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Business Law Vocab - 2
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1. A violation of a duty imposed by a civil law.
conversion
Two types of dispute resolution
tort
Pleadings
2. A law passed by a legislative body
What is not protected under the first amendment
Statute
Takings clause
Medicare fraud
3. 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
Step four in filing a civil law suit
The percentage vote to pass a bill
lible
4. When there is no contract - but the defendant makes a promise that will induce reliance. it would be unjust not to enforce the promise
Bill of Right
second requirement of a contract
Incorporation clause
promissory estoppel
5. Type of tort; taking someone elses property without consent.
quasi contract
Who regulates commercial speech
conversion
element 1 of a negligence lawsuit
6. Someone on the property by right of a public place. highest duty of due care is owed to avoid negligence
conversion
expiration
invitee
promissory estoppel
7. States who is suing who. Identifies parties.
lible
Writ of Certiorari
Style of a Case
What Freedom of speech includes
8. Business tort; defendant improperly breached contract and causes injury to plaintiff
Tortious interference with a contract
slander
How Federal Law has jurisdiction in a lawsuit
Arbitration
9. Requires a meeting of the minds
Stare Decisis
agreement
intrusion
assault
10. Type of intentional tort; an act that makes a person fear imminent battery
What section of the Constitution grants congress it's powers?
Defamation
invitee
assault
11. Termination when an offer specifies a time limit for acceptance and the period is binding.
Minimal scrutiny
Mediation
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
expiration
12. If the proceedings of a business occur intrastate but will eventually effect proceedings interstate - this rule states that congress may interfere
Substantial effect rule
The primary drafter of the constitution
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
The percentage vote to pass a bill
13. Fraud using electronic communications of any kind;
Fraud
Wire Fraud
First African American Justice
Malice
14. No self incrimination / due process (miranda warnings)
Stare Decisis
embezzlement
fifth amendment
mirror image rule
15. Items such as trampolines and swimming pools; defendant is liable if there is no protection
Administrative Law
attractive nuisance
Fraud
promissory estoppel
16. 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.
What section of the Constitution grants congress it's powers?
operation of law
Strict scrutiny
slander
17. When the bill is debated to the floor of the house.
Statute
Interrogatories
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
Veto
18. Due process or the right to a hearing
Stare Decisis
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
fifth amendment
Separation of powers
19. John Roberts
Fraud
Takings clause
Current Chief Justice
conversion(2)
20. Law made by federal agencies; rules and regulations
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
Statute
Wire Fraud
Administrative Law
21. A less serious crime often punishable by less than one year in prison
rejection
Request of production of documents and things
Fraud
misdemeanor
22. Action - print and other expression. Broader than the spoken word
Commercial Exploitation
What Freedom of speech includes
intentional tort
Comparative Fault
23. The introduction of a neutral third party in resolving a dispute; not a binding decision. Voluntary settlement.
What Freedom of speech includes
Request of production of documents and things
Mediation
regulation of interstate commerce
24. Capacity; the parties must be adults and mentally competent
letters of intent
Contributory Negligence
fourth requirement of a contract
attractive nuisance
25. 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
What is not protected under the first amendment
Supremacy clause
Bystander's obligation means...
Pleadings
26. James Madison - 1789
The primary drafter of the constitution
Malice
licensee
conversion
27. No unreasonable searches or seizures
fourth amendment
Mediation
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
intrusion
28. Preponderance of the evidence
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
conversion
express contract
Malice
29. Proposed statutes - submitted to Congress or a legislature
Bill
Stare Decisis
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
30. Type of intentional tort; the intentional touching of an individual in a way that is unwarranted or offensive
How Federal Law has jurisdiction in a lawsuit
battery
Tortious interference with a contract
conversion
31. If the plaintiff is even slightly negligent he/she recovers nothing
Contributory Negligence
false imprisonment
Administrative Law
licensee
32. Collected taxes and helped keep the peace in tenth century England. Equivalent to a modern day Sheriff.
Shire Reeves
Supremacy clause
sixth amendment
first amendment
33. 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
actus reus
larceny
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
Step four in filing a civil law suit
34. Wrote 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
insanity
negligent retention
Henry DeBracton
Year when 'On the Laws and Customs of England' was written
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
Dissenting Opinion
What section of the Constitution grants congress it's powers?
Fraud
mirror image rule
36. When a law remains untouched on the presidents desk for over 10 days after congress's adjournment
Year when 'On the Laws and Customs of England' was written
precedent
expiration
Pocket Veto
37. Section of the fourteenth amendment where courts must provide equal protection to all cases based on scrutiny
Arbitration
Equal Protection Clause
Step three in filing a civil law suit
Holding
38. There is no intention to a contract but the plaintiff gives some benefit to the defendant who knows the plaintiff expects compensation. it would be unjust not to award the damages.
third requirement of a contract
Incorporation clause
Style of a Case
quasi contract
39. The introduction of a neutral third party in resolving a dispute; issues a binding decision.
Negligence per se
What section of the Constitution grants congress it's powers?
fifth amendment
Arbitration
40. Defamation - obscenity - speech that creates danger
Style of a Case
Supremacy clause
Statute
What is not protected under the first amendment
41. A person who volluntarily enters a situation that has an obvious danger cannot complain is he/she is injured
Mail Fraud
Statute
Assumption of the risk
insanity
42. Judge made law
invitee
Physical and Mental examination
express contract
Common Law
43. Consideration; the bargaining that leads to a deal
second requirement of a contract
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
What is not protected under the first amendment
regulation of interstate commerce
44. A company becomes liable if they do not perform a background check
negligent hiring
Request of production of documents and things
Assumption of the risk
assault
45. Type of intentional tort; the intentional restraint of another without reasonable cause
invitee
Common Law
Medicare fraud
false imprisonment
46. Life - Liberty - Property
Physical and Mental examination
Collective Responsibility
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
John Locke
47. Procedures for academic dismissal or dismissal from a government job
Holding
promissory estoppel
Procedural due process
The percentage vote to pass a bill
48. Harm caused by a deliberate action
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
lible
intentional tort
Conference committee
49. Language added to a court's opinion that is beyond what is needed; extra words offered as guidance
Dicta
embezzlement
How Federal Law has jurisdiction in a lawsuit
The percentage vote to pass a bill
50. You have no duty to assist someone in peril unless you created the danger
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