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Business Law Vocab - 2

Subjects : law, business-law
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 1250

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2. (1)statement (2)falseness (3)communicated (4)injury






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






4. Business tort; using someones likeness or voice without their permission.






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






6. Language added to a court's opinion that is beyond what is needed; extra words offered as guidance






7. When there is no contract - but the defendant makes a promise that will induce reliance. it would be unjust not to enforce the promise






8. Type of defamation tort; spoken defamation






9. Injuries caused by neglect and oversight rather than deliberate conduct.






10. No unreasonable searches or seizures






11. Consideration; the bargaining that leads to a deal






12. 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






13. John Roberts






14. Right to an attorney when facing a prison sentence






15. A company becomes liable if they do not perform a background check






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






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






18. Unintentional tort - breach of a duty of care






19. The legal question that is posed in a case






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






21. Factual case






22. Thurgood Marshall






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






24. A law passed by a legislative body






25. No state can deny citizens due process. (14th amendment) this incorporates states to be ruled under the constitution






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






27. FCC (Federal Communications Commission)






28. If a company does not address an insubordinate employee - they become liable






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






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






31. Twelve.






32. Termination by simply turning down the offer






33. Article I - Section 8

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






35. Reference code; label for looking the case up






36. Reasoning court gives for the holding






37. A defendant engaging in an ultrahazardous activity is virtually always liable for any harm that results






38. Gender related; such laws must be substantially related to important government objectives. (gov't cant discriminate based on gender through the law making process)






39. Majority






40. Business tort; intrusion in to someones private life; being a voyeur






41. For the defendant to be liable - the type of harm must have been reasonably forseeable.






42. Defamation - obscenity - speech that creates danger






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






44. The process of one party's lawyer to question the other party or a potential witness under oath.






45. Proposed statutes - submitted to Congress or a legislature






46. Trial Court






47. Presiding officer (senator)






48. Talking trash






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






50. Preponderance of the evidence