Test your basic knowledge |

Business Law Vocab - 2

Subjects : law, business-law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Business tort; intrusion in to someones private life; being a voyeur






2. The party filing the appeal






3. Using two or more racketeering acts to accomplish any of the following goals: (1) investing or acquiring legitimate businesses with criminal money (2)maintaining or acquiring businesses through criminal activity






4. Agreement (offer and acceptance)






5. Type of intentional tort; the intentional restraint of another without reasonable cause






6. Freedom of speech.






7. Wrote 'On the Laws and Customs of England'






8. Twelve.






9. Defamation - obscenity - speech that creates danger






10. Type of intent to be proved; means a guilty state of mind






11. Section of the fourteenth amendment where courts must provide equal protection to all cases based on scrutiny






12. Judges are obligated to follow precedent






13. When the bill is debated to the floor of the house.






14. System of checks and balances within the federal government






15. A power granted to congress stating that congress may regulate trade between countries - other states and indian tribes






16. Allows the FBI to surveillance citizens with out a search warrant from a judge






17. James Madison - 1789






18. A violation of a duty imposed by a civil law.






19. To the conference committee






20. They set time limits for debate - decide how fast the law should be deliberated and when the bill goes to the floor for debate.






21. Majority






22. First 10 amendments of the constitution; Compromise between federalist and antifederalists; Protects natural rights of liberty and property






23. A party may ask the court to order an examination to find out if physical or mental damage is relevant






24. Forbidding a law to be passed






25. Judge made law; based on precedent - which leads to stare decisis






26. Injury






27. Discovery phase: chance for the party to learn about its opponent.






28. The legal doctrine whereby an act is considered negligent because it violates a statute (or regulation)






29. Type of intentional tort (and crime); injuring someone by deliberate deception






30. Items such as trampolines and swimming pools; defendant is liable if there is no protection






31. 2/3 vote






32. A federal statute that applies to the sale of goods (NOT real estate or services)






33. The rules committee where it is put on a calendar.






34. Type of defense; the defendant is incapable of forming mens rea






35. Punishable by a prison sentence of one year or more






36. Type of intentional tort; an act that makes a person fear imminent battery






37. Three.






38. Action - print and other expression. Broader than the spoken word






39. A document filed by the losing party requesting the federal court to appeal a case.






40. The opinion of Judges who agree with the holding - but for different reasons.






41. Using false statements or bribes to obtain medicare payments from the federal or state government






42. John Roberts






43. The legal question that is posed in a case






44. Type of business crime; the trespassing taking of personal property with intent to steal it. defendant never had the right to have said property in posession






45. Life - Liberty - Property






46. Termination by simply turning down the offer






47. Guilty beyond a reasonable doubt






48. If the proceedings of a business occur intrastate but will eventually effect proceedings interstate - this rule states that congress may interfere






49. A person who is on your property with your permission; you owe them a higher duty of due care to warn of known dangers






50. Common law rule; acceptance must be made on the same terms as the offer