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Business Law Vocab - 2
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Judges who disagree with the majority holding; states their opposing opinion
The percentage vote to pass a bill
Dissenting Opinion
you cannot revoke an offer...
expiration
2. Judge made law; based on precedent - which leads to stare decisis
Common Law
precedent
First Woman Justice
Significance of 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
3. Language added to a court's opinion that is beyond what is needed; extra words offered as guidance
Concurring Opinion
Administrative Law
Citation
Dicta
4. Business tort; intrusion in to someones private life; being a voyeur
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
insanity
intrusion
5. Twelve.
Legal Issue Presented
mirror image rule
Step one in filing a civil law suit
Total circuits in the court of appeals
6. Items such as trampolines and swimming pools; defendant is liable if there is no protection
Arbitration
Wire Fraud
RICO
attractive nuisance
7. The facts imply that the defendants negligence caused the act; 'the thing speaks for itself'
Step three in filing a civil law suit
Stare Decisis
Res ipsa loquitor
The job of the Rules Committee
8. 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.
you cannot revoke an offer...
precedent
Conference committee
Substantial effect rule
9. Type of defense; the defendant is incapable of forming mens rea
Minimal scrutiny
trespass
insanity
Physical and Mental examination
10. Defamation - obscenity - speech that creates danger
Veto
What is not protected under the first amendment
felony
misdemeanor
11. You have no duty to assist someone in peril unless you created the danger
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12. Type of intent to be proved; means the guilty act
slander
Citation
First Woman Justice
actus reus
13. 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.
lible
Contributory Negligence
quasi contract
The primary drafter of the constitution
14. The party opposing the appeal
licensee
Appellee
Malice
Year when 'On the Laws and Customs of England' was written
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
Common Law
coercion
Comparative Fault
embezzlement
16. Sandra Day Oconnor
mens rea
First Woman Justice
Medicare fraud
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
17. Talking trash
Defamation
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
express contract
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
18. A person who volluntarily enters a situation that has an obvious danger cannot complain is he/she is injured
Assumption of the risk
Filibuster
mens rea
eighth amendment
19. Business tort; using someones likeness or voice without their permission.
false imprisonment
Commercial Exploitation
Conference committee
intentional tort
20. A law passed by a legislative body
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
Statute
Assumption of the risk
Negligence
21. Establishes the idea precendent
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22. Allows the FBI to surveillance citizens with out a search warrant from a judge
forseeable harm
counter offer
Patriot Act
second requirement of a contract
23. Capacity; the parties must be adults and mentally competent
Mediation
fourth requirement of a contract
Negligence per se
Statute
24. Each side may ask the other side to produce relevant documents for inspection and copying.
John Locke
forseeable harm
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
Request of production of documents and things
25. An offered can be terminated anytime before the offer has been accepted.
Malice
revocation
negligent retention
How Federal Law has jurisdiction in a lawsuit
26. Right to an attorney when facing a prison sentence
sixth amendment
John Locke
you cannot revoke an offer...
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
27. 2/3 vote
Fraud
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
quasi contract
negligent hiring
28. Sponsor.
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
element 1 of a negligence lawsuit
Stare Decisis
29. To a committee to be studied; and then debated and voted upon; this is where new amendments can be added.
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
Contributory Negligence
Year when 'On the Laws and Customs of England' was written
30. A company becomes liable if they do not perform a background check
felony
coercion
Separation of powers
negligent hiring
31. Binding; an offeror cannot withdraw
uniform commercial code
Mail box rule
Takings clause
Year when 'On the Laws and Customs of England' was written
32. Termination when an offer specifies a time limit for acceptance and the period is binding.
Intermediate scrutiny
fourth requirement of a contract
Bill of Right
expiration
33. If the plaintiff is even slightly negligent he/she recovers nothing
Common Law
Contributory Negligence
false imprisonment
forseeable harm
34. Type of intentional tort; the intentional touching of an individual in a way that is unwarranted or offensive
revocation
Qualifications for defamation
counter offer
battery
35. It must be voted on and approved by both houses and then approved by the president. then it is a law
Current Chief Justice
first requirement of a contract
For a bill to pass...
Arson
36. Law made by federal agencies; rules and regulations
Administrative Law
Where the bill goes after conference committee
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
Appellant
37. 1250
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38. Termination by simply turning down the offer
Fraud
rejection
Request of production of documents and things
Mail Fraud
39. Any scheme that attempts to unlawfully obtain money or services illegally through the US postal service
letters of intent
expiration
Mail Fraud
mirror image rule
40. The legal doctrine whereby an act is considered negligent because it violates a statute (or regulation)
Equal Protection Clause
insanity
Significance of 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
Negligence per se
41. Type of defense; when the government induces the defendant to break the law.
entrapment
uniform commercial code
promissory estoppel
intrusion
42. Malicious use of fire or explosives to damage or destroy real estate or property
Who regulates commercial speech
Arson
What is not protected under the first amendment
fifth amendment
43. Judges are obligated to follow precedent
Stare Decisis
letters of intent
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
Shire Reeves
44. The opinion of Judges who agree with the holding - but for different reasons.
Insurance Fraud
Statute
Concurring Opinion
Comparative Fault
45. When there is no contract - but the defendant makes a promise that will induce reliance. it would be unjust not to enforce the promise
Defamation
Common Law
promissory estoppel
Federalism
46. Guilty beyond a reasonable doubt
negligent retention
Statute
crime burden of proof
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
47. A defendant breaches his duty of due care by failing to behave the way a reasonable person would under similar circumstances
breach of duty
Substantial effect rule
Federal District Court
Fraud
48. Proposed statutes - submitted to Congress or a legislature
counter offer
What section of the Constitution grants congress it's powers?
Bill
Appellee
49. A less serious crime often punishable by less than one year in prison
misdemeanor
Insurance Fraud
counter offer
fifth amendment
50. To the conference committee
negligent retention
Common Law
Conference committee
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...