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Business Law Vocab - 2

Subjects : law, business-law
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1. Three.






2. Business tort; defendant improperly breached contract and causes injury to plaintiff






3. Type of intent to be proved; means the guilty act






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






5. The rules committee where it is put on a calendar.






6. Article I - Section 8

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






8. Type of intentional tort; an act that makes a person fear imminent battery






9. Law made by federal agencies; rules and regulations






10. Due process or the right to a hearing






11. Thurgood Marshall






12. Type of defense; the defendant is incapable of forming mens rea






13. Type of tort; taking someone elses property without consent.






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






15. 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.






16. The study of how people ought to act; does not always mean legal.






17. Collected taxes and helped keep the peace in tenth century England. Equivalent to a modern day Sheriff.






18. Wrote 'On the Laws and Customs of England'






19. Right to an attorney when facing a prison sentence






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






21. 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






22. Someone on the property by right of a public place. highest duty of due care is owed to avoid negligence






23. They set time limits for debate - decide how fast the law should be deliberated and when the bill goes to the floor for debate.






24. Type of defamation tort; spoken defamation






25. Establishes the idea precendent

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26. Procedures for academic dismissal or dismissal from a government job






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






28. Binding; an offeror cannot withdraw






29. For the defendant to be liable - the type of harm must have been reasonably forseeable.






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






31. The sharing of powers between levels of government






32. Life - Liberty - Property






33. John Roberts






34. 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






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






36. Nine.






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






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






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






40. 1250

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






42. Bottom Line answer






43. During the option period of a contract






44. Preponderance of the evidence






45. FCC (Federal Communications Commission)






46. Laws involving economic and social regulation; laws that regard economic or social status are presumed valid and corporations and people can be classified






47. Legality; the subject matter must be legal






48. Reference code; label for looking the case up






49. A power granted to congress stating that congress may regulate trade between countries - other states and indian tribes






50. Capacity; the parties must be adults and mentally competent