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Business Law Vocab - 2
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Type of intent to be proved; means the guilty act
Strict scrutiny
Legal Issue Presented
actus reus
Request of production of documents and things
2. Section of the fourteenth amendment where courts must provide equal protection to all cases based on scrutiny
Henry DeBracton
Equal Protection Clause
slander
Who regulates commercial speech
3. Common law rule; acceptance must be made on the same terms as the offer
invitee
Litigation
mirror image rule
Takings clause
4. Law made by federal agencies; rules and regulations
Administrative Law
Writ of Certiorari
second requirement of a contract
Bill
5. The study of how people ought to act; does not always mean legal.
Where the bill goes after conference committee
Federalism
Res ipsa loquitor
Ethics
6. The rules committee where it is put on a calendar.
Current Chief Justice
Holding
false imprisonment
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
7. Malicious use of fire or explosives to damage or destroy real estate or property
you cannot revoke an offer...
Arson
Who regulates commercial speech
implied contract
8. Sandra Day Oconnor
The percentage vote to pass a bill
First Woman Justice
For a bill to pass...
first amendment
9. Gender related; such laws must be substantially related to important government objectives. (gov't cant discriminate based on gender through the law making process)
Bystander's obligation means...
Who regulates commercial speech
Equal Protection Clause
Intermediate scrutiny
10. Freedom of speech.
Intermediate scrutiny
first amendment
slander
Filibuster
11. Consideration; the bargaining that leads to a deal
Appellant
Style of a Case
second requirement of a contract
expiration
12. The party opposing the appeal
entrapment
Common Law
Appellee
Commercial Exploitation
13. 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.
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
Conference committee
Significance of 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
14. Reference code; label for looking the case up
slander
fifth amendment
Citation
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
15. Guilty beyond a reasonable doubt
Commercial Exploitation
crime burden of proof
Assumption of the risk
Rationale
16. There is an established duty of due care
Qualifications for defamation
Bill
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
element 1 of a negligence lawsuit
17. Complaint and summons are served to defendant; answer is provided within 30 days
Step one in filing a civil law suit
strict liability
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
RICO
18. A company becomes liable if they do not perform a background check
you cannot revoke an offer...
Insurance Fraud
negligent hiring
Bill of Right
19. Items such as trampolines and swimming pools; defendant is liable if there is no protection
letters of intent
attractive nuisance
insanity
Patriot Act
20. Bottom Line answer
Equal Protection Clause
Mediation
Bill of Right
Holding
21. The defendant (defamer) knew the statement was false or acted with reckless disregard to the truth
Intermediate scrutiny
crime burden of proof
Malice
you cannot revoke an offer...
22. The sharing of powers between levels of government
crime burden of proof
Legal Issue Presented
insanity
Federalism
23. Language added to a court's opinion that is beyond what is needed; extra words offered as guidance
Dicta
embezzlement
insanity
fifth amendment
24. A defendant engaging in an ultrahazardous activity is virtually always liable for any harm that results
strict liability
Rationale
Who regulates commercial speech
regulation of interstate commerce
25. A defendant breaches his duty of due care by failing to behave the way a reasonable person would under similar circumstances
mirror image rule
third requirement of a contract
Legal Issue Presented
breach of duty
26. A contract put in writing laying out all of the terms
Physical and Mental examination
express contract
felony
Intermediate scrutiny
27. 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
How Federal Law has jurisdiction in a lawsuit
Bill
battery
fifth amendment
28. Each side may ask the other side to produce relevant documents for inspection and copying.
Request of production of documents and things
Arbitration
Tortious interference with a contract
Wire Fraud
29. No self incrimination / due process (miranda warnings)
Filibuster
Style of a Case
fifth amendment
What section of the Constitution grants congress it's powers?
30. Someone on the property by right of a public place. highest duty of due care is owed to avoid negligence
Mail Fraud
Common Law
invitee
Holding
31. The process of one party's lawyer to question the other party or a potential witness under oath.
Common Law
Comparative Fault
eighth amendment
Depositions
32. Type of defense; when the government induces the defendant to break the law.
Bill
Litigation
revocation
entrapment
33. Punishable by a prison sentence of one year or more
Litigation
The primary drafter of the constitution
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
felony
34. The floor/leadership - where it is debated upon with no time limit.
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
First Woman Justice
regulation of interstate commerce
entrapment
35. 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
Step one in filing a civil law suit
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
RICO
false imprisonment
36. Procedures for academic dismissal or dismissal from a government job
Federalism
What is not protected under the first amendment
Procedural due process
Common Law
37. The obligation to decide current cases based on previous rulings.
Common Law
Dissenting Opinion
precedent
Rationale
38. Three.
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
Common Law
Current Chief Justice
Assumption of the risk
39. Unintentional tort - breach of a duty of care
invitee
Negligence
How Federal Law has jurisdiction in a lawsuit
Step three in filing a civil law suit
40. They set time limits for debate - decide how fast the law should be deliberated and when the bill goes to the floor for debate.
third requirement of a contract
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
Commercial Exploitation
The job of the Rules Committee
41. The party filing the appeal
licensee
First African American Justice
Appellant
Depositions
42. Type of intentional tort; an act that makes a person fear imminent battery
assault
Filibuster
Appellee
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
43. Laws involving economic and social regulation; laws that regard economic or social status are presumed valid and corporations and people can be classified
Strict scrutiny
Two types of dispute resolution
intrusion
Minimal scrutiny
44. (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
intentional tort
rejection
misdemeanor
45. Requires a meeting of the minds
Appellee
agreement
Intermediate scrutiny
Two types of dispute resolution
46. Right to an attorney when facing a prison sentence
The job of the Rules Committee
sixth amendment
element 1 of a negligence lawsuit
crime burden of proof
47. Collected taxes and helped keep the peace in tenth century England. Equivalent to a modern day Sheriff.
false imprisonment
precedent
Shire Reeves
Bill
48. Forseeable harm
Tortious interference with a contract
breach of duty
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
49. A plaintiff may generally recover even if he/she is partially negligible
Comparative Fault
Interrogatories
Malice
Separation of powers
50. A power granted to congress stating that congress may regulate trade between countries - other states and indian tribes
Federalism
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
Bill of Right
regulation of interstate commerce