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Business Law Vocab - 2
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1. Refers to lawsuits; the process of filing claims to courts
Litigation
How Federal Law has jurisdiction in a lawsuit
element 1 of a negligence lawsuit
Federal District Court
2. The legal question that is posed in a case
First Woman Justice
Legal Issue Presented
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
slander
3. Injuries caused by neglect and oversight rather than deliberate conduct.
rejection
Negligence and strict liability
trespass
Pleadings
4. Three.
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
misdemeanor
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
negligent hiring
5. (1)statement (2)falseness (3)communicated (4)injury
Qualifications for defamation
intentional tort
Patriot Act
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
6. 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.
Strict scrutiny
Filibuster
first amendment
Common Law
7. If a company does not address an insubordinate employee - they become liable
letters of intent
Substantial effect rule
negligent retention
rejection
8. Items such as trampolines and swimming pools; defendant is liable if there is no protection
How Federal Law has jurisdiction in a lawsuit
Federalism
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
attractive nuisance
9. Defamation - obscenity - speech that creates danger
first amendment
entrapment
second requirement of a contract
What is not protected under the first amendment
10. A contract put in writing laying out all of the terms
Depositions
Supremacy clause
Holding
express contract
11. The rules committee where it is put on a calendar.
slander
Step three in filing a civil law suit
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
Fraud
12. No self incrimination / due process (miranda warnings)
The job of the Rules Committee
What section of the Constitution grants congress it's powers?
Where the bill goes after conference committee
fifth amendment
13. The introduction of a neutral third party in resolving a dispute; not a binding decision. Voluntary settlement.
Writ of Certiorari
Mediation
Separation of powers
eighth amendment
14. Injury
Negligence
attractive nuisance
Arson
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
15. Written questions that the opposing party must answer in writing under oath
Interrogatories
coercion
Physical and Mental examination
Two types of dispute resolution
16. Sandra Day Oconnor
First Woman Justice
Procedural due process
intrusion
Bill of Right
17. The documents that begin a lawsuit: consists of the complaint - answer and sometimes a reply
Bill of Right
fifth amendment
breach of duty
Pleadings
18. Common law rule; acceptance must be made on the same terms as the offer
Collective Responsibility
Dissenting Opinion
mirror image rule
Intermediate scrutiny
19. Wrote 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
Medicare fraud
What section of the Constitution grants congress it's powers?
First African American Justice
Henry DeBracton
20. Due process or the right to a hearing
Request of production of documents and things
Dicta
fifth amendment
Insurance Fraud
21. Cruel and unusual punishment
What Freedom of speech includes
slander
eighth amendment
insanity
22. Forseeable harm
Significance of 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
Tortious interference with a contract
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
Stare Decisis
23. Sponsor.
Who regulates commercial speech
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
Interrogatories
operation of law
24. The floor/leadership - where it is debated upon with no time limit.
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
regulation of interstate commerce
Dicta
Separation of powers
25. Type of intentional tort; the intentional touching of an individual in a way that is unwarranted or offensive
Step three in filing a civil law suit
conversion
battery
second requirement of a contract
26. Judge made law; based on precedent - which leads to stare decisis
Appellant
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
Common Law
crime burden of proof
27. It must be voted on and approved by both houses and then approved by the president. then it is a law
For a bill to pass...
licensee
Administrative Law
intrusion
28. 2/3 vote
promissory estoppel
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
Depositions
Comparative Fault
29. Type of tort; taking someone elses property without consent.
John Locke
conversion
fourth requirement of a contract
implied contract
30. Termination when the offeror dies or the physical contract is destroyed
operation of law
Interrogatories
strict liability
breach of duty
31. Type of intentional tort; the intentional restraint of another without reasonable cause
false imprisonment
What section of the Constitution grants congress it's powers?
The job of the Rules Committee
Incorporation clause
32. To a committee to be studied; and then debated and voted upon; this is where new amendments can be added.
Minimal scrutiny
Negligence
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
Where the bill goes after conference committee
33. 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.
Takings clause
actus reus
Incorporation clause
Conference committee
34. Type of intentional tort; an act that makes a person fear imminent battery
fourth requirement of a contract
actus reus
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
assault
35. You have no duty to assist someone in peril unless you created the danger
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36. A company becomes liable if they do not perform a background check
First African American Justice
RICO
Collective Responsibility
negligent hiring
37. The opinion of Judges who agree with the holding - but for different reasons.
Collective Responsibility
Concurring Opinion
Writ of Certiorari
Arbitration
38. Capacity; the parties must be adults and mentally competent
strict liability
fourth requirement of a contract
Collective Responsibility
crime burden of proof
39. Procedures for academic dismissal or dismissal from a government job
What section of the Constitution grants congress it's powers?
Procedural due process
letters of intent
third requirement of a contract
40. Type of intentional tort (and crime); injuring someone by deliberate deception
Request of production of documents and things
Common Law
Fraud
Litigation
41. An offered can be terminated anytime before the offer has been accepted.
revocation
eighth amendment
promissory estoppel
expiration
42. Baron Montesquieu
What section of the Constitution grants congress it's powers?
Depositions
Insurance Fraud
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
43. System of checks and balances within the federal government
Separation of powers
third requirement of a contract
Procedural due process
fifth amendment
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
Ethics
Fraud
coercion
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
45. Business tort; using someones likeness or voice without their permission.
Commercial Exploitation
you cannot revoke an offer...
misdemeanor
slander
46. Majority
To prove injury the defamation must show...
Procedural due process
Appellant
The percentage vote to pass a bill
47. A federal statute that applies to the sale of goods (NOT real estate or services)
first amendment
Incorporation clause
uniform commercial code
mens rea
48. The obligation to decide current cases based on previous rulings.
precedent
operation of law
entrapment
Holding
49. Type of defense; when the government induces the defendant to break the law.
uniform commercial code
entrapment
Holding
Incorporation clause
50. Unintentional tort - breach of a duty of care
Minimal scrutiny
breach of duty
Bill of Right
Negligence