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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. Capacity; the parties must be adults and mentally competent






2. Article I - Section 8

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3. Type of intentional tort; the intentional touching of an individual in a way that is unwarranted or offensive






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






5. The sharing of powers between levels of government






6. Using false statements or bribes to obtain medicare payments from the federal or state government






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






8. Discovery phase: chance for the party to learn about its opponent.






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






10. Type of defamation tort; written defamation






11. Three.






12. Type of defamation tort; spoken defamation






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






14. Nine.






15. Harm caused by a deliberate action






16. Talking trash






17. Twelve.






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






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






20. Pretrial motions; motions for a summary judgement; asks the court to resolve a lawsuit before it goes to trial






21. 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






22. Freedom of speech.






23. Right to an attorney when facing a prison sentence






24. 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






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






26. A company becomes liable if they do not perform a background check






27. A defendant breaches his duty of due care by failing to behave the way a reasonable person would under similar circumstances






28. 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






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






30. The documents that begin a lawsuit: consists of the complaint - answer and sometimes a reply






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






32. When there is no contract - but the defendant makes a promise that will induce reliance. it would be unjust not to enforce the promise






33. Termination when an offer specifies a time limit for acceptance and the period is binding.






34. Defamation - obscenity - speech that creates danger






35. 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






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






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






38. James Madison - 1789






39. A document filed by the losing party requesting the federal court to appeal a case.






40. Law made by federal agencies; rules and regulations






41. Sandra Day Oconnor






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






43. Termination by simply turning down the offer






44. The legal question that is posed in a case






45. Baron Montesquieu






46. Type of intentional tort (and crime); injuring someone by deliberate deception






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






48. Proposed statutes - submitted to Congress or a legislature






49. If a company does not address an insubordinate employee - they become liable






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