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Business Law Vocab - 2
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Termination by simply turning down the offer
rejection
John Locke
Equal Protection Clause
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
2. 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
negligent hiring
To prove injury the defamation must show...
Mail box rule
coercion
3. A law passed by a legislative body
promissory estoppel
lible
Veto
Statute
4. 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.
Conference committee
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
coercion
fourth requirement of a contract
5. Aka imminent domain; government cant take a persons land unless they prove it will be used for a public purpose and provide proper compensation.
For a bill to pass...
Step two in filing a civil law suit
Takings clause
negligent hiring
6. Nine.
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
Dissenting Opinion
Commercial Exploitation
7. The opinion of Judges who agree with the holding - but for different reasons.
entrapment
Concurring Opinion
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
8. Someone on the property by right of a public place. highest duty of due care is owed to avoid negligence
Contributory Negligence
Bill
invitee
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
9. Type of intent to be proved; means a guilty state of mind
Where the bill goes after conference committee
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
rejection
mens rea
10. The legal question that is posed in a case
Supremacy clause
first requirement of a contract
tort
Legal Issue Presented
11. FCC (Federal Communications Commission)
Holding
sixth amendment
Who regulates commercial speech
Negligence and strict liability
12. Article I - Section 8
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13. The defendant (defamer) knew the statement was false or acted with reckless disregard to the truth
Malice
rejection
Dicta
larceny
14. Pretrial motions; motions for a summary judgement; asks the court to resolve a lawsuit before it goes to trial
crime burden of proof
larceny
Current Chief Justice
Step three in filing a civil law suit
15. To the president.
Pocket Veto
Negligence and strict liability
Where the bill goes after conference committee
Pleadings
16. If the proceedings of a business occur intrastate but will eventually effect proceedings interstate - this rule states that congress may interfere
implied contract
Substantial effect rule
fourth amendment
first requirement of a contract
17. The facts imply that the defendants negligence caused the act; 'the thing speaks for itself'
The percentage vote to pass a bill
letters of intent
Res ipsa loquitor
Pocket Veto
18. Type of intentional tort; an act that makes a person fear imminent battery
assault
Style of a Case
operation of law
first amendment
19. Items such as trampolines and swimming pools; defendant is liable if there is no protection
promissory estoppel
Equal Protection Clause
quasi contract
attractive nuisance
20. When there is no contract - but the defendant makes a promise that will induce reliance. it would be unjust not to enforce the promise
Takings clause
mirror image rule
How Federal Law has jurisdiction in a lawsuit
promissory estoppel
21. Twelve.
you cannot revoke an offer...
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
Total circuits in the court of appeals
Physical and Mental examination
22. A company becomes liable if they do not perform a background check
Dissenting Opinion
Legal Issue Presented
Wire Fraud
negligent hiring
23. A tithing of 10 men put together to hold each other accountable. Anglo-saxon method of keeping the peace.
Step three in filing a civil law suit
fourth requirement of a contract
operation of law
Collective Responsibility
24. Each side may ask the other side to produce relevant documents for inspection and copying.
Who regulates commercial speech
conversion(2)
Request of production of documents and things
For a bill to pass...
25. Forbidding a law to be passed
you cannot revoke an offer...
express contract
Veto
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
26. Gender related; such laws must be substantially related to important government objectives. (gov't cant discriminate based on gender through the law making process)
mirror image rule
uniform commercial code
Intermediate scrutiny
Conference committee
27. Wrote 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
Conference committee
Insurance Fraud
Henry DeBracton
Mediation
28. Judge made law; based on precedent - which leads to stare decisis
first amendment
Ethics
expiration
Common Law
29. A court will imply by conduct that there was an agreement between two parties
you cannot revoke an offer...
Concurring Opinion
fifth amendment
implied contract
30. Business tort; intrusion in to someones private life; being a voyeur
fourth amendment
tort
Strict scrutiny
intrusion
31. Collected taxes and helped keep the peace in tenth century England. Equivalent to a modern day Sheriff.
Comparative Fault
Shire Reeves
Rationale
Voir Dire
32. Any scheme that attempts to unlawfully obtain money or services illegally through the US postal service
Supremacy clause
The job of the Rules Committee
Filibuster
Mail Fraud
33. James Madison - 1789
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
The primary drafter of the constitution
Mail box rule
third requirement of a contract
34. Attorneys ask jurors a set of questions to determine bias
Voir Dire
rejection
Procedural due process
Comparative Fault
35. There is an established duty of due care
Mail Fraud
Substantial effect rule
precedent
element 1 of a negligence lawsuit
36. Agreement (offer and acceptance)
Depositions
Dicta
first requirement of a contract
John Locke
37. The study of how people ought to act; does not always mean legal.
counter offer
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
Holding
Ethics
38. Type of intentional tort; the intentional touching of an individual in a way that is unwarranted or offensive
Intermediate scrutiny
battery
Mail Fraud
Dissenting Opinion
39. No unreasonable searches or seizures
Statute
licensee
implied contract
fourth amendment
40. No self incrimination / due process (miranda warnings)
fifth amendment
Interrogatories
Federal District Court
intentional tort
41. 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
Res ipsa loquitor
What is not protected under the first amendment
Bill of Right
larceny
42. The party filing the appeal
Style of a Case
What Freedom of speech includes
false imprisonment
Appellant
43. Laws involving economic and social regulation; laws that regard economic or social status are presumed valid and corporations and people can be classified
agreement
rejection
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
Minimal scrutiny
44. A power granted to congress stating that congress may regulate trade between countries - other states and indian tribes
regulation of interstate commerce
Mediation
Step four in filing a civil law suit
mens rea
45. States who is suing who. Identifies parties.
Tortious interference with a contract
Intermediate scrutiny
Request of production of documents and things
Style of a Case
46. Termination when the offeror dies or the physical contract is destroyed
precedent
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
operation of law
Appellee
47. Factual case
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
First Woman Justice
Significance of 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
expiration
48. John Roberts
Commercial Exploitation
Current Chief Justice
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
actus reus
49. System of checks and balances within the federal government
Substantial effect rule
Physical and Mental examination
Depositions
Separation of powers
50. 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
Ethics
RICO
Bystander's obligation means...
Holding