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Business Law Vocab - 2
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1. A tithing of 10 men put together to hold each other accountable. Anglo-saxon method of keeping the peace.
counter offer
Comparative Fault
Dicta
Collective Responsibility
2. The documents that begin a lawsuit: consists of the complaint - answer and sometimes a reply
Arbitration
Procedural due process
Mail box rule
Pleadings
3. Preponderance of the evidence
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
Commercial Exploitation
Interrogatories
false imprisonment
4. Nine.
The percentage vote to pass a bill
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
Step three in filing a civil law suit
To prove injury the defamation must show...
5. Reference code; label for looking the case up
Bill
Procedural due process
fifth amendment
Citation
6. Unintentional tort - breach of a duty of care
Interrogatories
Negligence
Separation of powers
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
7. 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
fourth requirement of a contract
Interrogatories
Contributory Negligence
Supremacy clause
8. A party may ask the court to order an examination to find out if physical or mental damage is relevant
Physical and Mental examination
Statute
Bill
conversion(2)
9. To the conference committee
operation of law
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
Step one in filing a civil law suit
Negligence and strict liability
10. A subtype of rejection
Medicare fraud
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
Common Law
counter offer
11. Due process or the right to a hearing
battery
Bystander's obligation means...
fifth amendment
Concurring Opinion
12. Judges are obligated to follow precedent
Stare Decisis
trespass
Assumption of the risk
Ethics
13. Law made by federal agencies; rules and regulations
quasi contract
Bill
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
Administrative Law
14. There is no intention to a contract but the plaintiff gives some benefit to the defendant who knows the plaintiff expects compensation. it would be unjust not to award the damages.
quasi contract
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
coercion
Mail box rule
15. The legal doctrine whereby an act is considered negligent because it violates a statute (or regulation)
Negligence per se
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
Administrative Law
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
16. James Madison - 1789
Separation of powers
The primary drafter of the constitution
fifth amendment
misdemeanor
17. Type of intentional tort (and crime); injuring someone by deliberate deception
Shire Reeves
licensee
Insurance Fraud
Fraud
18. Allows the FBI to surveillance citizens with out a search warrant from a judge
you cannot revoke an offer...
conversion(2)
Appellant
Patriot Act
19. Sponsor.
Pleadings
Qualifications for defamation
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
Statute
20. If the plaintiff is even slightly negligent he/she recovers nothing
Contributory Negligence
Significance of 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
invitee
negligent hiring
21. Type of intent to be proved; means the guilty act
misdemeanor
actus reus
Depositions
Interrogatories
22. Judges who disagree with the majority holding; states their opposing opinion
Dissenting Opinion
Current Chief Justice
Incorporation clause
Common Law
23. Guilty beyond a reasonable doubt
Ethics
crime burden of proof
express contract
Separation of powers
24. An act of a senate member to delay the close of debate or force a decision to be made.
insanity
Where the bill goes after conference committee
licensee
Filibuster
25. Discovery phase: chance for the party to learn about its opponent.
intentional tort
Step two in filing a civil law suit
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
Intermediate scrutiny
26. Aka imminent domain; government cant take a persons land unless they prove it will be used for a public purpose and provide proper compensation.
Qualifications for defamation
Assumption of the risk
Takings clause
Voir Dire
27. Laws involving economic and social regulation; laws that regard economic or social status are presumed valid and corporations and people can be classified
Minimal scrutiny
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
eighth amendment
conversion
28. Gender related; such laws must be substantially related to important government objectives. (gov't cant discriminate based on gender through the law making process)
tort
actus reus
Intermediate scrutiny
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
29. Business tort; defendant improperly breached contract and causes injury to plaintiff
conversion
Tortious interference with a contract
element 1 of a negligence lawsuit
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
30. Section of the fourteenth amendment where courts must provide equal protection to all cases based on scrutiny
Equal Protection Clause
Style of a Case
Pocket Veto
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
31. Requires a meeting of the minds
Qualifications for defamation
express contract
Pleadings
agreement
32. If a company does not address an insubordinate employee - they become liable
false imprisonment
intrusion
negligent retention
First Woman Justice
33. A court will imply by conduct that there was an agreement between two parties
implied contract
Takings clause
letters of intent
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
34. Attorneys ask jurors a set of questions to determine bias
Pleadings
intrusion
Veto
Voir Dire
35. John Roberts
What section of the Constitution grants congress it's powers?
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
Current Chief Justice
attractive nuisance
36. Type of intent to be proved; means a guilty state of mind
mens rea
The percentage vote to pass a bill
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
Mediation
37. Items such as trampolines and swimming pools; defendant is liable if there is no protection
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
regulation of interstate commerce
Pocket Veto
attractive nuisance
38. Arbitration and Mediation
Stare Decisis
Arson
Two types of dispute resolution
negligent hiring
39. The process of one party's lawyer to question the other party or a potential witness under oath.
Depositions
false imprisonment
Appellant
Where the bill goes after conference committee
40. Consideration; the bargaining that leads to a deal
second requirement of a contract
Mail Fraud
Citation
Appellee
41. (1)misrepresentation (2)concealment with the intent to take advantage of someone; deception of a person for the purpose of obtaining money or property
Physical and Mental examination
Fraud
Procedural due process
rejection
42. 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...
slander
forseeable harm
Arson
43. 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.
counter offer
regulation of interstate commerce
conversion(2)
Strict scrutiny
44. Refers to lawsuits; the process of filing claims to courts
Depositions
coercion
felony
Litigation
45. Type of business crime; taking or using someones property
conversion(2)
Year when 'On the Laws and Customs of England' was written
Comparative Fault
regulation of interstate commerce
46. Someone on the property by right of a public place. highest duty of due care is owed to avoid negligence
invitee
Citation
Current Chief Justice
How Federal Law has jurisdiction in a lawsuit
47. 1250
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48. Collected taxes and helped keep the peace in tenth century England. Equivalent to a modern day Sheriff.
What Freedom of speech includes
assault
What is not protected under the first amendment
Shire Reeves
49. Right to an attorney when facing a prison sentence
sixth amendment
counter offer
coercion
Fraud
50. Agreement (offer and acceptance)
Incorporation clause
first requirement of a contract
Veto
Conference committee