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Business Law Vocab - 2
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1. Business tort; intrusion in to someones private life; being a voyeur
Mail box rule
intrusion
Henry DeBracton
Where the bill goes after conference committee
2. First 10 amendments of the constitution; Compromise between federalist and antifederalists; Protects natural rights of liberty and property
Dissenting Opinion
Style of a Case
Bill of Right
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
3. They set time limits for debate - decide how fast the law should be deliberated and when the bill goes to the floor for debate.
intentional tort
Statute
First Woman Justice
The job of the Rules Committee
4. Written questions that the opposing party must answer in writing under oath
Dicta
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
Interrogatories
The primary drafter of the constitution
5. Type of intent to be proved; means a guilty state of mind
mens rea
Stare Decisis
quasi contract
Defamation
6. There was a breach of due care
Negligence
Bill
rejection
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
7. Type of intentional tort; the intentional restraint of another without reasonable cause
Total circuits in the court of appeals
false imprisonment
tort
Legal Issue Presented
8. Sandra Day Oconnor
coercion
fourth amendment
First Woman Justice
promissory estoppel
9. Complaint and summons are served to defendant; answer is provided within 30 days
misdemeanor
Step one in filing a civil law suit
entrapment
Supremacy clause
10. Preponderance of the evidence
forseeable harm
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
Common Law
Shire Reeves
11. Type of defamation tort; written defamation
Arbitration
expiration
lible
Comparative Fault
12. The study of how people ought to act; does not always mean legal.
agreement
Ethics
Dissenting Opinion
trespass
13. 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.
Supremacy clause
quasi contract
What is not protected under the first amendment
Wire Fraud
14. No self incrimination / due process (miranda warnings)
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
Appellee
Physical and Mental examination
fifth amendment
15. The introduction of a neutral third party in resolving a dispute; not a binding decision. Voluntary settlement.
Voir Dire
Mediation
third requirement of a contract
Writ of Certiorari
16. Laws involving economic and social regulation; laws that regard economic or social status are presumed valid and corporations and people can be classified
expiration
larceny
Minimal scrutiny
Contributory Negligence
17. A letter that summarizes the negotiating progress
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
letters of intent
Pocket Veto
lible
18. Reasoning court gives for the holding
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
Insurance Fraud
Rationale
Assumption of the risk
19. Procedures for academic dismissal or dismissal from a government job
Writ of Certiorari
regulation of interstate commerce
fourth requirement of a contract
Procedural due process
20. The defendant (defamer) knew the statement was false or acted with reckless disregard to the truth
Malice
Step one in filing a civil law suit
intrusion
Ethics
21. States who is suing who. Identifies parties.
Medicare fraud
Style of a Case
quasi contract
First Woman Justice
22. Capacity; the parties must be adults and mentally competent
What Freedom of speech includes
Bill of Right
Henry DeBracton
fourth requirement of a contract
23. Business tort; using someones likeness or voice without their permission.
licensee
Style of a Case
Commercial Exploitation
Conference committee
24. The process of one party's lawyer to question the other party or a potential witness under oath.
Depositions
counter offer
promissory estoppel
Voir Dire
25. Pretrial motions; motions for a summary judgement; asks the court to resolve a lawsuit before it goes to trial
Mail Fraud
Step three in filing a civil law suit
mirror image rule
What Freedom of speech includes
26. 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
Bystander's obligation means...
assault
coercion
lible
27. If the proceedings of a business occur intrastate but will eventually effect proceedings interstate - this rule states that congress may interfere
forseeable harm
Substantial effect rule
Legal Issue Presented
Federalism
28. James Madison - 1789
agreement
expiration
The primary drafter of the constitution
Step four in filing a civil law suit
29. 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
expiration
Who regulates commercial speech
How Federal Law has jurisdiction in a lawsuit
mens rea
30. 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.
Strict scrutiny
First Woman Justice
regulation of interstate commerce
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
31. System of checks and balances within the federal government
Separation of powers
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
What section of the Constitution grants congress it's powers?
mens rea
32. 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
breach of duty
intrusion
Supremacy clause
Filibuster
33. Lack of opinion - malice as to public figures - negligence to private individuals
To prove injury the defamation must show...
Mail Fraud
Step one in filing a civil law suit
For a bill to pass...
34. FCC (Federal Communications Commission)
Contributory Negligence
To prove injury the defamation must show...
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
Who regulates commercial speech
35. A violation of a duty imposed by a civil law.
Depositions
Veto
tort
Negligence
36. 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
counter offer
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
false imprisonment
37. Someone on the property by right of a public place. highest duty of due care is owed to avoid negligence
invitee
embezzlement
Two types of dispute resolution
Filibuster
38. 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
fourth requirement of a contract
larceny
rejection
Step one in filing a civil law suit
39. Requires a meeting of the minds
fourth requirement of a contract
agreement
Ethics
mens rea
40. Three.
Defamation
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
breach of duty
Medicare fraud
41. A less serious crime often punishable by less than one year in prison
embezzlement
Writ of Certiorari
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
misdemeanor
42. A person who volluntarily enters a situation that has an obvious danger cannot complain is he/she is injured
Assumption of the risk
express contract
felony
revocation
43. To the president.
The percentage vote to pass a bill
Where the bill goes after conference committee
mirror image rule
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
44. Judges are obligated to follow precedent
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
Stare Decisis
Mail Fraud
What section of the Constitution grants congress it's powers?
45. Baron Montesquieu
Arson
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
sixth amendment
Negligence per se
46. The introduction of a neutral third party in resolving a dispute; issues a binding decision.
Qualifications for defamation
Arbitration
Step one in filing a civil law suit
false imprisonment
47. Agreement (offer and acceptance)
first amendment
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
first requirement of a contract
48. Type of intentional tort (and crime); injuring someone by deliberate deception
Commercial Exploitation
Fraud
negligent hiring
How Federal Law has jurisdiction in a lawsuit
49. A document filed by the losing party requesting the federal court to appeal a case.
Style of a Case
implied contract
Procedural due process
Writ of Certiorari
50. Type of tort; taking someone elses property without consent.
Stare Decisis
conversion
Negligence
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...