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Business Law Vocab - 2

Subjects : law, business-law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Defamation - obscenity - speech that creates danger






2. There was a breach of due care






3. A less serious crime often punishable by less than one year in prison






4. (1)misrepresentation (2)concealment with the intent to take advantage of someone; deception of a person for the purpose of obtaining money or property






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






6. Trial.






7. Attorneys ask jurors a set of questions to determine bias






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






9. Pretrial motions; motions for a summary judgement; asks the court to resolve a lawsuit before it goes to trial






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






11. If the plaintiff is even slightly negligent he/she recovers nothing






12. 1250

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13. Written questions that the opposing party must answer in writing under oath






14. Article I - Section 8

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15. Bottom Line answer






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)






17. 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.






18. Sandra Day Oconnor






19. Preponderance of the evidence






20. FCC (Federal Communications Commission)






21. Consideration; the bargaining that leads to a deal






22. Agreement (offer and acceptance)






23. States who is suing who. Identifies parties.






24. Laws involving economic and social regulation; laws that regard economic or social status are presumed valid and corporations and people can be classified






25. An offered can be terminated anytime before the offer has been accepted.






26. The sharing of powers between levels of government






27. Aka imminent domain; government cant take a persons land unless they prove it will be used for a public purpose and provide proper compensation.






28. Collected taxes and helped keep the peace in tenth century England. Equivalent to a modern day Sheriff.






29. Complaint and summons are served to defendant; answer is provided within 30 days






30. Type of intentional tort; the intentional touching of an individual in a way that is unwarranted or offensive






31. Unintentional tort - breach of a duty of care






32. The documents that begin a lawsuit: consists of the complaint - answer and sometimes a reply






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






34. 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






35. Freedom of speech.






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






37. A tithing of 10 men put together to hold each other accountable. Anglo-saxon method of keeping the peace.






38. During the option period of a contract






39. Judges who disagree with the majority holding; states their opposing opinion






40. The introduction of a neutral third party in resolving a dispute; issues a binding decision.






41. Type of business crime; the fraudulent conversion of property already in the defendants posession.






42. Life - Liberty - Property






43. Nine.






44. Legality; the subject matter must be legal






45. The party opposing the appeal






46. Each side may ask the other side to produce relevant documents for inspection and copying.






47. A person who volluntarily enters a situation that has an obvious danger cannot complain is he/she is injured






48. To the conference committee






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






50. Type of defamation tort; spoken defamation