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Business Law Vocab - 2
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A contract put in writing laying out all of the terms
express contract
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
Physical and Mental examination
Appellee
2. A defendant engaging in an ultrahazardous activity is virtually always liable for any harm that results
strict liability
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
Pocket Veto
fifth amendment
3. Forseeable harm
Supremacy clause
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
Arson
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
4. For the defendant to be liable - the type of harm must have been reasonably forseeable.
Filibuster
Strict scrutiny
Step one in filing a civil law suit
forseeable harm
5. Consideration; the bargaining that leads to a deal
First African American Justice
Who regulates commercial speech
second requirement of a contract
Dissenting Opinion
6. Proposed statutes - submitted to Congress or a legislature
Bill
Contributory Negligence
sixth amendment
Federal District Court
7. Punishable by a prison sentence of one year or more
Collective Responsibility
Medicare fraud
felony
What Freedom of speech includes
8. Type of intentional tort; an act that makes a person fear imminent battery
agreement
assault
implied contract
Bill of Right
9. Business tort; defendant improperly breached contract and causes injury to plaintiff
Interrogatories
Tortious interference with a contract
conversion
Dissenting Opinion
10. Factual case
uniform commercial code
Physical and Mental examination
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
Procedural due process
11. Wrote 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
Dicta
operation of law
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
Henry DeBracton
12. Termination when the offeror dies or the physical contract is destroyed
Insurance Fraud
To prove injury the defamation must show...
operation of law
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
13. Judge made law
coercion
Fraud
negligent hiring
Common Law
14. A power granted to congress stating that congress may regulate trade between countries - other states and indian tribes
Appellee
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
Arson
regulation of interstate commerce
15. To a committee to be studied; and then debated and voted upon; this is where new amendments can be added.
third requirement of a contract
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
operation of law
Incorporation clause
16. Section of the fourteenth amendment where courts must provide equal protection to all cases based on scrutiny
Year when 'On the Laws and Customs of England' was written
What section of the Constitution grants congress it's powers?
first amendment
Equal Protection Clause
17. There was a breach of due care
The primary drafter of the constitution
fifth amendment
Malice
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
18. Preponderance of the evidence
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
larceny
Fraud
Filibuster
19. Language added to a court's opinion that is beyond what is needed; extra words offered as guidance
quasi contract
fourth requirement of a contract
false imprisonment
Dicta
20. The facts imply that the defendants negligence caused the act; 'the thing speaks for itself'
Res ipsa loquitor
rejection
precedent
licensee
21. Procedures for academic dismissal or dismissal from a government job
Strict scrutiny
Procedural due process
Contributory Negligence
Interrogatories
22. Type of business crime; the fraudulent conversion of property already in the defendants posession.
embezzlement
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
Depositions
Assumption of the risk
23. The opinion of Judges who agree with the holding - but for different reasons.
Concurring Opinion
Rationale
Fraud
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
24. A person who volluntarily enters a situation that has an obvious danger cannot complain is he/she is injured
Administrative Law
agreement
Citation
Assumption of the risk
25. A federal statute that applies to the sale of goods (NOT real estate or services)
Holding
For a bill to pass...
tort
uniform commercial code
26. To the president.
Where the bill goes after conference committee
Qualifications for defamation
you cannot revoke an offer...
Procedural due process
27. Type of tort; taking someone elses property without consent.
Federalism
conversion
Contributory Negligence
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
28. 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
mirror image rule
Res ipsa loquitor
Common Law
coercion
29. 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
What is not protected under the first amendment
How Federal Law has jurisdiction in a lawsuit
Common Law
trespass
30. Using false statements or bribes to obtain medicare payments from the federal or state government
first amendment
Medicare fraud
What is not protected under the first amendment
eighth amendment
31. Written questions that the opposing party must answer in writing under oath
insanity
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
Legal Issue Presented
Interrogatories
32. Fraud using electronic communications of any kind;
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
lible
Wire Fraud
insanity
33. Twelve.
fourth amendment
What is not protected under the first amendment
The job of the Rules Committee
Total circuits in the court of appeals
34. Judges are obligated to follow precedent
Fraud
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
Stare Decisis
Common Law
35. A party may ask the court to order an examination to find out if physical or mental damage is relevant
implied contract
The primary drafter of the constitution
coercion
Physical and Mental examination
36. A letter that summarizes the negotiating progress
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
insanity
letters of intent
Where the bill goes after conference committee
37. Reference code; label for looking the case up
Mail Fraud
Citation
Fraud
John Locke
38. Type of defense; when the government induces the defendant to break the law.
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
entrapment
Wire Fraud
Res ipsa loquitor
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40. You have no duty to assist someone in peril unless you created the danger
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41. Baron Montesquieu
The percentage vote to pass a bill
Current Chief Justice
Where the bill goes after conference committee
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
42. Talking trash
slander
Defamation
Patriot Act
Rationale
43. Attorneys ask jurors a set of questions to determine bias
Malice
Voir Dire
first requirement of a contract
Tortious interference with a contract
44. Type of intent to be proved; means a guilty state of mind
Appellee
trespass
mens rea
Arson
45. Law made by federal agencies; rules and regulations
felony
rejection
assault
Administrative Law
46. No self incrimination / due process (miranda warnings)
fifth amendment
Res ipsa loquitor
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
Where the bill goes after conference committee
47. Termination when an offer specifies a time limit for acceptance and the period is binding.
fourth amendment
first requirement of a contract
expiration
you cannot revoke an offer...
48. Presiding officer (senator)
Step three in filing a civil law suit
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
Negligence per se
negligent hiring
49. An offered can be terminated anytime before the offer has been accepted.
revocation
attractive nuisance
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
actus reus
50. A violation of a duty imposed by a civil law.
third requirement of a contract
Writ of Certiorari
regulation of interstate commerce
tort