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Business Law Vocab - 2
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1. Termination by simply turning down the offer
fifth amendment
rejection
Appellant
Pleadings
2. There is an established duty of due care
Bill of Right
element 1 of a negligence lawsuit
Depositions
Interrogatories
3. States who is suing who. Identifies parties.
Holding
Negligence and strict liability
Style of a Case
Henry DeBracton
4. First 10 amendments of the constitution; Compromise between federalist and antifederalists; Protects natural rights of liberty and property
Bill of Right
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
misdemeanor
The job of the Rules Committee
5. A less serious crime often punishable by less than one year in prison
Year when 'On the Laws and Customs of England' was written
mirror image rule
breach of duty
misdemeanor
6. An act of a senate member to delay the close of debate or force a decision to be made.
Mediation
conversion(2)
Filibuster
Procedural due process
7. A person who is on your property with your permission; you owe them a higher duty of due care to warn of known dangers
Pocket Veto
licensee
Significance of 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
Pleadings
8. Forbidding a law to be passed
lible
Veto
Negligence per se
Shire Reeves
9. FCC (Federal Communications Commission)
Litigation
false imprisonment
Who regulates commercial speech
Medicare fraud
10. No self incrimination / due process (miranda warnings)
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
Step one in filing a civil law suit
tort
fifth amendment
11. Talking trash
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
First Woman Justice
Supremacy clause
Defamation
12. Agreement (offer and acceptance)
fourth amendment
forseeable harm
The percentage vote to pass a bill
first requirement of a contract
13. A tithing of 10 men put together to hold each other accountable. Anglo-saxon method of keeping the peace.
Litigation
Collective Responsibility
precedent
John Locke
14. Three.
Request of production of documents and things
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
embezzlement
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
15. To a committee to be studied; and then debated and voted upon; this is where new amendments can be added.
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
intentional tort
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
expiration
16. Faking car accidents and injury in order to gain a settlement
Insurance Fraud
Mediation
second requirement of a contract
implied contract
17. The opinion of Judges who agree with the holding - but for different reasons.
felony
Strict scrutiny
Concurring Opinion
Insurance Fraud
18. If a company does not address an insubordinate employee - they become liable
Writ of Certiorari
negligent retention
Appellee
RICO
19. Termination when the offeror dies or the physical contract is destroyed
attractive nuisance
operation of law
Takings clause
Citation
20. The obligation to decide current cases based on previous rulings.
precedent
Arbitration
insanity
Substantial effect rule
21. Presiding officer (senator)
first amendment
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
Malice
Henry DeBracton
22. The study of how people ought to act; does not always mean legal.
rejection
Ethics
breach of duty
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
23. Thurgood Marshall
First African American Justice
entrapment
quasi contract
eighth amendment
24. Action - print and other expression. Broader than the spoken word
What Freedom of speech includes
Step one in filing a civil law suit
How Federal Law has jurisdiction in a lawsuit
Negligence per se
25. Arbitration and Mediation
negligent hiring
Two types of dispute resolution
Interrogatories
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
26. A federal statute that applies to the sale of goods (NOT real estate or services)
Fraud
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
uniform commercial code
Filibuster
27. It must be voted on and approved by both houses and then approved by the president. then it is a law
sixth amendment
Two types of dispute resolution
For a bill to pass...
operation of law
28. Trial.
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
Step four in filing a civil law suit
negligent retention
intentional tort
29. Any scheme that attempts to unlawfully obtain money or services illegally through the US postal service
What is not protected under the first amendment
Mail Fraud
negligent hiring
Bystander's obligation means...
30. The legal question that is posed in a case
How Federal Law has jurisdiction in a lawsuit
Common Law
Legal Issue Presented
Dissenting Opinion
31. Someone on the property by right of a public place. highest duty of due care is owed to avoid negligence
Qualifications for defamation
invitee
mirror image rule
The percentage vote to pass a bill
32. Gender related; such laws must be substantially related to important government objectives. (gov't cant discriminate based on gender through the law making process)
Intermediate scrutiny
Two types of dispute resolution
Common Law
Defamation
33. Injury
Wire Fraud
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
Mediation
strict liability
34. Reasoning court gives for the holding
Assumption of the risk
Rationale
Administrative Law
The primary drafter of the constitution
35. Binding; an offeror cannot withdraw
Legal Issue Presented
Supremacy clause
Negligence
Mail box rule
36. 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
Federalism
fifth amendment
Statute
coercion
37. Cruel and unusual punishment
precedent
larceny
eighth amendment
Mediation
38. A company becomes liable if they do not perform a background check
Separation of powers
express contract
negligent hiring
Comparative Fault
39. Type of intentional tort (and crime); injuring someone by deliberate deception
What section of the Constitution grants congress it's powers?
assault
Fraud
second requirement of a contract
40. Race - ethincity and fundamental rights; Any government action that intentionally discriminates against racial or ethnic minorities or interferes with a fundamental right is presumed invalid.
Step three in filing a civil law suit
Citation
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
Strict scrutiny
41. Capacity; the parties must be adults and mentally competent
fourth requirement of a contract
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
Qualifications for defamation
Equal Protection Clause
42. (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
Strict scrutiny
licensee
Qualifications for defamation
43. Type of defense; when the government induces the defendant to break the law.
entrapment
Conference committee
Qualifications for defamation
assault
44. John Roberts
tort
Current Chief Justice
insanity
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
45. Wrote 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
Fraud
Henry DeBracton
Federalism
expiration
46. Business tort; intrusion in to someones private life; being a voyeur
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
false imprisonment
negligent hiring
intrusion
47. If the proceedings of a business occur intrastate but will eventually effect proceedings interstate - this rule states that congress may interfere
embezzlement
breach of duty
Substantial effect rule
Conference committee
48. A law passed by a legislative body
Statute
intentional tort
Common Law
mirror image rule
49. Type of defamation tort; spoken defamation
first amendment
To prove injury the defamation must show...
letters of intent
slander
50. Forseeable harm
The job of the Rules Committee
quasi contract
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
RICO