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Business Law Vocab - 2
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.
quasi contract
conversion
second requirement of a contract
negligent hiring
2. No state can deny citizens due process. (14th amendment) this incorporates states to be ruled under the constitution
Mail box rule
Stare Decisis
intentional tort
Incorporation clause
3. A defendant breaches his duty of due care by failing to behave the way a reasonable person would under similar circumstances
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
element 1 of a negligence lawsuit
quasi contract
breach of duty
4. A power granted to congress stating that congress may regulate trade between countries - other states and indian tribes
letters of intent
Current Chief Justice
Malice
regulation of interstate commerce
5. Due process or the right to a hearing
fifth amendment
Bill of Right
Negligence
promissory estoppel
6. Consideration; the bargaining that leads to a deal
fourth amendment
second requirement of a contract
Mediation
battery
7. Factual case
fifth amendment
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
Minimal scrutiny
intentional tort
8. Termination when an offer specifies a time limit for acceptance and the period is binding.
fifth amendment
expiration
Bill
Pleadings
9. 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
Holding
Intermediate scrutiny
Supremacy clause
Rationale
10. Termination when the offeror dies or the physical contract is destroyed
Citation
battery
insanity
operation of law
11. A person who is on your property with your permission; you owe them a higher duty of due care to warn of known dangers
Federalism
negligent hiring
Mail box rule
licensee
12. Requires a meeting of the minds
agreement
conversion(2)
Filibuster
The job of the Rules Committee
13. Proposed statutes - submitted to Congress or a legislature
quasi contract
Pleadings
felony
Bill
14. Agreement (offer and acceptance)
Supremacy clause
first requirement of a contract
revocation
Comparative Fault
15. Trial.
Minimal scrutiny
Insurance Fraud
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
Step four in filing a civil law suit
16. Gender related; such laws must be substantially related to important government objectives. (gov't cant discriminate based on gender through the law making process)
To prove injury the defamation must show...
Dicta
Intermediate scrutiny
Where the bill goes after conference committee
17. To the conference committee
negligent retention
To prove injury the defamation must show...
Mediation
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
18. If the proceedings of a business occur intrastate but will eventually effect proceedings interstate - this rule states that congress may interfere
Substantial effect rule
fourth requirement of a contract
Tortious interference with a contract
Patriot Act
19. Binding; an offeror cannot withdraw
Mail box rule
Style of a Case
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
20. Reference code; label for looking the case up
Citation
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
slander
second requirement of a contract
21. Complaint and summons are served to defendant; answer is provided within 30 days
Procedural due process
Physical and Mental examination
Supremacy clause
Step one in filing a civil law suit
22. Each side may ask the other side to produce relevant documents for inspection and copying.
Bill
Strict scrutiny
Shire Reeves
Request of production of documents and things
23. Type of defamation tort; spoken defamation
Comparative Fault
slander
Year when 'On the Laws and Customs of England' was written
Step two in filing a civil law suit
24. Defamation - obscenity - speech that creates danger
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
Step one in filing a civil law suit
What is not protected under the first amendment
Litigation
25. A violation of a duty imposed by a civil law.
uniform commercial code
false imprisonment
tort
fourth amendment
26. Pretrial motions; motions for a summary judgement; asks the court to resolve a lawsuit before it goes to trial
Year when 'On the Laws and Customs of England' was written
larceny
Step three in filing a civil law suit
Depositions
27. Allows the FBI to surveillance citizens with out a search warrant from a judge
First Woman Justice
Negligence and strict liability
How Federal Law has jurisdiction in a lawsuit
Patriot Act
28. A court will imply by conduct that there was an agreement between two parties
implied contract
regulation of interstate commerce
rejection
Malice
29. When the bill is debated to the floor of the house.
Step three in filing a civil law suit
Interrogatories
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
expiration
30. Bottom Line answer
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
Holding
Bill of Right
Procedural due process
31. (1)statement (2)falseness (3)communicated (4)injury
conversion
Interrogatories
intrusion
Qualifications for defamation
32. Type of intentnional tort; intentionally entering land that belongs to someone else or remaining on land after being asked to leave
Federal District Court
trespass
Shire Reeves
Common Law
33. A contract put in writing laying out all of the terms
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
express contract
agreement
Step three in filing a civil law suit
34. The sharing of powers between levels of government
Federalism
Shire Reeves
first requirement of a contract
expiration
35. Type of intent to be proved; means the guilty act
actus reus
RICO
What is not protected under the first amendment
Where the bill goes after conference committee
36. They set time limits for debate - decide how fast the law should be deliberated and when the bill goes to the floor for debate.
Qualifications for defamation
The job of the Rules Committee
Where the bill goes after conference committee
breach of duty
37. The opinion of Judges who agree with the holding - but for different reasons.
RICO
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
Concurring Opinion
Collective Responsibility
38. Aka imminent domain; government cant take a persons land unless they prove it will be used for a public purpose and provide proper compensation.
Equal Protection Clause
Takings clause
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
crime burden of proof
39. Language added to a court's opinion that is beyond what is needed; extra words offered as guidance
fifth amendment
operation of law
Defamation
Dicta
40. To the president.
The job of the Rules Committee
mirror image rule
sixth amendment
Where the bill goes after conference committee
41. Type of defense; the defendant is incapable of forming mens rea
insanity
First African American Justice
express contract
Step three in filing a civil law suit
42. The defendant (defamer) knew the statement was false or acted with reckless disregard to the truth
precedent
letters of intent
Who regulates commercial speech
Malice
43. A tithing of 10 men put together to hold each other accountable. Anglo-saxon method of keeping the peace.
entrapment
Collective Responsibility
forseeable harm
eighth amendment
44. The process of one party's lawyer to question the other party or a potential witness under oath.
What section of the Constitution grants congress it's powers?
Medicare fraud
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
Depositions
45. First 10 amendments of the constitution; Compromise between federalist and antifederalists; Protects natural rights of liberty and property
negligent retention
express contract
Defamation
Bill of Right
46. Procedures for academic dismissal or dismissal from a government job
Mail Fraud
coercion
you cannot revoke an offer...
Procedural due process
47. The floor/leadership - where it is debated upon with no time limit.
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
First African American Justice
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
Voir Dire
48. 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
Substantial effect rule
How Federal Law has jurisdiction in a lawsuit
Depositions
strict liability
49. Trial Court
Common Law
Mail box rule
Federal District Court
The percentage vote to pass a bill
50. FCC (Federal Communications Commission)
Year when 'On the Laws and Customs of England' was written
Who regulates commercial speech
Conference committee
Statute