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Business Law Vocab - 2

Subjects : law, business-law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A person who volluntarily enters a situation that has an obvious danger cannot complain is he/she is injured






2. Gender related; such laws must be substantially related to important government objectives. (gov't cant discriminate based on gender through the law making process)






3. A federal statute that applies to the sale of goods (NOT real estate or services)






4. Sponsor.






5. Nine.






6. Reference code; label for looking the case up






7. 1250

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8. Written questions that the opposing party must answer in writing under oath






9. Allows the FBI to surveillance citizens with out a search warrant from a judge






10. Business tort; intrusion in to someones private life; being a voyeur






11. Trial.






12. Capacity; the parties must be adults and mentally competent






13. A person who is on your property with your permission; you owe them a higher duty of due care to warn of known dangers






14. It must be voted on and approved by both houses and then approved by the president. then it is a law






15. Baron Montesquieu






16. Procedures for academic dismissal or dismissal from a government job






17. (1)statement (2)falseness (3)communicated (4)injury






18. The legal question that is posed in a case






19. Type of intent to be proved; means a guilty state of mind






20. Type of intent to be proved; means the guilty act






21. Any scheme that attempts to unlawfully obtain money or services illegally through the US postal service






22. The study of how people ought to act; does not always mean legal.






23. 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






24. Aka imminent domain; government cant take a persons land unless they prove it will be used for a public purpose and provide proper compensation.






25. Injuries caused by neglect and oversight rather than deliberate conduct.






26. Refers to lawsuits; the process of filing claims to courts






27. The legal doctrine whereby an act is considered negligent because it violates a statute (or regulation)






28. No self incrimination / due process (miranda warnings)






29. When the bill is debated to the floor of the house.






30. Type of defamation tort; spoken defamation






31. Laws involving economic and social regulation; laws that regard economic or social status are presumed valid and corporations and people can be classified






32. Punishable by a prison sentence of one year or more






33. To the conference committee






34. Type of intentional tort; the intentional restraint of another without reasonable cause






35. (1)misrepresentation (2)concealment with the intent to take advantage of someone; deception of a person for the purpose of obtaining money or property






36. Judge made law; based on precedent - which leads to stare decisis






37. Establishes the idea precendent

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38. The introduction of a neutral third party in resolving a dispute; not a binding decision. Voluntary settlement.






39. Preponderance of the evidence






40. Type of defense; when the government induces the defendant to break the law.






41. Right to an attorney when facing a prison sentence






42. A subtype of rejection






43. Three.






44. Someone on the property by right of a public place. highest duty of due care is owed to avoid negligence






45. 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






46. A law passed by a legislative body






47. Freedom of speech.






48. Attorneys ask jurors a set of questions to determine bias






49. The obligation to decide current cases based on previous rulings.






50. An offered can be terminated anytime before the offer has been accepted.