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Business Law Vocab - 2

Subjects : law, business-law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Majority






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






3. Attorneys ask jurors a set of questions to determine bias






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

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






6. Cruel and unusual punishment






7. Forbidding a law to be passed






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






9. 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






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






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






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






13. Items such as trampolines and swimming pools; defendant is liable if there is no protection






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






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






16. The floor/leadership - where it is debated upon with no time limit.






17. Article I - Section 8

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18. A plaintiff may generally recover even if he/she is partially negligible






19. Presiding officer (senator)






20. Punishable by a prison sentence of one year or more






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






22. The obligation to decide current cases based on previous rulings.






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






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






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






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






27. A law passed by a legislative body






28. Gender related; such laws must be substantially related to important government objectives. (gov't cant discriminate based on gender through the law making process)






29. Sandra Day Oconnor






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






31. Procedures for academic dismissal or dismissal from a government job






32. Defamation - obscenity - speech that creates danger






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






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






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






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






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






38. Type of intentional tort (and crime); injuring someone by deliberate deception






39. The legal question that is posed in a case






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






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






42. Type of defamation tort; written defamation






43. 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






44. Right to an attorney when facing a prison sentence






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






46. A defendant breaches his duty of due care by failing to behave the way a reasonable person would under similar circumstances






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






48. Refers to lawsuits; the process of filing claims to courts






49. Life - Liberty - Property






50. There is an established duty of due care