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Business Law Vocab - 2

Subjects : law, business-law
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The process of one party's lawyer to question the other party or a potential witness under oath.






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






3. A law passed by a legislative body






4. Forseeable harm






5. Life - Liberty - Property






6. A contract put in writing laying out all of the terms






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






8. The defendant (defamer) knew the statement was false or acted with reckless disregard to the truth






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






10. A person who volluntarily enters a situation that has an obvious danger cannot complain is he/she is injured






11. Items such as trampolines and swimming pools; defendant is liable if there is no protection






12. To the conference committee






13. Baron Montesquieu






14. Business tort; using someones likeness or voice without their permission.






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






16. Termination by simply turning down the offer






17. 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






18. Malicious use of fire or explosives to damage or destroy real estate or property






19. Type of defamation tort; written defamation






20. 2/3 vote






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






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






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






24. Type of business crime; taking or using someones property






25. If the proceedings of a business occur intrastate but will eventually effect proceedings interstate - this rule states that congress may interfere






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






27. Section of the fourteenth amendment where courts must provide equal protection to all cases based on scrutiny






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






29. Thurgood Marshall






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






31. The introduction of a neutral third party in resolving a dispute; issues a binding decision.






32. James Madison - 1789






33. Type of business crime; the fraudulent conversion of property already in the defendants posession.






34. Sponsor.






35. Article I - Section 8

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






37. The party filing the appeal






38. Injury






39. First 10 amendments of the constitution; Compromise between federalist and antifederalists; Protects natural rights of liberty and property






40. 1250

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41. Reference code; label for looking the case up






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






43. If the plaintiff is even slightly negligent he/she recovers nothing






44. Arbitration and Mediation






45. Unintentional tort - breach of a duty of care






46. The sharing of powers between levels of government






47. A court will imply by conduct that there was an agreement between two parties






48. Reasoning court gives for the holding






49. 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






50. Forbidding a law to be passed







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