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Business Law Vocab - 2
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1. Any scheme that attempts to unlawfully obtain money or services illegally through the US postal service
Concurring Opinion
Mail Fraud
crime burden of proof
Federalism
2. A defendant engaging in an ultrahazardous activity is virtually always liable for any harm that results
Federal District Court
strict liability
conversion
express contract
3. Proposed statutes - submitted to Congress or a legislature
felony
Bill
Fraud
John Locke
4. A subtype of rejection
counter offer
implied contract
fifth amendment
Interrogatories
5. Binding; an offeror cannot withdraw
Litigation
Administrative Law
Mail box rule
Negligence per se
6. Section of the fourteenth amendment where courts must provide equal protection to all cases based on scrutiny
Minimal scrutiny
Statute
Equal Protection Clause
Administrative Law
7. Attorneys ask jurors a set of questions to determine bias
assault
Voir Dire
sixth amendment
Dicta
8. (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
Collective Responsibility
embezzlement
Conference committee
9. Right to an attorney when facing a prison sentence
sixth amendment
Where the bill goes after conference committee
revocation
Arbitration
10. To a committee to be studied; and then debated and voted upon; this is where new amendments can be added.
intrusion
Incorporation clause
Total circuits in the court of appeals
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
11. James Madison - 1789
conversion(2)
The primary drafter of the constitution
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
Federalism
12. System of checks and balances within the federal government
second requirement of a contract
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
Comparative Fault
Separation of powers
13. FCC (Federal Communications Commission)
fourth requirement of a contract
Minimal scrutiny
Who regulates commercial speech
agreement
14. A company becomes liable if they do not perform a background check
Who regulates commercial speech
negligent hiring
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
Total circuits in the court of appeals
15. Injuries caused by neglect and oversight rather than deliberate conduct.
Negligence and strict liability
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
First Woman Justice
Collective Responsibility
16. The legal question that is posed in a case
Legal Issue Presented
What Freedom of speech includes
Substantial effect rule
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
17. The legal doctrine whereby an act is considered negligent because it violates a statute (or regulation)
Negligence per se
Insurance Fraud
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
rejection
18. 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
Concurring Opinion
Federal District Court
Bill
How Federal Law has jurisdiction in a lawsuit
19. For the defendant to be liable - the type of harm must have been reasonably forseeable.
fourth requirement of a contract
Step three in filing a civil law suit
forseeable harm
licensee
20. Trial.
implied contract
Step four in filing a civil law suit
Mediation
Fraud
21. To the president.
Where the bill goes after conference committee
Common Law
Medicare fraud
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
22. Freedom of speech.
What is not protected under the first amendment
Comparative Fault
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
first amendment
23. A less serious crime often punishable by less than one year in prison
coercion
The primary drafter of the constitution
misdemeanor
Appellee
24. 1250
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25. Talking trash
Physical and Mental examination
Style of a Case
Tortious interference with a contract
Defamation
26. Judges who disagree with the majority holding; states their opposing opinion
Negligence per se
Dissenting Opinion
Common Law
element 1 of a negligence lawsuit
27. No state can deny citizens due process. (14th amendment) this incorporates states to be ruled under the constitution
Federal District Court
Negligence per se
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
Incorporation clause
28. A power granted to congress stating that congress may regulate trade between countries - other states and indian tribes
invitee
Filibuster
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
regulation of interstate commerce
29. The obligation to decide current cases based on previous rulings.
Arson
precedent
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
Strict scrutiny
30. 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
precedent
Holding
larceny
negligent hiring
31. Action - print and other expression. Broader than the spoken word
What Freedom of speech includes
forseeable harm
Federal District Court
second requirement of a contract
32. During the option period of a contract
Incorporation clause
Rationale
invitee
you cannot revoke an offer...
33. There is an established duty of due care
Step four in filing a civil law suit
Fraud
false imprisonment
element 1 of a negligence lawsuit
34. Twelve.
Total circuits in the court of appeals
Ethics
Depositions
Administrative Law
35. Type of intentional tort (and crime); injuring someone by deliberate deception
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
Fraud
fifth amendment
Pocket Veto
36. Thurgood Marshall
First African American Justice
Strict scrutiny
Arbitration
To prove injury the defamation must show...
37. A person who is on your property with your permission; you owe them a higher duty of due care to warn of known dangers
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
implied contract
licensee
crime burden of proof
38. Punishable by a prison sentence of one year or more
Writ of Certiorari
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
felony
revocation
39. The floor/leadership - where it is debated upon with no time limit.
tort
Minimal scrutiny
Request of production of documents and things
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
40. The introduction of a neutral third party in resolving a dispute; issues a binding decision.
Procedural due process
Qualifications for defamation
Step four in filing a civil law suit
Arbitration
41. The opinion of Judges who agree with the holding - but for different reasons.
Concurring Opinion
Negligence and strict liability
Wire Fraud
Comparative Fault
42. Judge made law; based on precedent - which leads to stare decisis
Common Law
Step one in filing a civil law suit
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
Current Chief Justice
43. A contract put in writing laying out all of the terms
negligent retention
What is not protected under the first amendment
Voir Dire
express contract
44. Sandra Day Oconnor
Depositions
First Woman Justice
embezzlement
Patriot Act
45. The facts imply that the defendants negligence caused the act; 'the thing speaks for itself'
Veto
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
first requirement of a contract
Res ipsa loquitor
46. Consideration; the bargaining that leads to a deal
precedent
Shire Reeves
second requirement of a contract
trespass
47. Type of intentional tort; the intentional restraint of another without reasonable cause
Appellant
false imprisonment
crime burden of proof
misdemeanor
48. Agreement (offer and acceptance)
first requirement of a contract
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
Assumption of the risk
Rationale
49. Common law rule; acceptance must be made on the same terms as the offer
Comparative Fault
To prove injury the defamation must show...
conversion
mirror image rule
50. 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
RICO
insanity
Tortious interference with a contract
Insurance Fraud