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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. John Roberts






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






3. Requires a meeting of the minds






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






5. When the bill is debated to the floor of the house.






6. Baron Montesquieu






7. 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






8. Forbidding a law to be passed






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






10. The legal question that is posed in a case






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






12. An act of a senate member to delay the close of debate or force a decision to be made.






13. To the president.






14. A defendant engaging in an ultrahazardous activity is virtually always liable for any harm that results






15. 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






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






17. When a law remains untouched on the presidents desk for over 10 days after congress's adjournment






18. Factual case






19. Binding; an offeror cannot withdraw






20. Action - print and other expression. Broader than the spoken word






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. Presiding officer (senator)






29. 2/3 vote






30. Legality; the subject matter must be legal






31. A tithing of 10 men put together to hold each other accountable. Anglo-saxon method of keeping the peace.






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






33. Life - Liberty - Property






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






35. Bottom Line answer






36. A violation of a duty imposed by a civil law.






37. Business tort; intrusion in to someones private life; being a voyeur






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






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






40. To a committee to be studied; and then debated and voted upon; this is where new amendments can be added.






41. Type of defense; when the government induces the defendant to break the law.






42. Type of intentional tort; the intentional restraint of another without reasonable cause






43. Complaint and summons are served to defendant; answer is provided within 30 days






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






45. Fraud using electronic communications of any kind;






46. Termination by simply turning down the offer






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






48. The process of one party's lawyer to question the other party or a potential witness under oath.






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






50. To the conference committee