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






2. 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






3. You have no duty to assist someone in peril unless you created the danger

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4. Each side may ask the other side to produce relevant documents for inspection and copying.






5. Judge made law; based on precedent - which leads to stare decisis






6. Proposed statutes - submitted to Congress or a legislature






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






8. A party may ask the court to order an examination to find out if physical or mental damage is relevant






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






10. A federal statute that applies to the sale of goods (NOT real estate or services)






11. Forbidding a law to be passed






12. The facts imply that the defendants negligence caused the act; 'the thing speaks for itself'






13. The party filing the appeal






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






15. Judges who disagree with the majority holding; states their opposing opinion






16. A law passed by a legislative body






17. 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






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






19. It must be voted on and approved by both houses and then approved by the president. then it is a law






20. 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






21. Malicious use of fire or explosives to damage or destroy real estate or property






22. The introduction of a neutral third party in resolving a dispute; not a binding decision. Voluntary settlement.






23. Pretrial motions; motions for a summary judgement; asks the court to resolve a lawsuit before it goes to trial






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






25. To the president.






26. Article I - Section 8

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27. John Roberts






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






29. A document filed by the losing party requesting the federal court to appeal a case.






30. A company becomes liable if they do not perform a background check






31. Type of business crime; the fraudulent conversion of property already in the defendants posession.






32. Reasoning court gives for the holding






33. 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.






34. Aka imminent domain; government cant take a persons land unless they prove it will be used for a public purpose and provide proper compensation.






35. The defendant (defamer) knew the statement was false or acted with reckless disregard to the truth






36. James Madison - 1789






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






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






39. Type of defamation tort; spoken defamation






40. Twelve.






41. Termination by simply turning down the offer






42. Discovery phase: chance for the party to learn about its opponent.






43. Section of the fourteenth amendment where courts must provide equal protection to all cases based on scrutiny






44. Allows the FBI to surveillance citizens with out a search warrant from a judge






45. Judge made law






46. Type of intentnional tort; intentionally entering land that belongs to someone else or remaining on land after being asked to leave






47. A person who volluntarily enters a situation that has an obvious danger cannot complain is he/she is injured






48. Forseeable harm






49. Majority






50. Thurgood Marshall