff is even slightly negligent he/she recovers nothing
Negligence and strict liability
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
Wire Fraud
Contributory Negligence
30. FCC (Federal Communications Commission)
first amendment
Federal District Court
Request of production of documents and things
Who regulates commercial speech
31. Preponderance of the evidence
second requirement of a contract
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
expiration
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
32. A defendant breaches his duty of due care by failing to behave the way a reasonable person would under similar circumstances
breach of duty
Henry DeBracton
Appellant
Statute
33. Type of intentional tort; an act that makes a person fear imminent battery
felony
assault
negligent retention
Arbitration
34. Type of defamation tort; written defamation
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
lible
Bystander's obligation means...
35. Right to an attorney when facing a prison sentence
felony
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
implied contract
sixth amendment
36. A court will imply by conduct that there was an agreement between two parties
implied contract
invitee
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
First African American Justice
37. A plaintiff may generally recover even if he/she is partially negligible
Qualifications for defamation
Comparative Fault
first requirement of a contract
Mail box rule
38. Consists of two members of the House of Representatives and two members of the senate; they try to compromise between two edited versions of a bill to make it equal.
Where the bill goes after conference committee
Ethics
Step three in filing a civil law suit
Conference committee
39. The party filing the appeal
Appellant
Shire Reeves
crime burden of proof
battery
40. A contract put in writing laying out all of the terms
express contract
Strict scrutiny
forseeable harm
coercion
41. Legality; the subject matter must be legal
third requirement of a contract
slander
Bystander's obligation means...
Statute
42. A federal statute that applies to the sale of goods (NOT real estate or services)
John Locke
Pocket Veto
tort
uniform commercial code
43. The rules committee where it is put on a calendar.
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
Total circuits in the court of appeals
conversion
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
44. A document filed by the losing party requesting the federal court to appeal a case.
Writ of Certiorari
assault
Bystander's obligation means...
Defamation
45. Reasoning court gives for the holding
false imprisonment
Rationale
Negligence and strict liability
Wire Fraud
46. There is an established duty of due care
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
Ethics
element 1 of a negligence lawsuit
John Locke
47. Twelve.
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
Concurring Opinion
uniform commercial code
Total circuits in the court of appeals
48. Injuries caused by neglect and oversight rather than deliberate conduct.
Request of production of documents and things
fifth amendment
Negligence and strict liability
breach of duty
49. Punishable by a prison sentence of one year or more
felony
Arson
Dicta
intentional tort
50. The opinion of Judges who agree with the holding - but for different reasons.
lible
Mediation
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
Concurring Opinion