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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. Harm caused by a deliberate action
To prove injury the defamation must show...
negligent retention
intentional tort
Depositions
2. When there is no contract - but the defendant makes a promise that will induce reliance. it would be unjust not to enforce the promise
promissory estoppel
fifth amendment
Holding
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
3. The obligation to decide current cases based on previous rulings.
Insurance Fraud
Common Law
Procedural due process
precedent
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.
counter offer
Conference committee
Fraud
Physical and Mental examination
5. 2/3 vote
Bill of Right
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
fifth amendment
Mail box rule
6. A plaintiff may generally recover even if he/she is partially negligible
Federalism
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
Comparative Fault
Supremacy clause
7. Consideration; the bargaining that leads to a deal
attractive nuisance
Mediation
Concurring Opinion
second requirement of a contract
8. Defamation - obscenity - speech that creates danger
What is not protected under the first amendment
Administrative Law
Comparative Fault
tort
9. 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
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
larceny
conversion
10. 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
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
coercion
Interrogatories
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
11. Legality; the subject matter must be legal
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
third requirement of a contract
Contributory Negligence
The percentage vote to pass a bill
12. Injury
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
first amendment
Request of production of documents and things
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
13. System of checks and balances within the federal government
Separation of powers
expiration
Writ of Certiorari
Pocket Veto
14. Life - Liberty - Property
coercion
Contributory Negligence
Mediation
John Locke
15. If the proceedings of a business occur intrastate but will eventually effect proceedings interstate - this rule states that congress may interfere
Substantial effect rule
insanity
Res ipsa loquitor
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
16. Lack of opinion - malice as to public figures - negligence to private individuals
strict liability
actus reus
To prove injury the defamation must show...
Where the bill goes after conference committee
17. Reasoning court gives for the holding
actus reus
you cannot revoke an offer...
Rationale
Defamation
18. First 10 amendments of the constitution; Compromise between federalist and antifederalists; Protects natural rights of liberty and property
Bill of Right
Malice
actus reus
intrusion
19. 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
false imprisonment
letters of intent
How Federal Law has jurisdiction in a lawsuit
Common Law
20. A subtype of rejection
Veto
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
fifth amendment
counter offer
21. Fraud using electronic communications of any kind;
counter offer
Wire Fraud
Arson
Bystander's obligation means...
22. Type of intent to be proved; means the guilty act
Bystander's obligation means...
false imprisonment
actus reus
agreement
23. Wrote 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
Veto
Henry DeBracton
How Federal Law has jurisdiction in a lawsuit
Total circuits in the court of appeals
24. Type of defamation tort; written defamation
lible
licensee
Supremacy clause
actus reus
25. Capacity; the parties must be adults and mentally competent
Style of a Case
Bystander's obligation means...
fourth requirement of a contract
Henry DeBracton
26. During the option period of a contract
fifth amendment
you cannot revoke an offer...
letters of intent
Negligence and strict liability
27. Freedom of speech.
First Woman Justice
Fraud
first amendment
What is not protected under the first amendment
28. Allows the FBI to surveillance citizens with out a search warrant from a judge
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
false imprisonment
Patriot Act
Medicare fraud
29. The legal question that is posed in a case
entrapment
Legal Issue Presented
Arbitration
Supremacy clause
30. There is no intention to a contract but the plaintiff gives some benefit to the defendant who knows the plaintiff expects compensation. it would be unjust not to award the damages.
quasi contract
Assumption of the risk
conversion
Stare Decisis
31. Injuries caused by neglect and oversight rather than deliberate conduct.
Negligence and strict liability
Patriot Act
first requirement of a contract
Malice
32. When a law remains untouched on the presidents desk for over 10 days after congress's adjournment
Pocket Veto
Procedural due process
Malice
Mail box rule
33. A court will imply by conduct that there was an agreement between two parties
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
implied contract
slander
rejection
34. States who is suing who. Identifies parties.
Malice
Style of a Case
first requirement of a contract
Total circuits in the court of appeals
35. Trial Court
Filibuster
trespass
Federal District Court
Contributory Negligence
36. 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.
Federal District Court
coercion
Strict scrutiny
Tortious interference with a contract
37. Forseeable harm
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
first requirement of a contract
Holding
counter offer
38. Any scheme that attempts to unlawfully obtain money or services illegally through the US postal service
tort
second requirement of a contract
Conference committee
Mail Fraud
39. Due process or the right to a hearing
Step two in filing a civil law suit
Mail Fraud
fifth amendment
Ethics
40. Type of intent to be proved; means a guilty state of mind
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
Appellee
mens rea
mirror image rule
41. The party opposing the appeal
second requirement of a contract
The job of the Rules Committee
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
Appellee
42. Type of defense; when the government induces the defendant to break the law.
Interrogatories
rejection
strict liability
entrapment
43. When the bill is debated to the floor of the house.
Interrogatories
Arson
Stare Decisis
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
44. Type of business crime; taking or using someones property
letters of intent
conversion(2)
quasi contract
battery
45. Law made by federal agencies; rules and regulations
conversion
Wire Fraud
Assumption of the risk
Administrative Law
46. Article I - Section 8
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47. To the conference committee
Administrative Law
What Freedom of speech includes
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
48. FCC (Federal Communications Commission)
Arbitration
Who regulates commercial speech
coercion
Collective Responsibility
49. Refers to lawsuits; the process of filing claims to courts
Who regulates commercial speech
Physical and Mental examination
Litigation
What is not protected under the first amendment
50. A less serious crime often punishable by less than one year in prison
misdemeanor
negligent hiring
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
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