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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. The introduction of a neutral third party in resolving a dispute; not a binding decision. Voluntary settlement.
fourth requirement of a contract
The job of the Rules Committee
Mediation
Bill
2. No self incrimination / due process (miranda warnings)
Qualifications for defamation
fifth amendment
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
Comparative Fault
3. A law passed by a legislative body
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
Statute
coercion
Wire Fraud
4. A plaintiff may generally recover even if he/she is partially negligible
Stare Decisis
Comparative Fault
fifth amendment
mirror image rule
5. Pretrial motions; motions for a summary judgement; asks the court to resolve a lawsuit before it goes to trial
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
Malice
Interrogatories
Step three in filing a civil law suit
6. To the conference committee
revocation
Procedural due process
Substantial effect rule
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
7. Faking car accidents and injury in order to gain a settlement
What section of the Constitution grants congress it's powers?
Insurance Fraud
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
assault
8. Judges who disagree with the majority holding; states their opposing opinion
Dissenting Opinion
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
Res ipsa loquitor
actus reus
9. Termination by simply turning down the offer
Incorporation clause
Medicare fraud
rejection
expiration
10. Business tort; defendant improperly breached contract and causes injury to plaintiff
Request of production of documents and things
Tortious interference with a contract
precedent
Filibuster
11. 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
quasi contract
Comparative Fault
Supremacy clause
fifth amendment
12. Talking trash
Equal Protection Clause
Interrogatories
Defamation
First Woman Justice
13. Type of intentional tort; an act that makes a person fear imminent battery
negligent hiring
tort
Commercial Exploitation
assault
14. Business tort; intrusion in to someones private life; being a voyeur
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
intrusion
Negligence and strict liability
Wire Fraud
15. To the president.
Administrative Law
Bystander's obligation means...
Res ipsa loquitor
Where the bill goes after conference committee
16. For the defendant to be liable - the type of harm must have been reasonably forseeable.
conversion
forseeable harm
negligent hiring
embezzlement
17. The defendant (defamer) knew the statement was false or acted with reckless disregard to the truth
Collective Responsibility
Malice
Who regulates commercial speech
battery
18. 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
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
Significance of 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
RICO
19. Reasoning court gives for the holding
Dicta
Rationale
Res ipsa loquitor
fourth amendment
20. Unintentional tort - breach of a duty of care
Negligence
Contributory Negligence
forseeable harm
Significance of 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
21. When there is no contract - but the defendant makes a promise that will induce reliance. it would be unjust not to enforce the promise
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
Who regulates commercial speech
promissory estoppel
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
22. Type of defense; when the government induces the defendant to break the law.
entrapment
embezzlement
Medicare fraud
Patriot Act
23. Type of defamation tort; written defamation
forseeable harm
Depositions
lible
mens rea
24. The sharing of powers between levels of government
Federalism
attractive nuisance
negligent hiring
Where the bill goes after conference committee
25. Aka imminent domain; government cant take a persons land unless they prove it will be used for a public purpose and provide proper compensation.
Takings clause
Step four in filing a civil law suit
Arbitration
First African American Justice
26. Due process or the right to a hearing
For a bill to pass...
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
fifth amendment
Common Law
27. Type of intentional tort; the intentional touching of an individual in a way that is unwarranted or offensive
Patriot Act
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
battery
28. The introduction of a neutral third party in resolving a dispute; issues a binding decision.
mens rea
negligent retention
First African American Justice
Arbitration
29. During the option period of a contract
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
you cannot revoke an offer...
first amendment
Holding
30. The facts imply that the defendants negligence caused the act; 'the thing speaks for itself'
Total circuits in the court of appeals
The job of the Rules Committee
Comparative Fault
Res ipsa loquitor
31. Type of intent to be proved; means a guilty state of mind
mens rea
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
felony
Step two in filing a civil law suit
32. Establishes the idea precendent
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33. Someone on the property by right of a public place. highest duty of due care is owed to avoid negligence
invitee
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
First Woman Justice
Significance of 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
34. Forseeable harm
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
The percentage vote to pass a bill
Litigation
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
35. Written questions that the opposing party must answer in writing under oath
Interrogatories
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
element 1 of a negligence lawsuit
Mail Fraud
36. The party filing the appeal
third requirement of a contract
element 1 of a negligence lawsuit
Collective Responsibility
Appellant
37. Attorneys ask jurors a set of questions to determine bias
rejection
implied contract
intrusion
Voir Dire
38. You have no duty to assist someone in peril unless you created the danger
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39. A company becomes liable if they do not perform a background check
negligent hiring
Mediation
third requirement of a contract
licensee
40. (1)statement (2)falseness (3)communicated (4)injury
Qualifications for defamation
false imprisonment
intrusion
Patriot Act
41. Trial.
Veto
Step four in filing a civil law suit
assault
Minimal scrutiny
42. An offered can be terminated anytime before the offer has been accepted.
revocation
mens rea
Separation of powers
intentional tort
43. Twelve.
Total circuits in the court of appeals
The primary drafter of the constitution
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
counter offer
44. To a committee to be studied; and then debated and voted upon; this is where new amendments can be added.
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
Patriot Act
The percentage vote to pass a bill
45. Injury
Incorporation clause
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
agreement
mens rea
46. The study of how people ought to act; does not always mean legal.
sixth amendment
Assumption of the risk
Ethics
Henry DeBracton
47. Preponderance of the evidence
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
Pleadings
What section of the Constitution grants congress it's powers?
agreement
48. Punishable by a prison sentence of one year or more
third requirement of a contract
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
Res ipsa loquitor
felony
49. If a company does not address an insubordinate employee - they become liable
Ethics
crime burden of proof
negligent retention
Equal Protection Clause
50. 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.
coercion
Significance of 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
Conference committee
Strict scrutiny