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Business Law Vocab - 2
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Laws involving economic and social regulation; laws that regard economic or social status are presumed valid and corporations and people can be classified
Minimal scrutiny
felony
express contract
Significance of 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
2. When a law remains untouched on the presidents desk for over 10 days after congress's adjournment
Pocket Veto
Negligence per se
Malice
express contract
3. The documents that begin a lawsuit: consists of the complaint - answer and sometimes a reply
Intermediate scrutiny
Equal Protection Clause
Pleadings
Qualifications for defamation
4. Punishable by a prison sentence of one year or more
Malice
felony
RICO
crime burden of proof
5. A power granted to congress stating that congress may regulate trade between countries - other states and indian tribes
RICO
Concurring Opinion
regulation of interstate commerce
attractive nuisance
6. Judges who disagree with the majority holding; states their opposing opinion
Mail Fraud
fifth amendment
Dissenting Opinion
Negligence and strict liability
7. Someone on the property by right of a public place. highest duty of due care is owed to avoid negligence
assault
invitee
Separation of powers
implied contract
8. A company becomes liable if they do not perform a background check
negligent hiring
promissory estoppel
first requirement of a contract
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
9. A violation of a duty imposed by a civil law.
tort
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
10. Preponderance of the evidence
Interrogatories
tort
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
11. Article I - Section 8
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12. Law made by federal agencies; rules and regulations
Bill of Right
second requirement of a contract
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
Administrative Law
13. When there is no contract - but the defendant makes a promise that will induce reliance. it would be unjust not to enforce the promise
Common Law
promissory estoppel
Physical and Mental examination
Federal District Court
14. 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.
Mediation
Strict scrutiny
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
What section of the Constitution grants congress it's powers?
15. Arbitration and Mediation
Veto
larceny
Two types of dispute resolution
battery
16. Business tort; intrusion in to someones private life; being a voyeur
fifth amendment
Tortious interference with a contract
Conference committee
intrusion
17. Defamation - obscenity - speech that creates danger
What is not protected under the first amendment
third requirement of a contract
revocation
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
18. Proposed statutes - submitted to Congress or a legislature
Comparative Fault
The primary drafter of the constitution
Incorporation clause
Bill
19. 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.
assault
Patriot Act
letters of intent
quasi contract
20. Complaint and summons are served to defendant; answer is provided within 30 days
slander
Insurance Fraud
sixth amendment
Step one in filing a civil law suit
21. Pretrial motions; motions for a summary judgement; asks the court to resolve a lawsuit before it goes to trial
Legal Issue Presented
Step three in filing a civil law suit
Common Law
To prove injury the defamation must show...
22. A document filed by the losing party requesting the federal court to appeal a case.
Dissenting Opinion
fourth requirement of a contract
Mail Fraud
Writ of Certiorari
23. There was a breach of due care
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
Shire Reeves
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
24. Type of intentional tort; the intentional restraint of another without reasonable cause
battery
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
negligent hiring
false imprisonment
25. Unintentional tort - breach of a duty of care
tort
Negligence
Negligence and strict liability
Conference committee
26. The opinion of Judges who agree with the holding - but for different reasons.
Significance of 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
Concurring Opinion
Insurance Fraud
quasi contract
27. Due process or the right to a hearing
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
fifth amendment
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
28. Type of defamation tort; written defamation
invitee
licensee
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
lible
29. Guilty beyond a reasonable doubt
crime burden of proof
Intermediate scrutiny
Incorporation clause
intentional tort
30. States who is suing who. Identifies parties.
Statute
Mail Fraud
revocation
Style of a Case
31. Trial.
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
Step four in filing a civil law suit
The percentage vote to pass a bill
false imprisonment
32. 2/3 vote
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
Appellant
false imprisonment
negligent retention
33. Factual case
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
Assumption of the risk
Fraud
invitee
34. The party filing the appeal
felony
John Locke
Voir Dire
Appellant
35. Bottom Line answer
mens rea
Holding
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
Federal District Court
36. An act of a senate member to delay the close of debate or force a decision to be made.
Veto
Filibuster
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
attractive nuisance
37. Capacity; the parties must be adults and mentally competent
The primary drafter of the constitution
Supremacy clause
Step four in filing a civil law suit
fourth requirement of a contract
38. 1250
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39. Faking car accidents and injury in order to gain a settlement
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
Step four in filing a civil law suit
Insurance Fraud
Tortious interference with a contract
40. Nine.
Strict scrutiny
Bill of Right
Mediation
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
41. If the plaintiff is even slightly negligent he/she recovers nothing
Contributory Negligence
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
counter offer
misdemeanor
42. 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.
felony
fourth amendment
Conference committee
mirror image rule
43. Majority
Who regulates commercial speech
attractive nuisance
Shire Reeves
The percentage vote to pass a bill
44. The study of how people ought to act; does not always mean legal.
Ethics
slander
intentional tort
negligent retention
45. A defendant engaging in an ultrahazardous activity is virtually always liable for any harm that results
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
strict liability
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
Incorporation clause
46. Judge made law
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
Common Law
promissory estoppel
Equal Protection Clause
47. Termination when the offeror dies or the physical contract is destroyed
fourth amendment
Contributory Negligence
first amendment
operation of law
48. Harm caused by a deliberate action
intentional tort
Fraud
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
The job of the Rules Committee
49. If a company does not address an insubordinate employee - they become liable
Mediation
Step one in filing a civil law suit
Res ipsa loquitor
negligent retention
50. The obligation to decide current cases based on previous rulings.
Fraud
Wire Fraud
Separation of powers
precedent