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Business Law Vocab - 2
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1. 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.
Conference committee
tort
attractive nuisance
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
2. Discovery phase: chance for the party to learn about its opponent.
Step three in filing a civil law suit
Negligence
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
Step two in filing a civil law suit
3. Attorneys ask jurors a set of questions to determine bias
Collective Responsibility
Holding
Pocket Veto
Voir Dire
4. Termination when the offeror dies or the physical contract is destroyed
operation of law
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
Negligence
Administrative Law
5. 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
Bystander's obligation means...
Incorporation clause
How Federal Law has jurisdiction in a lawsuit
Physical and Mental examination
6. The study of how people ought to act; does not always mean legal.
Supremacy clause
Ethics
third requirement of a contract
first requirement of a contract
7. 1250
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8. If the plaintiff is even slightly negligent he/she recovers nothing
Procedural due process
Contributory Negligence
Arson
intentional tort
9. An act of a senate member to delay the close of debate or force a decision to be made.
Where the bill goes after conference committee
Legal Issue Presented
Filibuster
actus reus
10. Section of the fourteenth amendment where courts must provide equal protection to all cases based on scrutiny
Mail box rule
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
intentional tort
Equal Protection Clause
11. Right to an attorney when facing a prison sentence
Step two in filing a civil law suit
sixth amendment
First African American Justice
RICO
12. Life - Liberty - Property
fifth amendment
John Locke
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
entrapment
13. Talking trash
first amendment
coercion
Defamation
Medicare fraud
14. Allows the FBI to surveillance citizens with out a search warrant from a judge
Patriot Act
Litigation
Depositions
attractive nuisance
15. James Madison - 1789
The primary drafter of the constitution
Intermediate scrutiny
eighth amendment
conversion(2)
16. Three.
Stare Decisis
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
For a bill to pass...
Who regulates commercial speech
17. Judge made law; based on precedent - which leads to stare decisis
Common Law
Medicare fraud
Where the bill goes after conference committee
letters of intent
18. When a law remains untouched on the presidents desk for over 10 days after congress's adjournment
Supremacy clause
Pocket Veto
Malice
you cannot revoke an offer...
19. No unreasonable searches or seizures
operation of law
fourth amendment
Malice
slander
20. An offered can be terminated anytime before the offer has been accepted.
Fraud
Rationale
revocation
trespass
21. Majority
The percentage vote to pass a bill
battery
implied contract
Patriot Act
22. Aka imminent domain; government cant take a persons land unless they prove it will be used for a public purpose and provide proper compensation.
third requirement of a contract
Step four in filing a civil law suit
What section of the Constitution grants congress it's powers?
Takings clause
23. The party opposing the appeal
slander
Insurance Fraud
Appellee
fifth amendment
24. When the bill is debated to the floor of the house.
Dicta
Rationale
The primary drafter of the constitution
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
25. It must be voted on and approved by both houses and then approved by the president. then it is a law
conversion
Henry DeBracton
For a bill to pass...
Incorporation clause
26. Complaint and summons are served to defendant; answer is provided within 30 days
Style of a Case
Step one in filing a civil law suit
Ethics
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
27. Common law rule; acceptance must be made on the same terms as the offer
mirror image rule
Malice
breach of duty
Administrative Law
28. A person who is on your property with your permission; you owe them a higher duty of due care to warn of known dangers
Malice
first requirement of a contract
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
licensee
29. Judges who disagree with the majority holding; states their opposing opinion
Physical and Mental examination
Dissenting Opinion
Shire Reeves
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
30. Gender related; such laws must be substantially related to important government objectives. (gov't cant discriminate based on gender through the law making process)
crime burden of proof
Takings clause
Intermediate scrutiny
implied contract
31. Agreement (offer and acceptance)
Writ of Certiorari
Henry DeBracton
first requirement of a contract
What is not protected under the first amendment
32. Procedures for academic dismissal or dismissal from a government job
Appellant
Procedural due process
Year when 'On the Laws and Customs of England' was written
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
33. Type of intentional tort (and crime); injuring someone by deliberate deception
Bill of Right
counter offer
Fraud
forseeable harm
34. To the president.
Where the bill goes after conference committee
Henry DeBracton
mirror image rule
What is not protected under the first amendment
35. For the defendant to be liable - the type of harm must have been reasonably forseeable.
forseeable harm
express contract
Style of a Case
rejection
36. Twelve.
Collective Responsibility
Total circuits in the court of appeals
Common Law
Incorporation clause
37. A tithing of 10 men put together to hold each other accountable. Anglo-saxon method of keeping the peace.
felony
Collective Responsibility
Current Chief Justice
How Federal Law has jurisdiction in a lawsuit
38. Requires a meeting of the minds
agreement
Statute
Negligence and strict liability
negligent hiring
39. A law passed by a legislative body
expiration
Statute
counter offer
Citation
40. Binding; an offeror cannot withdraw
Appellee
To prove injury the defamation must show...
Mail box rule
Incorporation clause
41. Type of business crime; taking or using someones property
Mail Fraud
Depositions
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
conversion(2)
42. No self incrimination / due process (miranda warnings)
precedent
Negligence and strict liability
fifth amendment
agreement
43. Judge made law
Strict scrutiny
regulation of interstate commerce
fifth amendment
Common Law
44. The introduction of a neutral third party in resolving a dispute; issues a binding decision.
Arbitration
Minimal scrutiny
Mediation
Step two in filing a civil law suit
45. Type of intentional tort; the intentional restraint of another without reasonable cause
Appellant
sixth amendment
false imprisonment
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
46. 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.
Mediation
quasi contract
Commercial Exploitation
Mail Fraud
47. Language added to a court's opinion that is beyond what is needed; extra words offered as guidance
conversion
express contract
Dicta
Supremacy clause
48. They set time limits for debate - decide how fast the law should be deliberated and when the bill goes to the floor for debate.
Contributory Negligence
The job of the Rules Committee
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
Total circuits in the court of appeals
49. Legality; the subject matter must be legal
Ethics
uniform commercial code
slander
third requirement of a contract
50. Termination when an offer specifies a time limit for acceptance and the period is binding.
Negligence
Mail box rule
you cannot revoke an offer...
expiration