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Business Law Vocab - 2
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1. Capacity; the parties must be adults and mentally competent
Medicare fraud
Legal Issue Presented
fourth requirement of a contract
Dissenting Opinion
2. 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
RICO
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
Dicta
Ethics
3. Harm caused by a deliberate action
intentional tort
letters of intent
Request of production of documents and things
Pocket Veto
4. John Roberts
Negligence and strict liability
conversion
What section of the Constitution grants congress it's powers?
Current Chief Justice
5. Sponsor.
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
Comparative Fault
implied contract
Concurring Opinion
6. Requires a meeting of the minds
express contract
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
agreement
slander
7. Injury
fifth amendment
For a bill to pass...
Malice
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
8. Procedures for academic dismissal or dismissal from a government job
Procedural due process
eighth amendment
misdemeanor
Filibuster
9. No state can deny citizens due process. (14th amendment) this incorporates states to be ruled under the constitution
Two types of dispute resolution
licensee
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
Incorporation clause
10. If the plaintiff is even slightly negligent he/she recovers nothing
negligent retention
Contributory Negligence
Who regulates commercial speech
Veto
11. James Madison - 1789
you cannot revoke an offer...
To prove injury the defamation must show...
The primary drafter of the constitution
element 1 of a negligence lawsuit
12. Arbitration and Mediation
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
Two types of dispute resolution
implied contract
Wire Fraud
13. Type of defense; when the government induces the defendant to break the law.
entrapment
intrusion
Filibuster
fourth amendment
14. Life - Liberty - Property
you cannot revoke an offer...
John Locke
First Woman Justice
Intermediate scrutiny
15. A letter that summarizes the negotiating progress
Concurring Opinion
letters of intent
Supremacy clause
insanity
16. It must be voted on and approved by both houses and then approved by the president. then it is a law
battery
invitee
Procedural due process
For a bill to pass...
17. Termination when the offeror dies or the physical contract is destroyed
letters of intent
operation of law
Tortious interference with a contract
Where the bill goes after conference committee
18. A tithing of 10 men put together to hold each other accountable. Anglo-saxon method of keeping the peace.
RICO
Collective Responsibility
Federalism
assault
19. Type of tort; taking someone elses property without consent.
Negligence and strict liability
element 1 of a negligence lawsuit
conversion
strict liability
20. Law made by federal agencies; rules and regulations
Appellee
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
RICO
Administrative Law
21. There was a breach of due care
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
Collective Responsibility
22. The party filing the appeal
Appellant
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
element 1 of a negligence lawsuit
Filibuster
23. 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
How Federal Law has jurisdiction in a lawsuit
tort
Total circuits in the court of appeals
Concurring Opinion
24. The introduction of a neutral third party in resolving a dispute; not a binding decision. Voluntary settlement.
negligent retention
The percentage vote to pass a bill
RICO
Mediation
25. Reference code; label for looking the case up
agreement
Minimal scrutiny
intrusion
Citation
26. Proposed statutes - submitted to Congress or a legislature
Stare Decisis
Litigation
Bill
First African American Justice
27. Forseeable harm
regulation of interstate commerce
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
Tortious interference with a contract
strict liability
28. Discovery phase: chance for the party to learn about its opponent.
Qualifications for defamation
Step three in filing a civil law suit
Stare Decisis
Step two in filing a civil law suit
29. Business tort; defendant improperly breached contract and causes injury to plaintiff
John Locke
intentional tort
Tortious interference with a contract
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
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.
Arbitration
To prove injury the defamation must show...
second requirement of a contract
Strict scrutiny
31. Any scheme that attempts to unlawfully obtain money or services illegally through the US postal service
felony
first amendment
Mail Fraud
agreement
32. Consideration; the bargaining that leads to a deal
negligent retention
fifth amendment
Voir Dire
second requirement of a contract
33. Section of the fourteenth amendment where courts must provide equal protection to all cases based on scrutiny
Equal Protection Clause
Shire Reeves
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
John Locke
34. Type of defense; the defendant is incapable of forming mens rea
actus reus
coercion
insanity
Intermediate scrutiny
35. A company becomes liable if they do not perform a background check
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
Dicta
negligent hiring
Style of a Case
36. Aka imminent domain; government cant take a persons land unless they prove it will be used for a public purpose and provide proper compensation.
Citation
strict liability
Common Law
Takings clause
37. If a company does not address an insubordinate employee - they become liable
Holding
Litigation
negligent retention
implied contract
38. FCC (Federal Communications Commission)
Conference committee
Two types of dispute resolution
element 1 of a negligence lawsuit
Who regulates commercial speech
39. Freedom of speech.
lible
Separation of powers
Shire Reeves
first amendment
40. Defamation - obscenity - speech that creates danger
mirror image rule
counter offer
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
What is not protected under the first amendment
41. Termination when an offer specifies a time limit for acceptance and the period is binding.
expiration
Takings clause
Citation
Incorporation clause
42. 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 2 of a negligence lawsuit
Negligence
Intermediate scrutiny
element 1 of a negligence lawsuit
43. Cruel and unusual punishment
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
Dissenting Opinion
eighth amendment
Stare Decisis
44. A defendant breaches his duty of due care by failing to behave the way a reasonable person would under similar circumstances
counter offer
breach of duty
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
negligent hiring
45. To the conference committee
Strict scrutiny
Comparative Fault
Writ of Certiorari
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
46. When there is no contract - but the defendant makes a promise that will induce reliance. it would be unjust not to enforce the promise
Arbitration
Appellant
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
promissory estoppel
47. Refers to lawsuits; the process of filing claims to courts
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
Litigation
Negligence and strict liability
48. Language added to a court's opinion that is beyond what is needed; extra words offered as guidance
Dicta
regulation of interstate commerce
Filibuster
Who regulates commercial speech
49. Reasoning court gives for the holding
express contract
What section of the Constitution grants congress it's powers?
lible
Rationale
50. Type of intentnional tort; intentionally entering land that belongs to someone else or remaining on land after being asked to leave
Insurance Fraud
tort
regulation of interstate commerce
trespass