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Business Law Vocab - 2
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A defendant engaging in an ultrahazardous activity is virtually always liable for any harm that results
strict liability
operation of law
Mediation
Concurring Opinion
2. Attorneys ask jurors a set of questions to determine bias
agreement
Voir Dire
Patriot Act
first amendment
3. Termination by simply turning down the offer
Voir Dire
rejection
Federalism
Bystander's obligation means...
4. There is an established duty of due care
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
Res ipsa loquitor
third requirement of a contract
element 1 of a negligence lawsuit
5. Arbitration and Mediation
operation of law
Separation of powers
Two types of dispute resolution
Administrative Law
6. A tithing of 10 men put together to hold each other accountable. Anglo-saxon method of keeping the peace.
tort
Step one in filing a civil law suit
Collective Responsibility
implied contract
7. Judges are obligated to follow precedent
Patriot Act
Tortious interference with a contract
Stare Decisis
Step one in filing a civil law suit
8. Common law rule; acceptance must be made on the same terms as the offer
Fraud
negligent hiring
Interrogatories
mirror image rule
9. States who is suing who. Identifies parties.
Year when 'On the Laws and Customs of England' was written
Style of a Case
coercion
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
10. A defendant breaches his duty of due care by failing to behave the way a reasonable person would under similar circumstances
breach of duty
intentional tort
Common Law
embezzlement
11. 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.
Mediation
Fraud
The job of the Rules Committee
Conference committee
12. Injury
Step three in filing a civil law suit
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
Step four in filing a civil law suit
Pleadings
13. To the conference committee
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
Conference committee
second requirement of a contract
14. 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
Equal Protection Clause
Supremacy clause
RICO
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
15. Sandra Day Oconnor
Holding
For a bill to pass...
First Woman Justice
Mail Fraud
16. Thurgood Marshall
First African American Justice
Step four in filing a civil law suit
Legal Issue Presented
Common Law
17. Presiding officer (senator)
John Locke
Two types of dispute resolution
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
you cannot revoke an offer...
18. The facts imply that the defendants negligence caused the act; 'the thing speaks for itself'
fourth amendment
Res ipsa loquitor
Federalism
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
19. If a company does not address an insubordinate employee - they become liable
Comparative Fault
crime burden of proof
negligent retention
Arbitration
20. Forbidding a law to be passed
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
Who regulates commercial speech
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
Veto
21. Laws involving economic and social regulation; laws that regard economic or social status are presumed valid and corporations and people can be classified
Insurance Fraud
How Federal Law has jurisdiction in a lawsuit
tort
Minimal scrutiny
22. 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
Concurring Opinion
How Federal Law has jurisdiction in a lawsuit
mirror image rule
intentional tort
23. Forseeable harm
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
Henry DeBracton
Bill of Right
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
24. Type of defense; the practice of forcing another party to behave in an involuntary manner (whether through action or inaction) by use of threats or rewards
Appellee
Medicare fraud
coercion
Wire Fraud
25. Aka imminent domain; government cant take a persons land unless they prove it will be used for a public purpose and provide proper compensation.
Takings clause
Litigation
Minimal scrutiny
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
26. The defendant (defamer) knew the statement was false or acted with reckless disregard to the truth
Two types of dispute resolution
Malice
first amendment
Statute
27. Bottom Line answer
Holding
Step two in filing a civil law suit
Bystander's obligation means...
element 1 of a negligence lawsuit
28. Guilty beyond a reasonable doubt
regulation of interstate commerce
crime burden of proof
What Freedom of speech includes
fifth amendment
29. The opinion of Judges who agree with the holding - but for different reasons.
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
first requirement of a contract
Concurring Opinion
Patriot Act
30. Unintentional tort - breach of a duty of care
Who regulates commercial speech
Current Chief Justice
Negligence
tort
31. Refers to lawsuits; the process of filing claims to courts
Litigation
strict liability
What section of the Constitution grants congress it's powers?
Veto
32. Legality; the subject matter must be legal
mens rea
Negligence
Where the bill goes after conference committee
third requirement of a contract
33. Consideration; the bargaining that leads to a deal
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
Filibuster
second requirement of a contract
rejection
34. A plaintiff may generally recover even if he/she is partially negligible
Fraud
Comparative Fault
Patriot Act
John Locke
35. Reference code; label for looking the case up
sixth amendment
Comparative Fault
Citation
mirror image rule
36. Section of the fourteenth amendment where courts must provide equal protection to all cases based on scrutiny
Equal Protection Clause
false imprisonment
Common Law
negligent hiring
37. The introduction of a neutral third party in resolving a dispute; not a binding decision. Voluntary settlement.
Significance of 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
Mediation
slander
strict liability
38. Action - print and other expression. Broader than the spoken word
Equal Protection Clause
What Freedom of speech includes
Henry DeBracton
Step one in filing a civil law suit
39. Due process or the right to a hearing
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
uniform commercial code
fifth amendment
Takings clause
40. Written questions that the opposing party must answer in writing under oath
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
misdemeanor
Pocket Veto
Interrogatories
41. Defamation - obscenity - speech that creates danger
Citation
What is not protected under the first amendment
Total circuits in the court of appeals
conversion
42. A letter that summarizes the negotiating progress
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
Tortious interference with a contract
expiration
letters of intent
43. Type of intent to be proved; means a guilty state of mind
Physical and Mental examination
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
First African American Justice
mens rea
44. The introduction of a neutral third party in resolving a dispute; issues a binding decision.
Patriot Act
mirror image rule
Arbitration
third requirement of a contract
45. Pretrial motions; motions for a summary judgement; asks the court to resolve a lawsuit before it goes to trial
Strict scrutiny
Dicta
Pocket Veto
Step three in filing a civil law suit
46. Requires a meeting of the minds
Administrative Law
agreement
Dicta
implied contract
47. Termination when an offer specifies a time limit for acceptance and the period is binding.
insanity
Wire Fraud
expiration
Concurring Opinion
48. A violation of a duty imposed by a civil law.
tort
Veto
Defamation
fourth requirement of a contract
49. An act of a senate member to delay the close of debate or force a decision to be made.
First African American Justice
Wire Fraud
Filibuster
Step two in filing a civil law suit
50. The rules committee where it is put on a calendar.
Dissenting Opinion
First Woman Justice
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
fourth amendment