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Business Law Vocab - 2
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1. Trial.
felony
implied contract
Step four in filing a civil law suit
Assumption of the risk
2. 1250
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3. Using false statements or bribes to obtain medicare payments from the federal or state government
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
Total circuits in the court of appeals
Medicare fraud
Substantial effect rule
4. Freedom of speech.
first amendment
Request of production of documents and things
Fraud
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
5. Consideration; the bargaining that leads to a deal
intrusion
second requirement of a contract
agreement
Depositions
6. Section of the fourteenth amendment where courts must provide equal protection to all cases based on scrutiny
Equal Protection Clause
What is not protected under the first amendment
Procedural due process
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
7. Reference code; label for looking the case up
Citation
Incorporation clause
The job of the Rules Committee
The percentage vote to pass a bill
8. To a committee to be studied; and then debated and voted upon; this is where new amendments can be added.
actus reus
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
Assumption of the risk
crime burden of proof
9. John Roberts
Concurring Opinion
RICO
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
Current Chief Justice
10. (1)misrepresentation (2)concealment with the intent to take advantage of someone; deception of a person for the purpose of obtaining money or property
Fraud
entrapment
conversion
conversion(2)
11. Three.
Physical and Mental examination
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
Common Law
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
12. Preponderance of the evidence
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
Mediation
Year when 'On the Laws and Customs of England' was written
Res ipsa loquitor
13. Malicious use of fire or explosives to damage or destroy real estate or property
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
Substantial effect rule
Arson
What section of the Constitution grants congress it's powers?
14. Establishes the idea precendent
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15. Type of tort; taking someone elses property without consent.
Takings clause
conversion
Who regulates commercial speech
Statute
16. Proposed statutes - submitted to Congress or a legislature
Step four in filing a civil law suit
counter offer
eighth amendment
Bill
17. Aricle IV section 2 of the constitution that states that the constitution and the united States are the laws of the land. Federal government trumps state law
second requirement of a contract
Supremacy clause
Minimal scrutiny
express contract
18. The party filing the appeal
promissory estoppel
Where the bill goes after conference committee
Appellant
fourth requirement of a contract
19. A contract put in writing laying out all of the terms
Wire Fraud
express contract
Malice
Patriot Act
20. Arbitration and Mediation
Two types of dispute resolution
Arbitration
Statute
counter offer
21. Language added to a court's opinion that is beyond what is needed; extra words offered as guidance
Henry DeBracton
conversion(2)
Where the bill goes after conference committee
Dicta
22. Someone on the property by right of a public place. highest duty of due care is owed to avoid negligence
invitee
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
trespass
mirror image rule
23. Binding; an offeror cannot withdraw
What section of the Constitution grants congress it's powers?
Veto
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
Mail box rule
24. 2/3 vote
invitee
Takings clause
Henry DeBracton
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
25. If the plaintiff is even slightly negligent he/she recovers nothing
slander
Arson
Contributory Negligence
coercion
26. Harm caused by a deliberate action
fifth amendment
intentional tort
Fraud
Legal Issue Presented
27. Type of intentional tort (and crime); injuring someone by deliberate deception
Incorporation clause
Fraud
insanity
Writ of Certiorari
28. Injuries caused by neglect and oversight rather than deliberate conduct.
Separation of powers
letters of intent
fifth amendment
Negligence and strict liability
29. Punishable by a prison sentence of one year or more
battery
felony
Common Law
Comparative Fault
30. The party opposing the appeal
Federal District Court
Appellee
First Woman Justice
expiration
31. (1)statement (2)falseness (3)communicated (4)injury
Writ of Certiorari
Contributory Negligence
Conference committee
Qualifications for defamation
32. A federal statute that applies to the sale of goods (NOT real estate or services)
uniform commercial code
Concurring Opinion
Bill
Common Law
33. The study of how people ought to act; does not always mean legal.
Incorporation clause
actus reus
Ethics
Interrogatories
34. A document filed by the losing party requesting the federal court to appeal a case.
licensee
revocation
Holding
Writ of Certiorari
35. Action - print and other expression. Broader than the spoken word
Pleadings
revocation
What Freedom of speech includes
Step one in filing a civil law suit
36. Business tort; using someones likeness or voice without their permission.
entrapment
Step four in filing a civil law suit
Commercial Exploitation
Litigation
37. The introduction of a neutral third party in resolving a dispute; not a binding decision. Voluntary settlement.
Mediation
What Freedom of speech includes
Comparative Fault
eighth amendment
38. The defendant (defamer) knew the statement was false or acted with reckless disregard to the truth
For a bill to pass...
Malice
Mail box rule
Contributory Negligence
39. Items such as trampolines and swimming pools; defendant is liable if there is no protection
intentional tort
Legal Issue Presented
First Woman Justice
attractive nuisance
40. 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
Negligence and strict liability
Voir Dire
RICO
Where the bill goes after conference committee
41. Collected taxes and helped keep the peace in tenth century England. Equivalent to a modern day Sheriff.
Shire Reeves
What Freedom of speech includes
Tortious interference with a contract
Style of a Case
42. Written questions that the opposing party must answer in writing under oath
What Freedom of speech includes
Current Chief Justice
forseeable harm
Interrogatories
43. An offered can be terminated anytime before the offer has been accepted.
Negligence per se
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
Fraud
revocation
44. System of checks and balances within the federal government
Concurring Opinion
coercion
Separation of powers
Two types of dispute resolution
45. Sponsor.
attractive nuisance
Current Chief Justice
Dicta
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
46. Attorneys ask jurors a set of questions to determine bias
Voir Dire
Interrogatories
Writ of Certiorari
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
47. For the defendant to be liable - the type of harm must have been reasonably forseeable.
Collective Responsibility
Malice
Statute
forseeable harm
48. Talking trash
conversion
Defamation
Citation
Common Law
49. Nine.
Dissenting Opinion
slander
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
tort
50. A court will imply by conduct that there was an agreement between two parties
Two types of dispute resolution
implied contract
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
uniform commercial code