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Business Law Vocab - 2
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. If a company does not address an insubordinate employee - they become liable
negligent retention
intentional tort
Wire Fraud
Two types of dispute resolution
2. Preponderance of the evidence
invitee
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
slander
Supremacy clause
3. Talking trash
tort
operation of law
Defamation
Pocket Veto
4. Gender related; such laws must be substantially related to important government objectives. (gov't cant discriminate based on gender through the law making process)
Intermediate scrutiny
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
Veto
Procedural due process
5. To the president.
Federal District Court
Where the bill goes after conference committee
Negligence and strict liability
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
6. Judges who disagree with the majority holding; states their opposing opinion
second requirement of a contract
conversion(2)
Dissenting Opinion
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
7. Faking car accidents and injury in order to gain a settlement
Fraud
Insurance Fraud
Rationale
Interrogatories
8. The legal doctrine whereby an act is considered negligent because it violates a statute (or regulation)
Supremacy clause
Equal Protection Clause
Negligence per se
Bill of Right
9. Action - print and other expression. Broader than the spoken word
attractive nuisance
What Freedom of speech includes
strict liability
forseeable harm
10. Capacity; the parties must be adults and mentally competent
fourth requirement of a contract
Concurring Opinion
First Woman Justice
attractive nuisance
11. 1250
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13. Attorneys ask jurors a set of questions to determine bias
fifth amendment
Rationale
Ethics
Voir Dire
14. A defendant breaches his duty of due care by failing to behave the way a reasonable person would under similar circumstances
sixth amendment
breach of duty
Commercial Exploitation
fourth requirement of a contract
15. Business tort; using someones likeness or voice without their permission.
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
Equal Protection Clause
Commercial Exploitation
Federal District Court
16. A less serious crime often punishable by less than one year in prison
Insurance Fraud
For a bill to pass...
Mail Fraud
misdemeanor
17. The party filing the appeal
lible
Wire Fraud
Appellant
revocation
18. Forbidding a law to be passed
counter offer
What Freedom of speech includes
Veto
Step two in filing a civil law suit
19. Refers to lawsuits; the process of filing claims to courts
rejection
first amendment
Litigation
First African American Justice
20. A tithing of 10 men put together to hold each other accountable. Anglo-saxon method of keeping the peace.
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
Step three in filing a civil law suit
Collective Responsibility
Dicta
21. Termination when the offeror dies or the physical contract is destroyed
express contract
rejection
operation of law
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
22. Type of business crime; taking or using someones property
The primary drafter of the constitution
conversion(2)
Negligence
Mail box rule
23. Procedures for academic dismissal or dismissal from a government job
Procedural due process
crime burden of proof
conversion(2)
lible
24. Proposed statutes - submitted to Congress or a legislature
Federalism
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
Bill
fourth amendment
25. 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
Fraud
intrusion
mirror image rule
larceny
26. For the defendant to be liable - the type of harm must have been reasonably forseeable.
actus reus
invitee
Administrative Law
forseeable harm
27. John Roberts
Step three in filing a civil law suit
Current Chief Justice
second requirement of a contract
Henry DeBracton
28. The party opposing the appeal
Style of a Case
Appellee
Malice
negligent hiring
29. Judges are obligated to follow precedent
strict liability
felony
counter offer
Stare Decisis
30. Sandra Day Oconnor
First Woman Justice
Who regulates commercial speech
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
intentional tort
31. A defendant engaging in an ultrahazardous activity is virtually always liable for any harm that results
Pocket Veto
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
quasi contract
strict liability
32. Wrote 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
Mail box rule
Henry DeBracton
Shire Reeves
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
33. Complaint and summons are served to defendant; answer is provided within 30 days
Shire Reeves
regulation of interstate commerce
Current Chief Justice
Step one in filing a civil law suit
34. When the bill is debated to the floor of the house.
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
third requirement of a contract
Holding
forseeable harm
35. 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
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
Strict scrutiny
Malice
36. A violation of a duty imposed by a civil law.
slander
Step four in filing a civil law suit
tort
strict liability
37. Harm caused by a deliberate action
intentional tort
trespass
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
What Freedom of speech includes
38. Any scheme that attempts to unlawfully obtain money or services illegally through the US postal service
entrapment
misdemeanor
Mail Fraud
embezzlement
39. The rules committee where it is put on a calendar.
Supremacy clause
Malice
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
agreement
40. Arbitration and Mediation
Where the bill goes after conference committee
Significance of 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
Legal Issue Presented
Two types of dispute resolution
41. Written questions that the opposing party must answer in writing under oath
mirror image rule
Interrogatories
Tortious interference with a contract
Malice
42. A plaintiff may generally recover even if he/she is partially negligible
Step two in filing a civil law suit
Insurance Fraud
Comparative Fault
revocation
43. Forseeable harm
To prove injury the defamation must show...
For a bill to pass...
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
Wire Fraud
44. The process of one party's lawyer to question the other party or a potential witness under oath.
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
Takings clause
Depositions
45. If the plaintiff is even slightly negligent he/she recovers nothing
Commercial Exploitation
fifth amendment
Contributory Negligence
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
46. Twelve.
Total circuits in the court of appeals
Step two in filing a civil law suit
negligent hiring
crime burden of proof
47. Sponsor.
Year when 'On the Laws and Customs of England' was written
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
Two types of dispute resolution
battery
48. A subtype of rejection
battery
Res ipsa loquitor
counter offer
first requirement of a contract
49. 2/3 vote
breach of duty
Federalism
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
50. 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.
Mail Fraud
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
Current Chief Justice
Strict scrutiny