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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. Judges are obligated to follow precedent






2. Trial Court






3. Presiding officer (senator)






4. Due process or the right to a hearing






5. Thurgood Marshall






6. Termination by simply turning down the offer






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






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






9. Article I - Section 8

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






11. Guilty beyond a reasonable doubt






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






13. It must be voted on and approved by both houses and then approved by the president. then it is a law






14. Reference code; label for looking the case up






15. During the option period of a contract






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






17. Three.






18. Arbitration and Mediation






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






20. There is an established duty of due care






21. Baron Montesquieu






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






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






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






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






26. The obligation to decide current cases based on previous rulings.






27. Fraud using electronic communications of any kind;






28. The introduction of a neutral third party in resolving a dispute; not a binding decision. Voluntary settlement.






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






30. Type of intentnional tort; intentionally entering land that belongs to someone else or remaining on land after being asked to leave






31. Refers to lawsuits; the process of filing claims to courts






32. The facts imply that the defendants negligence caused the act; 'the thing speaks for itself'






33. Business tort; defendant improperly breached contract and causes injury to plaintiff






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






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






36. A letter that summarizes the negotiating progress






37. Procedures for academic dismissal or dismissal from a government job






38. The sharing of powers between levels of government






39. States who is suing who. Identifies parties.






40. Twelve.






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






42. The study of how people ought to act; does not always mean legal.






43. Injury






44. Factual case






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






46. Forbidding a law to be passed






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






48. The floor/leadership - where it is debated upon with no time limit.






49. To the conference committee






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