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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. A contract put in writing laying out all of the terms
Common Law
operation of law
For a bill to pass...
express contract
2. Cruel and unusual punishment
Arson
Administrative Law
eighth amendment
counter offer
3. Business tort; using someones likeness or voice without their permission.
Collective Responsibility
Step two in filing a civil law suit
Citation
Commercial Exploitation
4. Type of intentional tort; an act that makes a person fear imminent battery
revocation
assault
Step four in filing a civil law suit
letters of intent
5. 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...
Equal Protection Clause
For a bill to pass...
Step four in filing a civil law suit
6. Type of business crime; the fraudulent conversion of property already in the defendants posession.
larceny
promissory estoppel
embezzlement
first requirement of a contract
7. The legal doctrine whereby an act is considered negligent because it violates a statute (or regulation)
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
Mediation
Common Law
Negligence per se
8. Forbidding a law to be passed
Veto
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
Federal District Court
mirror image rule
9. If the plaintiff is even slightly negligent he/she recovers nothing
Dissenting Opinion
Contributory Negligence
Tortious interference with a contract
Fraud
10. A person who volluntarily enters a situation that has an obvious danger cannot complain is he/she is injured
implied contract
invitee
Strict scrutiny
Assumption of the risk
11. Type of intentnional tort; intentionally entering land that belongs to someone else or remaining on land after being asked to leave
Pocket Veto
Substantial effect rule
trespass
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
12. A power granted to congress stating that congress may regulate trade between countries - other states and indian tribes
strict liability
Holding
regulation of interstate commerce
Mail Fraud
13. If a company does not address an insubordinate employee - they become liable
The percentage vote to pass a bill
Common Law
Negligence per se
negligent retention
14. 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
letters of intent
How Federal Law has jurisdiction in a lawsuit
Statute
Strict scrutiny
15. Preponderance of the evidence
Res ipsa loquitor
Year when 'On the Laws and Customs of England' was written
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
Step two in filing a civil law suit
16. Termination by simply turning down the offer
Separation of powers
rejection
Appellant
Year when 'On the Laws and Customs of England' was written
17. Three.
misdemeanor
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
John Locke
coercion
18. 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.
Veto
Dicta
Arbitration
Conference committee
19. A company becomes liable if they do not perform a background check
second requirement of a contract
Minimal scrutiny
Physical and Mental examination
negligent hiring
20. A court will imply by conduct that there was an agreement between two parties
Incorporation clause
conversion(2)
sixth amendment
implied contract
21. Establishes the idea precendent
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22. Pretrial motions; motions for a summary judgement; asks the court to resolve a lawsuit before it goes to trial
Step three in filing a civil law suit
Dissenting Opinion
Patriot Act
rejection
23. The sharing of powers between levels of government
Federalism
Separation of powers
Legal Issue Presented
Supremacy clause
24. Type of intent to be proved; means a guilty state of mind
Significance of 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
What is not protected under the first amendment
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
mens rea
25. A defendant breaches his duty of due care by failing to behave the way a reasonable person would under similar circumstances
breach of duty
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
lible
operation of law
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)
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
third requirement of a contract
Intermediate scrutiny
Veto
27. Majority
The percentage vote to pass a bill
tort
forseeable harm
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
28. Defamation - obscenity - speech that creates danger
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
What is not protected under the first amendment
For a bill to pass...
false imprisonment
29. The opinion of Judges who agree with the holding - but for different reasons.
mirror image rule
fifth amendment
Insurance Fraud
Concurring Opinion
30. Judge made law
Common Law
Mediation
Pleadings
fourth amendment
31. The party opposing the appeal
Litigation
Appellee
fourth amendment
Stare Decisis
32. Harm caused by a deliberate action
Filibuster
intentional tort
Fraud
strict liability
33. The floor/leadership - where it is debated upon with no time limit.
Equal Protection Clause
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
Step four in filing a civil law suit
Ethics
34. A person who is on your property with your permission; you owe them a higher duty of due care to warn of known dangers
licensee
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
promissory estoppel
Writ of Certiorari
35. Right to an attorney when facing a prison sentence
sixth amendment
Bystander's obligation means...
conversion(2)
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
36. Language added to a court's opinion that is beyond what is needed; extra words offered as guidance
conversion(2)
misdemeanor
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
Dicta
37. Business tort; defendant improperly breached contract and causes injury to plaintiff
Significance of 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
Mail box rule
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
Tortious interference with a contract
38. Legality; the subject matter must be legal
Litigation
Federalism
Veto
third requirement of a contract
39. Punishable by a prison sentence of one year or more
Insurance Fraud
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
coercion
felony
40. FCC (Federal Communications Commission)
Incorporation clause
Style of a Case
Pleadings
Who regulates commercial speech
41. Refers to lawsuits; the process of filing claims to courts
Litigation
fourth requirement of a contract
invitee
first requirement of a contract
42. 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
Concurring Opinion
tort
intentional tort
Supremacy clause
43. Injury
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
Tortious interference with a contract
Conference committee
operation of law
44. During the option period of a contract
Equal Protection Clause
you cannot revoke an offer...
conversion
Ethics
45. Procedures for academic dismissal or dismissal from a government job
Procedural due process
Pocket Veto
felony
lible
46. Sandra Day Oconnor
First Woman Justice
Common Law
Negligence
Federal District Court
47. Type of tort; taking someone elses property without consent.
What is not protected under the first amendment
conversion
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
Filibuster
48. The introduction of a neutral third party in resolving a dispute; not a binding decision. Voluntary settlement.
intrusion
quasi contract
negligent hiring
Mediation
49. Article I - Section 8
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50. Attorneys ask jurors a set of questions to determine bias
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
Bill of Right
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