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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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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. FCC (Federal Communications Commission)
To prove injury the defamation must show...
Who regulates commercial speech
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
Minimal scrutiny
2. Common law rule; acceptance must be made on the same terms as the offer
mirror image rule
coercion
Tortious interference with a contract
Significance of 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
3. Type of intentional tort; an act that makes a person fear imminent battery
Equal Protection Clause
assault
Holding
Comparative Fault
4. Type of defense; when the government induces the defendant to break the law.
Step four in filing a civil law suit
Step two in filing a civil law suit
entrapment
quasi contract
5. Allows the FBI to surveillance citizens with out a search warrant from a judge
Strict scrutiny
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
slander
Patriot Act
6. Arbitration and Mediation
Henry DeBracton
Bill
Two types of dispute resolution
letters of intent
7. Judge made law
misdemeanor
Common Law
revocation
Pleadings
8. To the conference committee
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
Veto
Current Chief Justice
Total circuits in the court of appeals
9. Bottom Line answer
Common Law
mirror image rule
Holding
revocation
10. James Madison - 1789
The primary drafter of the constitution
first requirement of a contract
element 1 of a negligence lawsuit
Negligence and strict liability
11. For the defendant to be liable - the type of harm must have been reasonably forseeable.
forseeable harm
conversion(2)
Takings clause
entrapment
12. Type of intent to be proved; means the guilty act
actus reus
Federal District Court
Filibuster
Common Law
13. When there is no contract - but the defendant makes a promise that will induce reliance. it would be unjust not to enforce the promise
Equal Protection Clause
negligent hiring
promissory estoppel
For a bill to pass...
14. The legal doctrine whereby an act is considered negligent because it violates a statute (or regulation)
Total circuits in the court of appeals
Negligence per se
regulation of interstate commerce
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
15. It must be voted on and approved by both houses and then approved by the president. then it is a law
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
For a bill to pass...
conversion(2)
Substantial effect rule
16. If the proceedings of a business occur intrastate but will eventually effect proceedings interstate - this rule states that congress may interfere
Substantial effect rule
Who regulates commercial speech
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
17. The introduction of a neutral third party in resolving a dispute; issues a binding decision.
intrusion
Arbitration
Who regulates commercial speech
Mail box rule
18. Binding; an offeror cannot withdraw
Mail box rule
tort
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
Collective Responsibility
19. Type of intentional tort; the intentional touching of an individual in a way that is unwarranted or offensive
element 1 of a negligence lawsuit
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
battery
Federalism
20. United States is a party; the case is about a federal statute; the suit is between citizens of two different states and the the amt is over 75 -000
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
Federalism
How Federal Law has jurisdiction in a lawsuit
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
21. Legality; the subject matter must be legal
Qualifications for defamation
third requirement of a contract
Legal Issue Presented
fourth amendment
22. Laws involving economic and social regulation; laws that regard economic or social status are presumed valid and corporations and people can be classified
express contract
Patriot Act
Medicare fraud
Minimal scrutiny
23. Preponderance of the evidence
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
expiration
uniform commercial code
Legal Issue Presented
24. A document filed by the losing party requesting the federal court to appeal a case.
conversion
Step three in filing a civil law suit
coercion
Writ of Certiorari
25. Gender related; such laws must be substantially related to important government objectives. (gov't cant discriminate based on gender through the law making process)
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
Henry DeBracton
Pleadings
Intermediate scrutiny
26. Harm caused by a deliberate action
Concurring Opinion
Style of a Case
insanity
intentional tort
27. The facts imply that the defendants negligence caused the act; 'the thing speaks for itself'
Writ of Certiorari
Res ipsa loquitor
forseeable harm
operation of law
28. Any scheme that attempts to unlawfully obtain money or services illegally through the US postal service
Mail Fraud
Minimal scrutiny
Interrogatories
fourth requirement of a contract
29. A less serious crime often punishable by less than one year in prison
What section of the Constitution grants congress it's powers?
To prove injury the defamation must show...
Step two in filing a civil law suit
misdemeanor
30. Majority
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
The percentage vote to pass a bill
mirror image rule
Pocket Veto
31. Termination when the offeror dies or the physical contract is destroyed
Total circuits in the court of appeals
Minimal scrutiny
operation of law
Holding
32. Cruel and unusual punishment
eighth amendment
revocation
first amendment
breach of duty
33. Refers to lawsuits; the process of filing claims to courts
Litigation
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
expiration
tort
34. Reasoning court gives for the holding
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
Rationale
Wire Fraud
counter offer
35. A contract put in writing laying out all of the terms
express contract
Litigation
crime burden of proof
What section of the Constitution grants congress it's powers?
36. The floor/leadership - where it is debated upon with no time limit.
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
larceny
tort
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
37. The documents that begin a lawsuit: consists of the complaint - answer and sometimes a reply
Pleadings
embezzlement
Patriot Act
Qualifications for defamation
38. Business tort; intrusion in to someones private life; being a voyeur
intrusion
conversion
First African American Justice
Substantial effect rule
39. To a committee to be studied; and then debated and voted upon; this is where new amendments can be added.
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
First Woman Justice
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
Mail box rule
40. Action - print and other expression. Broader than the spoken word
Federal District Court
Bill
What Freedom of speech includes
Citation
41. The party opposing the appeal
Rationale
Appellee
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
Fraud
42. During the option period of a contract
Res ipsa loquitor
you cannot revoke an offer...
fifth amendment
uniform commercial code
43. 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
Assumption of the risk
conversion(2)
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
RICO
44. The rules committee where it is put on a calendar.
quasi contract
false imprisonment
letters of intent
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
45. Type of tort; taking someone elses property without consent.
invitee
conversion
Res ipsa loquitor
Common Law
46. A defendant engaging in an ultrahazardous activity is virtually always liable for any harm that results
lible
strict liability
Pleadings
Who regulates commercial speech
47. Termination when an offer specifies a time limit for acceptance and the period is binding.
Strict scrutiny
entrapment
Supremacy clause
expiration
48. Guilty beyond a reasonable doubt
Request of production of documents and things
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
crime burden of proof
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
49. Type of defamation tort; spoken defamation
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
The primary drafter of the constitution
slander
Negligence
50. Injury
Collective Responsibility
Where the bill goes after conference committee
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
breach of duty