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Business Law Vocab - 2
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. When the bill is debated to the floor of the house.
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
mens rea
Intermediate scrutiny
larceny
2. Binding; an offeror cannot withdraw
Mail box rule
Step three in filing a civil law suit
Who regulates commercial speech
Depositions
3. The study of how people ought to act; does not always mean legal.
Veto
Ethics
slander
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
4. Capacity; the parties must be adults and mentally competent
Litigation
false imprisonment
fourth requirement of a contract
What section of the Constitution grants congress it's powers?
5. The process of one party's lawyer to question the other party or a potential witness under oath.
lible
invitee
Negligence and strict liability
Depositions
6. Termination by simply turning down the offer
entrapment
Statute
rejection
sixth amendment
7. Discovery phase: chance for the party to learn about its opponent.
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
The job of the Rules Committee
Step two in filing a civil law suit
Common Law
8. Type of tort; taking someone elses property without consent.
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
negligent retention
conversion
What section of the Constitution grants congress it's powers?
9. 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
Supremacy clause
Medicare fraud
Interrogatories
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
10. Type of defense; when the government induces the defendant to break the law.
entrapment
Interrogatories
Henry DeBracton
larceny
11. Language added to a court's opinion that is beyond what is needed; extra words offered as guidance
counter offer
Appellee
Dicta
Request of production of documents and things
12. Cruel and unusual punishment
eighth amendment
Strict scrutiny
Appellee
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
13. The legal doctrine whereby an act is considered negligent because it violates a statute (or regulation)
Negligence per se
Stare Decisis
Bystander's obligation means...
Patriot Act
14. Forseeable harm
coercion
Fraud
Rationale
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
15. Type of intentional tort (and crime); injuring someone by deliberate deception
sixth amendment
Fraud
First Woman Justice
third requirement of a contract
16. Talking trash
Defamation
trespass
insanity
slander
17. Presiding officer (senator)
Step four in filing a civil law suit
Ethics
Commercial Exploitation
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
18. Fraud using electronic communications of any kind;
Mail Fraud
fifth amendment
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
Wire Fraud
19. The floor/leadership - where it is debated upon with no time limit.
conversion(2)
Administrative Law
revocation
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
20. Trial.
trespass
Pleadings
Malice
Step four in filing a civil law suit
21. System of checks and balances within the federal government
slander
Physical and Mental examination
Mail box rule
Separation of powers
22. John Roberts
Current Chief Justice
Bill
First Woman Justice
Wire Fraud
23. Refers to lawsuits; the process of filing claims to courts
Federalism
Litigation
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
intrusion
24. Baron Montesquieu
Mail box rule
Commercial Exploitation
Henry DeBracton
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
25. A company becomes liable if they do not perform a background check
negligent hiring
expiration
Two types of dispute resolution
fourth amendment
26. Business tort; defendant improperly breached contract and causes injury to plaintiff
Tortious interference with a contract
you cannot revoke an offer...
Total circuits in the court of appeals
battery
27. Nine.
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
First Woman Justice
RICO
Significance of 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
28. Guilty beyond a reasonable doubt
Common Law
Takings clause
crime burden of proof
tort
29. Article I - Section 8
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30. The introduction of a neutral third party in resolving a dispute; issues a binding decision.
Minimal scrutiny
Arbitration
counter offer
coercion
31. There was a breach of due care
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
licensee
Physical and Mental examination
Medicare fraud
32. Laws involving economic and social regulation; laws that regard economic or social status are presumed valid and corporations and people can be classified
Minimal scrutiny
letters of intent
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
counter offer
33. Due process or the right to a hearing
fifth amendment
misdemeanor
The percentage vote to pass a bill
sixth amendment
34. Written questions that the opposing party must answer in writing under oath
Voir Dire
attractive nuisance
entrapment
Interrogatories
35. A defendant engaging in an ultrahazardous activity is virtually always liable for any harm that results
slander
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
Defamation
strict liability
36. Unintentional tort - breach of a duty of care
Shire Reeves
Negligence
Concurring Opinion
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
37. Harm caused by a deliberate action
you cannot revoke an offer...
Insurance Fraud
intentional tort
intrusion
38. Type of defense; the defendant is incapable of forming mens rea
insanity
Administrative Law
Depositions
slander
39. Type of intent to be proved; means the guilty act
Pleadings
What is not protected under the first amendment
actus reus
embezzlement
40. 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
third requirement of a contract
Takings clause
Voir Dire
41. Arbitration and Mediation
Statute
RICO
Two types of dispute resolution
Mail box rule
42. A plaintiff may generally recover even if he/she is partially negligible
slander
Holding
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
Comparative Fault
43. An offered can be terminated anytime before the offer has been accepted.
expiration
revocation
forseeable harm
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
44. Life - Liberty - Property
John Locke
attractive nuisance
Dicta
Takings clause
45. A subtype of rejection
counter offer
trespass
revocation
conversion(2)
46. To the conference committee
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
Equal Protection Clause
operation of law
47. Section of the fourteenth amendment where courts must provide equal protection to all cases based on scrutiny
express contract
Equal Protection Clause
Fraud
larceny
48. Procedures for academic dismissal or dismissal from a government job
assault
letters of intent
Negligence
Procedural due process
49. Judges are obligated to follow precedent
Stare Decisis
Request of production of documents and things
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
mens rea
50. Wrote 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
Fraud
embezzlement
quasi contract
Henry DeBracton