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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. Requires a meeting of the minds
element 1 of a negligence lawsuit
lible
agreement
third requirement of a contract
2. Punishable by a prison sentence of one year or more
Conference committee
Patriot Act
felony
Appellee
3. The legal doctrine whereby an act is considered negligent because it violates a statute (or regulation)
Negligence per se
Conference committee
Step four in filing a civil law suit
Pleadings
4. You have no duty to assist someone in peril unless you created the danger
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5. Business tort; intrusion in to someones private life; being a voyeur
second requirement of a contract
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
intrusion
Tortious interference with a contract
6. Type of intentional tort (and crime); injuring someone by deliberate deception
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
Malice
Fraud
agreement
7. Forbidding a law to be passed
first requirement of a contract
Assumption of the risk
Substantial effect rule
Veto
8. Consideration; the bargaining that leads to a deal
second requirement of a contract
Federalism
Pocket Veto
Bill of Right
9. (1)misrepresentation (2)concealment with the intent to take advantage of someone; deception of a person for the purpose of obtaining money or property
Fraud
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
Where the bill goes after conference committee
misdemeanor
10. Judges are obligated to follow precedent
For a bill to pass...
strict liability
Common Law
Stare Decisis
11. A person who is on your property with your permission; you owe them a higher duty of due care to warn of known dangers
Mediation
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
actus reus
licensee
12. Judges who disagree with the majority holding; states their opposing opinion
licensee
Arbitration
Dissenting Opinion
Year when 'On the Laws and Customs of England' was written
13. Guilty beyond a reasonable doubt
crime burden of proof
Equal Protection Clause
Request of production of documents and things
Separation of powers
14. Type of intentional tort; the intentional restraint of another without reasonable cause
Henry DeBracton
Administrative Law
Mediation
false imprisonment
15. A court will imply by conduct that there was an agreement between two parties
Collective Responsibility
battery
implied contract
Statute
16. Pretrial motions; motions for a summary judgement; asks the court to resolve a lawsuit before it goes to trial
Henry DeBracton
implied contract
promissory estoppel
Step three in filing a civil law suit
17. 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.
Strict scrutiny
Arson
licensee
negligent retention
18. 1250
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19. A contract put in writing laying out all of the terms
express contract
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
letters of intent
Citation
20. Termination when the offeror dies or the physical contract is destroyed
breach of duty
Statute
operation of law
Where the bill goes after conference committee
21. The rules committee where it is put on a calendar.
Arbitration
precedent
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
Incorporation clause
22. Type of defamation tort; spoken defamation
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
Step three in filing a civil law suit
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
slander
23. A federal statute that applies to the sale of goods (NOT real estate or services)
Procedural due process
uniform commercial code
Fraud
you cannot revoke an offer...
24. Complaint and summons are served to defendant; answer is provided within 30 days
Qualifications for defamation
entrapment
Step one in filing a civil law suit
forseeable harm
25. A law passed by a legislative body
Style of a Case
Collective Responsibility
Incorporation clause
Statute
26. Injury
assault
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
What is not protected under the first amendment
Statute
27. No unreasonable searches or seizures
Substantial effect rule
second requirement of a contract
Negligence
fourth amendment
28. Judge made law
Negligence
Common Law
Ethics
Administrative Law
29. A defendant breaches his duty of due care by failing to behave the way a reasonable person would under similar circumstances
First African American Justice
Shire Reeves
Mediation
breach of duty
30. Baron Montesquieu
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
Arson
Malice
31. 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
revocation
promissory estoppel
RICO
Equal Protection Clause
32. The legal question that is posed in a case
Significance of 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
Legal Issue Presented
insanity
third requirement of a contract
33. The process of one party's lawyer to question the other party or a potential witness under oath.
Depositions
precedent
Litigation
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
34. Article I - Section 8
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35. Type of business crime; taking or using someones property
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
Appellee
Federal District Court
conversion(2)
36. Type of intent to be proved; means the guilty act
Bystander's obligation means...
Conference committee
actus reus
regulation of interstate commerce
37. Gender related; such laws must be substantially related to important government objectives. (gov't cant discriminate based on gender through the law making process)
Medicare fraud
Intermediate scrutiny
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
strict liability
38. Business tort; using someones likeness or voice without their permission.
Commercial Exploitation
Depositions
sixth amendment
Comparative Fault
39. Twelve.
Supremacy clause
Veto
Strict scrutiny
Total circuits in the court of appeals
40. Harm caused by a deliberate action
Henry DeBracton
Significance of 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
intentional tort
Negligence
41. Type of intentional tort; the intentional touching of an individual in a way that is unwarranted or offensive
felony
battery
Substantial effect rule
Veto
42. A subtype of rejection
battery
precedent
tort
counter offer
43. The opinion of Judges who agree with the holding - but for different reasons.
Common Law
Concurring Opinion
Separation of powers
Common Law
44. FCC (Federal Communications Commission)
Statute
trespass
The job of the Rules Committee
Who regulates commercial speech
45. Injuries caused by neglect and oversight rather than deliberate conduct.
you cannot revoke an offer...
mens rea
insanity
Negligence and strict liability
46. Lack of opinion - malice as to public figures - negligence to private individuals
Litigation
Step three in filing a civil law suit
To prove injury the defamation must show...
RICO
47. Forseeable harm
Common Law
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
Writ of Certiorari
expiration
48. The party filing the appeal
Procedural due process
Appellant
negligent hiring
slander
49. Collected taxes and helped keep the peace in tenth century England. Equivalent to a modern day Sheriff.
Shire Reeves
Bill
Conference committee
Holding
50. Thurgood Marshall
What section of the Constitution grants congress it's powers?
trespass
Interrogatories
First African American Justice