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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. Cruel and unusual punishment
sixth amendment
coercion
eighth amendment
Equal Protection Clause
2. Allows the FBI to surveillance citizens with out a search warrant from a judge
Fraud
implied contract
negligent retention
Patriot Act
3. Forseeable harm
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
Intermediate scrutiny
Wire Fraud
Conference committee
4. Requires a meeting of the minds
Separation of powers
Pleadings
agreement
Physical and Mental examination
5. Agreement (offer and acceptance)
first requirement of a contract
Statute
letters of intent
Legal Issue Presented
6. Common law rule; acceptance must be made on the same terms as the offer
Legal Issue Presented
conversion
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
mirror image rule
7. Lack of opinion - malice as to public figures - negligence to private individuals
To prove injury the defamation must show...
Federal District Court
The primary drafter of the constitution
Current Chief Justice
8. 2/3 vote
conversion(2)
Substantial effect rule
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
Request of production of documents and things
9. Wrote 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
Henry DeBracton
Writ of Certiorari
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
Step four in filing a civil law suit
10. Complaint and summons are served to defendant; answer is provided within 30 days
Step one in filing a civil law suit
Step three in filing a civil law suit
second requirement of a contract
Stare Decisis
11. Any scheme that attempts to unlawfully obtain money or services illegally through the US postal service
precedent
sixth amendment
strict liability
Mail Fraud
12. Sponsor.
Legal Issue Presented
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
Stare Decisis
Tortious interference with a contract
13. FCC (Federal Communications Commission)
Commercial Exploitation
forseeable harm
mirror image rule
Who regulates commercial speech
14. If a company does not address an insubordinate employee - they become liable
eighth amendment
negligent retention
entrapment
strict liability
15. When there is no contract - but the defendant makes a promise that will induce reliance. it would be unjust not to enforce the promise
What is not protected under the first amendment
Citation
promissory estoppel
For a bill to pass...
16. States who is suing who. Identifies parties.
Tortious interference with a contract
Appellant
Style of a Case
Fraud
17. Business tort; defendant improperly breached contract and causes injury to plaintiff
Step four in filing a civil law suit
Tortious interference with a contract
element 1 of a negligence lawsuit
battery
18. The introduction of a neutral third party in resolving a dispute; not a binding decision. Voluntary settlement.
licensee
agreement
Mediation
Mail box rule
19. 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.
Conference committee
embezzlement
negligent retention
Voir Dire
20. Punishable by a prison sentence of one year or more
felony
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
Defamation
To prove injury the defamation must show...
21. Attorneys ask jurors a set of questions to determine bias
promissory estoppel
coercion
invitee
Voir Dire
22. Capacity; the parties must be adults and mentally competent
Strict scrutiny
Tortious interference with a contract
fourth requirement of a contract
Style of a Case
23. Guilty beyond a reasonable doubt
quasi contract
crime burden of proof
larceny
uniform commercial code
24. 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
Supremacy clause
fifth amendment
insanity
Interrogatories
25. Malicious use of fire or explosives to damage or destroy real estate or property
Arson
third requirement of a contract
Comparative Fault
intentional tort
26. 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...
sixth amendment
agreement
Collective Responsibility
27. Injury
entrapment
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
Litigation
Physical and Mental examination
28. A federal statute that applies to the sale of goods (NOT real estate or services)
For a bill to pass...
uniform commercial code
Qualifications for defamation
Step three in filing a civil law suit
29. Injuries caused by neglect and oversight rather than deliberate conduct.
Negligence and strict liability
Ethics
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
expiration
30. System of checks and balances within the federal government
Writ of Certiorari
Separation of powers
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
31. A plaintiff may generally recover even if he/she is partially negligible
fifth amendment
Comparative Fault
Malice
breach of duty
32. Consideration; the bargaining that leads to a deal
John Locke
second requirement of a contract
mens rea
Total circuits in the court of appeals
33. A law passed by a legislative body
Qualifications for defamation
Statute
entrapment
Physical and Mental examination
34. If the proceedings of a business occur intrastate but will eventually effect proceedings interstate - this rule states that congress may interfere
breach of duty
Substantial effect rule
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
Insurance Fraud
35. Type of intentional tort (and crime); injuring someone by deliberate deception
Step two in filing a civil law suit
actus reus
First Woman Justice
Fraud
36. A violation of a duty imposed by a civil law.
Filibuster
Minimal scrutiny
tort
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
37. John Roberts
Concurring Opinion
Current Chief Justice
Contributory Negligence
Style of a Case
38. Type of defamation tort; spoken defamation
Dicta
slander
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
The percentage vote to pass a bill
39. Type of intent to be proved; means a guilty state of mind
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
How Federal Law has jurisdiction in a lawsuit
Dissenting Opinion
mens rea
40. No state can deny citizens due process. (14th amendment) this incorporates states to be ruled under the constitution
Fraud
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
Incorporation clause
Collective Responsibility
41. For the defendant to be liable - the type of harm must have been reasonably forseeable.
mens rea
Shire Reeves
uniform commercial code
forseeable harm
42. Trial.
Qualifications for defamation
Step four in filing a civil law suit
John Locke
Request of production of documents and things
43. The rules committee where it is put on a calendar.
Step two in filing a civil law suit
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
rejection
Voir Dire
44. Majority
The percentage vote to pass a bill
Current Chief Justice
Holding
Defamation
45. Termination when the offeror dies or the physical contract is destroyed
counter offer
precedent
agreement
operation of law
46. The party opposing the appeal
Appellee
Holding
Bill of Right
breach of duty
47. Forbidding a law to be passed
Writ of Certiorari
Veto
Separation of powers
Current Chief Justice
48. A company becomes liable if they do not perform a background check
negligent hiring
First Woman Justice
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
fifth amendment
49. Due process or the right to a hearing
Total circuits in the court of appeals
battery
fifth amendment
Negligence and strict liability
50. A tithing of 10 men put together to hold each other accountable. Anglo-saxon method of keeping the peace.
John Locke
Physical and Mental examination
Comparative Fault
Collective Responsibility