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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. Due process or the right to a hearing
eighth amendment
fifth amendment
Patriot Act
Arbitration
2. FCC (Federal Communications Commission)
Step one in filing a civil law suit
element 1 of a negligence lawsuit
Insurance Fraud
Who regulates commercial speech
3. Factual case
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
Assumption of the risk
implied contract
counter offer
4. Presiding officer (senator)
Fraud
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
insanity
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
5. There is an established duty of due care
breach of duty
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
Current Chief Justice
element 1 of a negligence lawsuit
6. Life - Liberty - Property
What Freedom of speech includes
John Locke
What is not protected under the first amendment
Minimal scrutiny
7. Business tort; intrusion in to someones private life; being a voyeur
Minimal scrutiny
intrusion
Interrogatories
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
8. Guilty beyond a reasonable doubt
Two types of dispute resolution
Contributory Negligence
First Woman Justice
crime burden of proof
9. No self incrimination / due process (miranda warnings)
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
Interrogatories
fifth amendment
10. Trial Court
Federal District Court
assault
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
Concurring Opinion
11. Language added to a court's opinion that is beyond what is needed; extra words offered as guidance
Dicta
What Freedom of speech includes
Negligence per se
Conference committee
12. Section of the fourteenth amendment where courts must provide equal protection to all cases based on scrutiny
slander
fourth requirement of a contract
element 1 of a negligence lawsuit
Equal Protection Clause
13. Type of defense; the defendant is incapable of forming mens rea
quasi contract
insanity
mirror image rule
element 1 of a negligence lawsuit
14. Harm caused by a deliberate action
Appellant
intentional tort
Bill
Minimal scrutiny
15. A law passed by a legislative body
Statute
The primary drafter of the constitution
The job of the Rules Committee
Equal Protection Clause
16. Discovery phase: chance for the party to learn about its opponent.
third requirement of a contract
Strict scrutiny
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
Step two in filing a civil law suit
17. Type of intentional tort; the intentional touching of an individual in a way that is unwarranted or offensive
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
mirror image rule
regulation of interstate commerce
battery
18. Malicious use of fire or explosives to damage or destroy real estate or property
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
Negligence per se
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
Arson
19. The opinion of Judges who agree with the holding - but for different reasons.
Concurring Opinion
crime burden of proof
First Woman Justice
Qualifications for defamation
20. (1)misrepresentation (2)concealment with the intent to take advantage of someone; deception of a person for the purpose of obtaining money or property
Stare Decisis
Fraud
Insurance Fraud
Negligence
21. A subtype of rejection
actus reus
agreement
Substantial effect rule
counter offer
22. Faking car accidents and injury in order to gain a settlement
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
Insurance Fraud
First African American Justice
Federal District Court
23. Legality; the subject matter must be legal
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
expiration
third requirement of a contract
24. Establishes the idea precendent
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25. Type of intentnional tort; intentionally entering land that belongs to someone else or remaining on land after being asked to leave
Year when 'On the Laws and Customs of England' was written
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
Defamation
trespass
26. A document filed by the losing party requesting the federal court to appeal a case.
First African American Justice
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
Writ of Certiorari
letters of intent
27. For the defendant to be liable - the type of harm must have been reasonably forseeable.
operation of law
Arson
forseeable harm
Dicta
28. A company becomes liable if they do not perform a background check
Citation
Equal Protection Clause
negligent hiring
Mediation
29. You have no duty to assist someone in peril unless you created the danger
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30. Judges who disagree with the majority holding; states their opposing opinion
false imprisonment
Federalism
mens rea
Dissenting Opinion
31. The documents that begin a lawsuit: consists of the complaint - answer and sometimes a reply
Comparative Fault
Pleadings
conversion
Fraud
32. Proposed statutes - submitted to Congress or a legislature
Style of a Case
Appellant
Bill
embezzlement
33. A tithing of 10 men put together to hold each other accountable. Anglo-saxon method of keeping the peace.
Two types of dispute resolution
express contract
Collective Responsibility
Administrative Law
34. Written questions that the opposing party must answer in writing under oath
actus reus
Interrogatories
Federalism
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
35. 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.
For a bill to pass...
Henry DeBracton
Strict scrutiny
intentional tort
36. Trial.
Step four in filing a civil law suit
Arbitration
Arson
agreement
37. When a law remains untouched on the presidents desk for over 10 days after congress's adjournment
forseeable harm
Dissenting Opinion
Pocket Veto
Tortious interference with a contract
38. The floor/leadership - where it is debated upon with no time limit.
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
John Locke
Arson
Voir Dire
39. A less serious crime often punishable by less than one year in prison
lible
Henry DeBracton
Fraud
misdemeanor
40. Type of intent to be proved; means the guilty act
negligent hiring
actus reus
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
crime burden of proof
41. The legal question that is posed in a case
Incorporation clause
Legal Issue Presented
Depositions
conversion(2)
42. Forseeable harm
mens rea
Total circuits in the court of appeals
Interrogatories
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
43. Judge made law; based on precedent - which leads to stare decisis
Physical and Mental examination
slander
To prove injury the defamation must show...
Common Law
44. Baron Montesquieu
element 1 of a negligence lawsuit
Appellee
felony
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
45. A contract put in writing laying out all of the terms
letters of intent
express contract
Bill of Right
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
46. Bottom Line answer
crime burden of proof
Holding
The primary drafter of the constitution
Filibuster
47. The study of how people ought to act; does not always mean legal.
sixth amendment
false imprisonment
Ethics
regulation of interstate commerce
48. Items such as trampolines and swimming pools; defendant is liable if there is no protection
Federal District Court
attractive nuisance
entrapment
Request of production of documents and things
49. The obligation to decide current cases based on previous rulings.
precedent
revocation
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
Pleadings
50. Reference code; label for looking the case up
Citation
Equal Protection Clause
Supremacy clause
Step two in filing a civil law suit