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Business Law Vocab - 2
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Lack of opinion - malice as to public figures - negligence to private individuals
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
Appellant
Tortious interference with a contract
To prove injury the defamation must show...
2. Type of intent to be proved; means the guilty act
Henry DeBracton
actus reus
Appellant
larceny
3. Fraud using electronic communications of any kind;
coercion
rejection
Wire Fraud
Statute
4. A defendant engaging in an ultrahazardous activity is virtually always liable for any harm that results
Insurance Fraud
sixth amendment
Appellant
strict liability
5. Type of defamation tort; written defamation
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
lible
you cannot revoke an offer...
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
6. Cruel and unusual punishment
Patriot Act
eighth amendment
Where the bill goes after conference committee
mens rea
7. Section of the fourteenth amendment where courts must provide equal protection to all cases based on scrutiny
Conference committee
Two types of dispute resolution
Voir Dire
Equal Protection Clause
8. A court will imply by conduct that there was an agreement between two parties
express contract
Step four in filing a civil law suit
implied contract
Insurance Fraud
9. Majority
Ethics
Malice
The percentage vote to pass a bill
Henry DeBracton
10. Trial.
regulation of interstate commerce
Step four in filing a civil law suit
Defamation
Concurring Opinion
11. Thurgood Marshall
First African American Justice
Request of production of documents and things
Minimal scrutiny
entrapment
12. Someone on the property by right of a public place. highest duty of due care is owed to avoid negligence
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
RICO
Separation of powers
invitee
13. The party filing the appeal
Commercial Exploitation
Medicare fraud
Appellant
Who regulates commercial speech
14. If a company does not address an insubordinate employee - they become liable
negligent retention
first amendment
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
Common Law
15. Bottom Line answer
Holding
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
battery
invitee
16. A company becomes liable if they do not perform a background check
negligent hiring
revocation
Rationale
Depositions
17. A party may ask the court to order an examination to find out if physical or mental damage is relevant
Physical and Mental examination
Appellee
Legal Issue Presented
Strict scrutiny
18. (1)statement (2)falseness (3)communicated (4)injury
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
trespass
fourth requirement of a contract
Qualifications for defamation
19. Talking trash
Defamation
Physical and Mental examination
first requirement of a contract
false imprisonment
20. Faking car accidents and injury in order to gain a settlement
Insurance Fraud
Interrogatories
Rationale
Appellant
21. A document filed by the losing party requesting the federal court to appeal a case.
coercion
Insurance Fraud
Bill of Right
Writ of Certiorari
22. Aka imminent domain; government cant take a persons land unless they prove it will be used for a public purpose and provide proper compensation.
Negligence per se
intentional tort
Contributory Negligence
Takings clause
23. The legal doctrine whereby an act is considered negligent because it violates a statute (or regulation)
Negligence per se
Mail box rule
Intermediate scrutiny
Administrative Law
24. Type of intentional tort; the intentional touching of an individual in a way that is unwarranted or offensive
Interrogatories
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
battery
RICO
25. Malicious use of fire or explosives to damage or destroy real estate or property
Year when 'On the Laws and Customs of England' was written
Arson
Fraud
strict liability
26. A violation of a duty imposed by a civil law.
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
Two types of dispute resolution
tort
Substantial effect rule
27. Termination by simply turning down the offer
fourth requirement of a contract
Takings clause
rejection
Significance of 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
28. Injuries caused by neglect and oversight rather than deliberate conduct.
Negligence and strict liability
strict liability
Style of a Case
Negligence per se
29. A law passed by a legislative body
felony
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
Statute
intrusion
30. No unreasonable searches or seizures
Minimal scrutiny
fourth amendment
larceny
first requirement of a contract
31. Preponderance of the evidence
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
Common Law
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
Statute
32. 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.
Conference committee
actus reus
strict liability
Common Law
33. There is an established duty of due care
Negligence and strict liability
eighth amendment
strict liability
element 1 of a negligence lawsuit
34. Collected taxes and helped keep the peace in tenth century England. Equivalent to a modern day Sheriff.
Federal District Court
crime burden of proof
Interrogatories
Shire Reeves
35. There was a breach of due care
Substantial effect rule
Common Law
Interrogatories
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
36. Type of business crime; taking or using someones property
eighth amendment
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
conversion(2)
First African American Justice
37. A subtype of rejection
implied contract
felony
first amendment
counter offer
38. The documents that begin a lawsuit: consists of the complaint - answer and sometimes a reply
Incorporation clause
Substantial effect rule
Pleadings
Takings clause
39. A letter that summarizes the negotiating progress
Ethics
larceny
letters of intent
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
40. Baron Montesquieu
revocation
Legal Issue Presented
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
Pleadings
41. Consideration; the bargaining that leads to a deal
regulation of interstate commerce
second requirement of a contract
third requirement of a contract
Statute
42. Using false statements or bribes to obtain medicare payments from the federal or state government
Medicare fraud
trespass
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
Conference committee
43. The party opposing the appeal
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
Appellee
Legal Issue Presented
express contract
44. 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.
quasi contract
negligent retention
conversion
Collective Responsibility
45. They set time limits for debate - decide how fast the law should be deliberated and when the bill goes to the floor for debate.
Incorporation clause
The job of the Rules Committee
Year when 'On the Laws and Customs of England' was written
Commercial Exploitation
46. Business tort; intrusion in to someones private life; being a voyeur
Concurring Opinion
Two types of dispute resolution
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
intrusion
47. Law made by federal agencies; rules and regulations
Administrative Law
Tortious interference with a contract
Depositions
Assumption of the risk
48. Laws involving economic and social regulation; laws that regard economic or social status are presumed valid and corporations and people can be classified
misdemeanor
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
Minimal scrutiny
RICO
49. A tithing of 10 men put together to hold each other accountable. Anglo-saxon method of keeping the peace.
The percentage vote to pass a bill
What section of the Constitution grants congress it's powers?
Collective Responsibility
precedent
50. 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
Arbitration
The primary drafter of the constitution
counter offer