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Business Law Vocab - 2
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Bottom Line answer
Holding
Appellant
For a bill to pass...
fourth amendment
2. Malicious use of fire or explosives to damage or destroy real estate or property
Henry DeBracton
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
Arson
strict liability
3. Termination when the offeror dies or the physical contract is destroyed
operation of law
Year when 'On the Laws and Customs of England' was written
trespass
precedent
4. 2/3 vote
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
tort
Mediation
Federal District Court
5. Common law rule; acceptance must be made on the same terms as the offer
Holding
mirror image rule
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
Current Chief Justice
6. FCC (Federal Communications Commission)
eighth amendment
Veto
crime burden of proof
Who regulates commercial speech
7. Fraud using electronic communications of any kind;
breach of duty
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
Wire Fraud
What Freedom of speech includes
8. Sandra Day Oconnor
letters of intent
Stare Decisis
Current Chief Justice
First Woman Justice
9. Agreement (offer and acceptance)
first requirement of a contract
battery
Filibuster
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
10. A person who volluntarily enters a situation that has an obvious danger cannot complain is he/she is injured
What section of the Constitution grants congress it's powers?
Assumption of the risk
Who regulates commercial speech
Mediation
11. The opinion of Judges who agree with the holding - but for different reasons.
Style of a Case
attractive nuisance
For a bill to pass...
Concurring Opinion
12. Requires a meeting of the minds
Where the bill goes after conference committee
lible
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
agreement
13. Three.
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
First African American Justice
Negligence per se
intrusion
14. There is no intention to a contract but the plaintiff gives some benefit to the defendant who knows the plaintiff expects compensation. it would be unjust not to award the damages.
quasi contract
Where the bill goes after conference committee
lible
Negligence and strict liability
15. 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
coercion
Holding
Pleadings
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
16. A letter that summarizes the negotiating progress
Mail box rule
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
letters of intent
intentional tort
17. Talking trash
Defamation
rejection
first requirement of a contract
expiration
18. Using false statements or bribes to obtain medicare payments from the federal or state government
Year when 'On the Laws and Customs of England' was written
element 1 of a negligence lawsuit
Medicare fraud
second requirement of a contract
19. They set time limits for debate - decide how fast the law should be deliberated and when the bill goes to the floor for debate.
Step two in filing a civil law suit
insanity
Mail box rule
The job of the Rules Committee
20. The documents that begin a lawsuit: consists of the complaint - answer and sometimes a reply
Federal District Court
first requirement of a contract
element 1 of a negligence lawsuit
Pleadings
21. Law made by federal agencies; rules and regulations
Administrative Law
mens rea
actus reus
Negligence per se
22. A document filed by the losing party requesting the federal court to appeal a case.
Appellee
Writ of Certiorari
coercion
licensee
23. Thurgood Marshall
First African American Justice
actus reus
The primary drafter of the constitution
Contributory Negligence
24. Items such as trampolines and swimming pools; defendant is liable if there is no protection
attractive nuisance
larceny
regulation of interstate commerce
Significance of 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
25. Someone on the property by right of a public place. highest duty of due care is owed to avoid negligence
Patriot Act
larceny
sixth amendment
invitee
26. If the plaintiff is even slightly negligent he/she recovers nothing
negligent hiring
To prove injury the defamation must show...
crime burden of proof
Contributory Negligence
27. Written questions that the opposing party must answer in writing under oath
Henry DeBracton
Insurance Fraud
assault
Interrogatories
28. Reasoning court gives for the holding
Rationale
expiration
Physical and Mental examination
Wire Fraud
29. Lack of opinion - malice as to public figures - negligence to private individuals
Fraud
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
insanity
To prove injury the defamation must show...
30. Type of intentional tort; the intentional touching of an individual in a way that is unwarranted or offensive
Pocket Veto
fifth amendment
Ethics
battery
31. 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.
Conference committee
Interrogatories
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
mirror image rule
32. Type of defense; the defendant is incapable of forming mens rea
insanity
larceny
The primary drafter of the constitution
Common Law
33. If a company does not address an insubordinate employee - they become liable
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
Stare Decisis
negligent retention
Assumption of the risk
34. Preponderance of the evidence
revocation
Collective Responsibility
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
intrusion
35. Trial Court
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
Two types of dispute resolution
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
Federal District Court
36. System of checks and balances within the federal government
Two types of dispute resolution
Ethics
Separation of powers
Appellee
37. Type of business crime; the fraudulent conversion of property already in the defendants posession.
Who regulates commercial speech
Legal Issue Presented
Appellee
embezzlement
38. An offered can be terminated anytime before the offer has been accepted.
Bill of Right
revocation
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
Ethics
39. Right to an attorney when facing a prison sentence
sixth amendment
counter offer
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
Veto
40. The party filing the appeal
Separation of powers
Appellant
battery
Depositions
41. No self incrimination / due process (miranda warnings)
Voir Dire
fifth amendment
intentional tort
false imprisonment
42. A person who is on your property with your permission; you owe them a higher duty of due care to warn of known dangers
Supremacy clause
licensee
letters of intent
Takings clause
43. Trial.
conversion
counter offer
Interrogatories
Step four in filing a civil law suit
44. James Madison - 1789
Strict scrutiny
eighth amendment
The primary drafter of the constitution
Conference committee
45. Consideration; the bargaining that leads to a deal
second requirement of a contract
Arson
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
What Freedom of speech includes
46. The introduction of a neutral third party in resolving a dispute; not a binding decision. Voluntary settlement.
sixth amendment
Mediation
first requirement of a contract
Interrogatories
47. Aka imminent domain; government cant take a persons land unless they prove it will be used for a public purpose and provide proper compensation.
Tortious interference with a contract
Litigation
Takings clause
implied contract
48. 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
Appellee
How Federal Law has jurisdiction in a lawsuit
regulation of interstate commerce
forseeable harm
49. First 10 amendments of the constitution; Compromise between federalist and antifederalists; Protects natural rights of liberty and property
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
Bill of Right
What is not protected under the first amendment
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
50. A federal statute that applies to the sale of goods (NOT real estate or services)
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
Bystander's obligation means...
RICO
uniform commercial code
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