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Business Law Vocab - 2
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Trial Court
The job of the Rules Committee
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
Federal District Court
intentional tort
2. Agreement (offer and acceptance)
misdemeanor
fifth amendment
Comparative Fault
first requirement of a contract
3. Law made by federal agencies; rules and regulations
Administrative Law
intrusion
Ethics
coercion
4. 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.
Takings clause
revocation
Medicare fraud
Conference committee
5. Twelve.
Total circuits in the court of appeals
fifth amendment
Where the bill goes after conference committee
Malice
6. If a company does not address an insubordinate employee - they become liable
embezzlement
uniform commercial code
negligent retention
Fraud
7. To a committee to be studied; and then debated and voted upon; this is where new amendments can be added.
larceny
element 1 of a negligence lawsuit
Fraud
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
8. Arbitration and Mediation
Two types of dispute resolution
intrusion
Fraud
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
9. No state can deny citizens due process. (14th amendment) this incorporates states to be ruled under the constitution
you cannot revoke an offer...
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
Incorporation clause
Assumption of the risk
10. Items such as trampolines and swimming pools; defendant is liable if there is no protection
Writ of Certiorari
attractive nuisance
quasi contract
expiration
11. Action - print and other expression. Broader than the spoken word
expiration
What Freedom of speech includes
Filibuster
Conference committee
12. Language added to a court's opinion that is beyond what is needed; extra words offered as guidance
Step two in filing a civil law suit
felony
Interrogatories
Dicta
13. An act of a senate member to delay the close of debate or force a decision to be made.
Equal Protection Clause
slander
Filibuster
forseeable harm
14. Type of tort; taking someone elses property without consent.
conversion
trespass
Dicta
Common Law
15. A federal statute that applies to the sale of goods (NOT real estate or services)
Medicare fraud
uniform commercial code
Rationale
Wire Fraud
16. Trial.
For a bill to pass...
Step four in filing a civil law suit
agreement
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
17. Type of intent to be proved; means the guilty act
actus reus
Voir Dire
Defamation
fourth amendment
18. (1)misrepresentation (2)concealment with the intent to take advantage of someone; deception of a person for the purpose of obtaining money or property
promissory estoppel
element 1 of a negligence lawsuit
What is not protected under the first amendment
Fraud
19. The legal question that is posed in a case
operation of law
Incorporation clause
Legal Issue Presented
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
20. The floor/leadership - where it is debated upon with no time limit.
Henry DeBracton
Tortious interference with a contract
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
21. Reasoning court gives for the holding
The percentage vote to pass a bill
What section of the Constitution grants congress it's powers?
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
Rationale
22. An offered can be terminated anytime before the offer has been accepted.
Ethics
Common Law
revocation
Dissenting Opinion
23. Cruel and unusual punishment
Step one in filing a civil law suit
express contract
John Locke
eighth amendment
24. Collected taxes and helped keep the peace in tenth century England. Equivalent to a modern day Sheriff.
Shire Reeves
Qualifications for defamation
Mediation
Assumption of the risk
25. The obligation to decide current cases based on previous rulings.
Citation
Separation of powers
precedent
Tortious interference with a contract
26. Malicious use of fire or explosives to damage or destroy real estate or property
Voir Dire
trespass
Arson
Minimal scrutiny
27. Type of defamation tort; spoken defamation
invitee
What Freedom of speech includes
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
slander
28. The legal doctrine whereby an act is considered negligent because it violates a statute (or regulation)
Negligence per se
Separation of powers
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
misdemeanor
29. When there is no contract - but the defendant makes a promise that will induce reliance. it would be unjust not to enforce the promise
Interrogatories
Henry DeBracton
trespass
promissory estoppel
30. A power granted to congress stating that congress may regulate trade between countries - other states and indian tribes
regulation of interstate commerce
precedent
The job of the Rules Committee
Henry DeBracton
31. 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.
Federalism
express contract
Strict scrutiny
assault
32. Forbidding a law to be passed
precedent
Veto
Writ of Certiorari
Dissenting Opinion
33. Right to an attorney when facing a prison sentence
Holding
licensee
For a bill to pass...
sixth amendment
34. 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
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
How Federal Law has jurisdiction in a lawsuit
Year when 'On the Laws and Customs of England' was written
Citation
35. Presiding officer (senator)
Insurance Fraud
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
intentional tort
Pleadings
36. Section of the fourteenth amendment where courts must provide equal protection to all cases based on scrutiny
Depositions
Equal Protection Clause
What is not protected under the first amendment
Writ of Certiorari
37. States who is suing who. Identifies parties.
Style of a Case
Legal Issue Presented
Appellant
sixth amendment
38. Preponderance of the evidence
Voir Dire
expiration
Pleadings
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
39. Business tort; intrusion in to someones private life; being a voyeur
intrusion
Stare Decisis
Appellant
Rationale
40. A party may ask the court to order an examination to find out if physical or mental damage is relevant
Malice
Physical and Mental examination
eighth amendment
coercion
41. The opinion of Judges who agree with the holding - but for different reasons.
The primary drafter of the constitution
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
third requirement of a contract
Concurring Opinion
42. Termination when the offeror dies or the physical contract is destroyed
operation of law
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
Negligence and strict liability
Arson
43. Nine.
The job of the Rules Committee
Minimal scrutiny
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
44. Injury
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
intrusion
expiration
promissory estoppel
45. Faking car accidents and injury in order to gain a settlement
Insurance Fraud
Incorporation clause
Tortious interference with a contract
actus reus
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47. If the plaintiff is even slightly negligent he/she recovers nothing
express contract
Contributory Negligence
Wire Fraud
attractive nuisance
48. Judge made law; based on precedent - which leads to stare decisis
intrusion
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
quasi contract
Common Law
49. Termination by simply turning down the offer
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
fifth amendment
rejection
How Federal Law has jurisdiction in a lawsuit
50. Business tort; using someones likeness or voice without their permission.
Ethics
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
Commercial Exploitation